ivan40 wrote on Thu, 27 May 2004 00:15 |
There are plenty of REALLY REALLY talented folks who make records because they love their music and at the same time want to make as much money as they can.
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And they are two completely different things... Music & Money.
Not every band plays clubs with the hope of playing somewhere bigger.
Not everyone with a guitar wants their face in times square.
Some folks play for now, not for future deposit.
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I just don't buy this whole concept about "selling out" In the 90's,I almost got out of this biz because of this attitude. If a record sold a bunch of copies, the folks who made the record were selling out.
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In my mind "selling out" means compromising the ____ of your music for money.
(insert beliefs, integrity, ideologies, art, longevity, style at "_____")
If you've been in a band with an anti-major label agenda, signing songs about how everyone should boycott GE because they manufacture nuclear weapons, then sign to sony and play SNL, you just sold the fuck out.
If your in a band whose "day-to-day" has always simply revolved around trying to get a hit, and getting signed, then you won't sell out, you can't sell out, EVER.
Unless by chance you accept money to shut up and walk away, which IMO, is what they should do to the majority of the bands on majors today...
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This music turned into a HUGE commercial success and I don't think people come into this biz hoping they don't make any money.
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Most folks I know hope to simply break even. They run small labels and put records out themselves because they have a sick passion for it, they want to get the music out.
Not everyone playing songs and releasing records views their activites as being part of the ""biz". It's more of an addiction to communicate. Because thats what they need to do.
Myself, I record these motherfuckers for money. I play music because it's fun and I've got songs...