Tribes

I've been thinking a lot recently about brand loyalty. Since i've become more immersed in music and in learning about band i've realized that I have a lot more loyalty now to the things that I admire. I no longer download music, not for any moral reason or whatever, it's just that if I like a band, I want to support them. If they're giving it a way for free, more power to them. I'll actually find out if they are selling anything just so that I can get it. I think that's what bands have to realize. The importance of loyalty. So, Here are the things that I am loyal to:

Music:
HoneyHoney
Rocco Deluca and the Burden
Ironworks Records
Cold War Kids
Beck
Kings of Leon
WakeyWakey
The Who
Brett Dennen
Copeland
Lupe Fiasco
Ray LaMontagne
The Rocket Summer
*Pump House Gang

People:
Bob Lefsetz
Hypebot
Seth Godin
Tucker Max
Philalawyer
Bill Gates/Steve Jobs

For the musicians, these are bands that I would buy their CD's as soon as they are released or as soon as I could afford them. I would buy paraphernalia and concert tickets if I could. I would tell my friends about them.
* I would love to be loyal to this band, but they are making it exceedingly difficult to be

For the people, these are all people who's opinions I trust. If they write something, i will read it. If they publish something, I will buy it. I don't even have to know what it's about. Because they wrote it I will give it the benefit of the doubt. I don't always agree with what these people say, but I will always give them a fair chance and I will always listen