Tuesday, December 4, 2007

40. dont start a band

the music industry is dying and nobody really wants to buy a CD anymore. labels don't know how to solve this problem, so they just wanna buy bands that are doing well already and have their shit together. nobody will make an investment and develop an artist cuz it's too risky. if you have talent and good songs, but no money, nobody will be able to see through your crappy recordings and give you a chance... assuming you even know the right person to give your music to. if you actually do get a chance to show what you can do, hopefully you have enough knowledge and pretty-sounding instruments to override some craphole nyc venue and a d-bag sound guy who doesn't give an f about your band. this all takes money. thousands of dollars on recording songs and the right gear so that you can recreate what you've recorded. so... if you've proven somehow being unsigned that your music can sell, proven that your songs are good enough to show your future worth, and put on a halfway decent show, maybe somebody will take a shot on you. at this point (actually months before this point) you'll need a lawyer or management cuz you dont know a damn thing about what you're doing. you think you're going to negotiate a deal by yourself? you'll get raped. plus they're the only ones that can introduce you to the important people who might further your career (if they like you). so pay all of them a percentage of your gross earnings while you invest all of the hard-earned money that you actually DO see back into the band, because you want it to grow. now if you've made it to a label that hasn't dropped you already or gone under, you're doing well... just sit and wait for people to make decisions for you, and pray that somehow you become effing HUGE so you can actually sustain life by playing music, cuz if you dont get big, you wont see money. if you were big before this point in time, congrats on making it. if you want to start now, good luck breaking through, but be prepared for quite a struggle. somehow we made it to the praying stage, and it took a lot of lucky rolls to get here. we quit like 4 times along the way... but it was fun... i think.

reel big fish is funny too...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UPxlenE-kic

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

it sucks how crazy the world is becoming and how emotions and feeling life come with a price. Fuck it. At least you do what you love. Question: what are you in it for?

Anonymous said...

"The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams."


-Eleanor Roosevelt

Anonymous said...

This is just a broken single. What you guys were doing w/o a label was great... too bad the record industry is too lazy to get its butt in gear and institute some changes...

(P.S. I still want to buy CD's. I bought yours once on iTunes and once on the actual CD. Best decision of my life.)