As much as it seems like it should be easy to get signed with an original and interesting sound, I'm not sure if you're totally right about that. For the most part, people don't want originality. They want shit. They want mediocre alternative rock and sugary power-pop. They want bubble-gum.
You have all the talent you need, just don't over-estimate the simplicity of becoming well known and widely supported, because although I know a very small amount about the music industry itself, I'm pretty sure that it's an incredibly difficult thing to do, and I think the part that's even harder is not becoming a slave or a mindless drone after you DO get the deal.
I don't know. This isn't the right place for me to get into all this stuff, so I'll cut it off here. It's not like you and I never have actual conversations.
Incorrect, statistics right now show that the independent bands that get signed the most are punk bands. Although I'd hardly call them local other than for the fact that they are unsigned. Most of them tour full time on their own dollar.
Music is sweet, no lies. You def. have the will to do it I think, so power to ya. I know there are way better trumpet players than me, but I'm not too shabby :-p Hopefully I can keep up with you ;-) I wouldn't mind doing the music gig, I like it a lot, but it takes a lot of creativity and connections. Connections are a pain, hehe.
so wait.. now you're kind of planning on MSU just for the beginning?? that's WONDEROUS if that's how it works out!!! we'll talk more later though, I'm sure. because really, who's better than me(don't actually answer that question, haha)?
however like the person above said, getting signed will probably not be the easiest part. When i finish sound engineering in miami, i would like to have my own studio, then we'll talk!
If you've got the money to start your own studio, which you don't need a degree in sound engineering to do; you should just start up a record label then you two could talk business
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2. Be aware that the last band a label is going to sign is the one with the strange complex sound (at least any label that can do more than loan you a grand to record and then expect it all back within six months of you touring). Unless you can go out and full time tour on your own and prove that you can sell 50,000 + records by yourself.
3. It's okay to do something else for a living, because it's not very practical to write songs for a living. There's a few people that get to do it and they are very very lucky. Some of them aren't even talented, actually most of them. They are just very very lucky. It's really like winning the lottery. I'm not saying give up by any means, keep pushing. Just be prepared to push extremely hard and know that it might not get you anywhere. Most of us have to get real jobs and resort to jamming with our friends and playing at bars on weekends. You're still playing music and having fun and that's what really matters. Just know that.
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You have all the talent you need, just don't over-estimate the simplicity of becoming well known and widely supported, because although I know a very small amount about the music industry itself, I'm pretty sure that it's an incredibly difficult thing to do, and I think the part that's even harder is not becoming a slave or a mindless drone after you DO get the deal.
I don't know. This isn't the right place for me to get into all this stuff, so I'll cut it off here. It's not like you and I never have actual conversations.
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that's WONDEROUS if that's how it works out!!!
we'll talk more later though, I'm sure.
because really, who's better than me(don't actually answer that question, haha)?
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however like the person above said, getting signed will probably not be the easiest part. When i finish sound engineering in miami, i would like to have my own studio, then we'll talk!
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1. Good for you.
2. Be aware that the last band a label is going to sign is the one with the strange complex sound (at least any label that can do more than loan you a grand to record and then expect it all back within six months of you touring). Unless you can go out and full time tour on your own and prove that you can sell 50,000 + records by yourself.
3. It's okay to do something else for a living, because it's not very practical to write songs for a living. There's a few people that get to do it and they are very very lucky. Some of them aren't even talented, actually most of them. They are just very very lucky. It's really like winning the lottery. I'm not saying give up by any means, keep pushing. Just be prepared to push extremely hard and know that it might not get you anywhere. Most of us have to get real jobs and resort to jamming with our friends and playing at bars on weekends. You're still playing music and having fun and that's what really matters. Just know that.
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