--- Rick Strom <rick@glowdot.com> wrote:
quoted 23 lines Shimone/Justes wrote:
> Shimone/Justes wrote:
>
> > My personal opinion however is that sharing music
> > means more exposure and more exposure means more
> > interest and that's really all an independent
> artist
> > is wishing for init?
>
> Actually, most of us are hoping to make enough money
> making muzik to quit
> our stupid day jobs and focus on music exclusively.
> I very rarely hear
> that exposure-as-holy-grail sentiment come from a
> serious musician
> (although I hear it often from the hair bands out
> here in LA), but then
> nor do I hear the money-as-holy-grail sentiment
> either. Its sort of a
> complexity, but one I always summed up as above: I
> just want to get paid
> so I don't have to flip burgers/sweep floors/answer
> phones/shovel shit
> anymore.
Well I hear your point but I'm not a musician. I'm a
music enthusiast, and after spending well over $30k
over the past few years running a free webcast I can
safely say that it's my day job I'm interested in.
Keeping my day job allows me to put aside a few
hundred dollars a month to continue spreading the
gospel. It's certainly not about money, and it is only
about the music. God bless those who hope music will
provide for house and home but I'm just trying to keep
it within the realm of the realistic. If I dream a
little harder I may even consider working towards
breaking even.
I receive numerous promos each month and not one
artist or label mentions a desire to make money. All
they want is exposure and none are under any illusions
that IDM as a genre makes for anything more than a
non-profit industry.
Shimone/Justes
http://www.staticbeats.com
http://www.jungle-life.com
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