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herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:34 pm

Just to be positive, I should note that there are some local bands here, Wookiefoot to name one, that do very well making their own cds and selling them while touring.

This sort of thing is getting more and more common. It is unfortunate for the non-live musicians as they can not really tour, but it is still better than the "either get signed or get a day job" situation that used to obtain.

Armadillo · Post by **Armadillo** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:43 pm

herodotus wrote:
Armadillo wrote:
Let me quote Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson wrote: The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.

What book is that quote from?

That is one of the most brilliant sentences that that brilliant man ever wrote.

How can one sentence be so true, so short and so funny all at once?

you forgot sad.

I don't know which book tbh. I've just seen that quote on the internet a few times.

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:47 pm

Armadillo wrote:you forgot sad.

Yeah, I try not to think about how much it sucks TBH.

It gets me more pissed than almost anything else.

Josmoker · Post by **Josmoker** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:08 pm

herodotus wrote:
Armadillo wrote:

Let me quote Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson wrote:

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.

What book is that quote from?

That is one of the most brilliant sentences that that brilliant man ever wrote.

How can one sentence be so true, so short and so funny all at once?
you forgot sad.

I don't know which book tbh. I've just seen that quote on the internet a few times.

I don't think that's the actual quote - I think the original one was about politics - well, I was wrong there, too - apparently it was about the TV business, look here http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860219/bio.

Cheers, Jo

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:16 pm

Not to detract from Thompson, but the same thing has been said by a lot of people about a lot of businesses and other spheres of activity. Probably goes back to Pliny the Younger and Snarkier, or further still.

I'm pretty sure Marty Feldman and/or Barry Took used the same joke in a "Round the Horne" episode in the... um, mid-1960s, I think it would've been. About a person, not a business. Same idea though.

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:37 pm

Meffy wrote:Not to detract from Thompson, but the same thing has been said by a lot of people about a lot of businesses and other spheres of activity. Probably goes back to Pliny the Younger and Snarkier, or further still.

Actually, it sounds a lot like Juvenal.

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:42 pm

Pliny the Younger and Snarkier was a juvenile. (I know, that's not really a pun... ah well.)

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:08 pm

Meffy wrote:Pliny the Younger and Snarkier was a juvenile. (I know, that's not really a pun... ah well.)

It's ok.

You tried, that is what is important.

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:47 pm

sending off "promo" demo cd's like someone said is useless now.

your best bet is to find a small label that has good music (as in good music AND top notch production) because a small one will be looking harder for good artists. Also you will find that you will have more fun if you are with a smaller label (as they wont change your shit and are less greedy).

Self promotion also is a huge part.play as many local shows as you can, and dont be let down if there are only a few motionless people the first few times. After these shows (or even at other shows) give out a shit load of your cd's with all your contact information. Basically to get your name and music out there.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:56 pm

2 years ago the only people that heard my stuff was anyone that saw me face to face

nowadays i get mails from all over the world about my stuff

im more than happy considering i do this for one thing and one thing only,to relax

everything else is a bonus,and what a great fuckin bonus,loads of new mates,collaborators and business contacts.plus nowadays i get recognised in the street

admittedly only since donks put me on hotornot

Sepheritoh · Post by **Sepheritoh** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:32 am

Wopelka said what I wanted to say when he wrote:Just doing it all for fun, no ambition what so ever.

i hate my job, tho.

and then he added everything I could possible wish to add when he wrote:i should add that i'd like to make a living of my music, but i'm way too realistic to even think about it. i hate the music business world, anyway.

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:01 am

I shouldn't have let the sheep move in, I suppose, but it's a sweet kind of smell, you know?

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:38 am

Oh, so you got one of those Serta brand mattresses, hm?

AndrewSimon · Post by **AndrewSimon** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:52 am

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 59#1297059

Ildon · Post by **Ildon** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:41 am

My brother markets his stuff for fun. He doesn't make much, if any, money, but it's fun to do his beats and hear him freestyle.

I guess I was lucky. All I want to do is film/video game music, and I've been making some headway into that business.

I do most of my music for fun, especially the stuff for games (I haven't done a movie yet, but that'll come in time, I'm sure).

It's funny how a mild interest in video game music manifested itself into an obsession with all forms of music from drum and bass to romantic.

Are you content with the stench in your bedroom?