The [alive not dead] Promise To Artists
We will always strive to do what is best for the artist, even at the expense of time, money, or traffic.
We will always act fairly and try to give back at least as much benefit as we are getting.
We will never restrict an artist by forcing them to work with us exclusively.
We will never charge an artist for our services.
We will always keep things positive, and will never be dragged down into celebrity gossip or rumors.
We will do our utmost to respect and protect artists' privacy.
We will help connect artists together and help artists find relevant sponsors who support the [alive not dead] artist ethos.
We do these things because we truly believe that this is the right way to do things: It's the right way to run a company and the right way to be as a person.
The [alive not dead] Story
AliveNotDead.com unites the combined talents of the members of Alive and the founders of Rotten Tomatoes, the leading movie reviews and news web site.
Members Conroy
Chan, Andrew Lin,
Daniel Wu and Terence Yin created
Alive and the original AliveNotDead.com website to support and promote the movie, "The
Heavenly Kings". A mockmentary
following the rise and fall of the fictitious Hong Kong
boyband Alive, the film
provided a
behind-the-scenes look at the challenges facing artists in Hong Kong. It also provided Hong Kong
musicians with a platform to speak their minds about the state of the Hong Kong
music scene, many issues of
which apply to artists
everywhere.
While making and promoting "The Heavenly Kings," Alive came to realize that it was
not enough to make a statement regarding the industry if you did not work to address the issues raised.
Rotten Tomatoes co-founder Patrick Lee served as the
film's executive producer and, with Alive, developed
the idea to create an online community that would be able to help
artists in Hong Kong. A team (which included a number of former
Rotten Tomatoes team
members) was
formed in Hong Kong in January 2007 and the new web
site was launched in April 2007. Since the launch, the community has grown rapidly to
encompass artists and fans around-the-world with the single-minded purpose
of helping to support the arts and artists
worldwide.