quoted 3 lines Keeping my day job allows me to put aside a few
> Keeping my day job allows me to put aside a few
> hundred dollars a month to continue spreading the
> gospel.
To put it as mildly as possible: apples and oranges.
Look, since I quit making music, I've thrown myself headfirst into nerdery
and programming (glowdot, glowfoto, et al) -- something I love, but
something that doesn't blend well with creativity. Or I should say, its a
different kind of creativity. That is one thing I have heard from a lot
of musicians, especially the working ones: the day job and the nighttime
composing sessions butt heads in horrible ways. Ideally, one should be
able to choose. For me, and for many I know, combining the two just
doesn't work. Ask yourself this, of all the idealistic young demo pushers
you hear from over the years, how many stay with it? Usually, those that
attain some sort of success. The rest just fall off........
quoted 5 lines I receive numerous promos each month and not one
> 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.
Except that IDM is the genre du jour for the advertising industry right
now, which shoots that theory all to shit. I mean, I hope to God Dabrye
made a reasonable deal pushing the hot phone of the moment, because that's
the stuff a boy can retire on.
--
V,
~Rick Strom
Glowdot Productions
On Glowfoto:
http://users.glowfoto.com/Strom
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