Grown Up Thinking

Tommy Lee, of Mötley Crüe infamy, will be crowdsourcing his next studio album, collaborating with fans through an online social network. Each week Tommy with post stripped down lyrics or drum riffs to the site, allowing followers to repurpose or build upon the “stems” to create tracks. All submissions will become the property of Lee, who will choose his favorites for inclusion on the album.

A chance to collaborate with a legend of rock? Yes. An interesting social experiment? Maybe. Surely this little scheme arose as a clever way to generate record sales in a downturned musical economy, but the idea is raising red flags left and right.

As a consumer, I think I would be less likely to pay full price for a track (vs. downloading illegally online) once I know that the artist isn’t even responsible for the content. Admittedly I’m not a Tommy Lee fan, but I would be grossly disappointed if one of my favorite artists threw in the towel and started soliciting the general public for new material. Would you shell out 15 bucks for something like this? I’ll pass.

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