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clueless · Post by **clueless** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:57 pm

it's not always business, hink. but that's what Albini was talking about - the business. And it's a shit one!

stale bread · Post by **stale bread** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:02 am

the way I see it music is so much like politics, people could change things but they don't. why don't artist get together and build foundations, communication is easier than ever before, everyone is just a click away. the answer is we just don't do it, and our greed leads us right into the mouth of the volcanoe (industry) which is all to eager to swallow us
up.
I say if you're in a group/ band/ or solo performer first thing one should do is find others of the same ilk and start building, set up citywide tours together, don't do gigs, rent out venues together and throw your own gigs how you want them, put your own theme together how you want it, burn a bunch of cds and sell them...grow gradually.

clueless · Post by **clueless** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:04 am

this thread is bringing up really bad memories

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:14 am

clueless wrote:it's not always business, hink. but that's what Albini was talking about - the business. And it's a shit one!

point taken...but it doesn't change the fact that like thorogood drinks alone, I like to play alone...

guitar damn it...

man you people take everything dirty...

quincy · Post by **quincy** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:21 am

clueless wrote:"it's a shit business"

Creme brulee, what a band

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:29 am

quincy wrote:
clueless wrote:"it's a shit business"
Creme brulee, what a band

or "The Scat Brats"...

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:59 am

$12 a CD? I want to know where he gets his CDs!

clueless · Post by **clueless** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:03 am

quincy wrote:
clueless wrote:"it's a shit business"
Creme brulee, what a band

*edit* ohhhh, the pathos

JeffSanders · Post by **JeffSanders** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:38 am

That is why it cracks me up when I hear an artist tell me he's recording a CD to "shop to labels"!!

It's a waste of time, and a "careful what you wish for" idea. Labels will not be able to survive long in this age. The future is about a DiY revolution. You'll see many huge artists breaking away from labels and releasing their discs themselves via the internet.

clueless · Post by **clueless** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:53 am

LBN wrote:$12 a CD? I want to know where he gets his CDs!

1985?

Borogove · Post by **Borogove** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:55 am

Chase wrote:Rcat, you realize of coarse that this Steve is a huge dick though?

Of course Albini's a huge dick. That doesn't mean his analysis of the numbers isn't valid.

muku · Post by **muku** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:33 am

LBN wrote:$12 a CD? I want to know where he gets his CDs!

hehehe I paid $4:50 AUD for
Led Zeppelin 1 in 1969.
Vinyl version of course,
CDs hadn't been invented yet!

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:39 am

Chase wrote:Rcat, you realize of coarse that this Steve is a huge dick though?

Is he even famous?

http://www.electrical.com

IIRs · Post by **IIRs** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:01 am

rcat wrote:beyond knowing that you can drop an SM57 without breaking it.

'57s are pretty easy to break, I think he means a '58.

dystonia_ek · Post by **dystonia_ek** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:08 am

Chase wrote:Rcat, you realize of coarse that this Steve is a huge dick though?

I've met him a few times (he used to date an acquaintance of mine) and he's not a dick at all - he's brash and opinionated, for sure, but a very smart, insightful and thoughtful guy. One hell of an engineer too.
Fame is relative, but Big Black were very influential in their time... 'Atomizer' and 'Songs About f**king' are classic lp's for sure.

Hope I don't depress anyone, but..................