Does anyone pay people to be in music videos these days? Everyone seems to want their fans to appear for free. The latest 'appear in our video' promotion comes from those Bloc Party types. But this isn't one of those 'show up and we'll film you' things, it's a 'create your own video clip, upload it to YouTube and we'll edit together the best ones into our video' thing, which requires a whole load more commitment from the fans, but hey, I'm told film making is easy in this digital age, so perhaps not that much commitment. The 'fan clips video' will be used as an alternative pop promo for new singe 'I Still Remember', which is out on Monday. The makers of any clips used will get tickets to the band's upcoming sold-out UK tour, which are probably worth a bob or two on eBay, so perhaps I'll have a go myself.
More info is at http://www.blocparty.com/youtube.