Music to my ears!

It’s hellaciously cheaper to find a Local Band you like who’s looking for exposure than to try and secure the rights for that “perfect” song from Popular Band. Plus, Local Band will probably enjoy the exposure you will give them.

If they become massively popular, your DVDs can be printed with splash banners declaring “Featuring the music of Finger in the Dike!” (assuming that’s their name…)

In collaborations, if any one element wins, the rest are lifted a bit as well.

Although even if they’re not famous, if all of you are operating under a shoestring budget, it costs nothing extra to hype them a bit on your DVD box anyway.

Keep in mind that there’s no shortage of people out there who could pay, but instead try to rip others off.

At the low-budget level of filmmaking, though, everybody’s trying to help everybody else out. In a situation like this, we’re kinda all in the same boat together — trying to make our art in a system that favors much huger budgets.

And if Local Band doesn’t want to participate or can’t for Union reasons, well, that’s okay. That’s their call. You shake their hands, thank them for thinking about it, and move on with no hard feelings.