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| From | "david henwood" <henwooddavid@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Rooney, some more |
| Date | Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:30:11 -0400 |
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The only thing that I think also has to be looked at is quality over
quantity. i think this only applies to bands who are consistent in releasing
top quality stuff. I would rather a band take several years and release
something amazing then release multiple so/so albums. Some of my favourite
bands have only recorded a few albums in their lifetime but the quality is
always there. ... I'd still buy the next LA's album if it ever came out. The
key is if the album is going to take a long time to come out...it better be
good.
>From: Not Lame <popmusic@notlame.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Rooney, some more
>Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:21:40 -0600
>
> > What on *earth* is the problem w/ all these young bands on major
>labels(or
> >> large indies for that matter....)?! it's been almost TWO years since
> >> they
> >> recorded that album(okay, maybe 20 months) and they are only now just
>going
> >> in to record the follow up.
> >>
> >> Which wil take many months to record, many months *more* than it
>should.
> >> And then more months to get the follow up slated w/ the label's
>promotion
> >> schedule and then trickle on out. Becoming easily 2 1/2 years since
>they
> >> finished the first one.
> >>
> >> Shee. No wonder 'that guy' (sic) in the Onion lost interest. ;-)
> >>
> >> Rooney who? It's not like the funds aren't there to record this one
> >> sooner......
> >
> > 1) Band blew load (artistically) on first record.....25 years to write
>the
> > debut, three months to write the follow-up.
>
>This is buy. But really GOOD bands rise to the occasion, but it's rare
>more
>often than not.
>
>For Rooney, in this 2 1/2 year time period, I'm sure they'll come up w/ 11
>good songs. But, as I mention above, WHO is going to care after all that
>time marching forward? answer: not as many as who would have cared if
>they
>kept a continual line of connection the initial fans they worked so hard to
>get in the first year of that record coming out.
>
>Most of them will have moved on and this record, like so many other
>records,will sell a fraction of what the first one did..for many reasons
>but
>the long lag will a followup is a critical one because the fans are not
>given the opportunity to have a relationship w/ a band they are already
>inclined to dig.
> >
> > 2) Band's been on the road so there's no time to write.
>
>We hear this all the time......i don't buy it. This my response to
>bands/management/label that use this excuse: "this is your JOB, your job
>is
>to do not only perform on the road, it's to get things DONE. Writing new
>songs is part of that. Not the ideal place to write, perhaps, but it's not
>excuse to travel in the bus and work out songs w/ your band mates."
>
>Does not float.
>
>And if they can't write on the road, my sense is they are not that talented
>in the song writing department for the long haul in this business anyway.
>
>Good songwriters are obsessed about the songwriting process, at all
>times---more often than not.
> >
> > 3) Record label has to decide whether they still a) exist b) give a fuck
>c)
> > have the dough
>
>:-D
>
>And be more careful to sign bands they actually WANT to work and give a
>crap
>about and truly develop.
> >
> > 4) Major labels still haven't figured out that albums has a 12 week life
> > span....which dates right back to the Beatles. Get a new album out
>BEFORE
> > the audience a) gets bored b) forgets about you c) forgets they're
>bored.
>
>Exactly what I'm saying Jaime.......dead on. Why can't they figure this
>out......they have the resources to address all this, too. But so many
>labels have convinced themselves this has worked in the past and it works
>now.
>
>And the bands..and their management buy into, as well. Letting the artists
>off the hook w/ writing and working hard on the next record.
>
>Why aren't musicians obsessed with getting their music out is beyond me.
>Bands like this are content to play the same 12 song for tour years on the
>road, night in, night out? Occasionally working a new one or two into
>things.....eventually?!
>
>Anyway, I brought all this up because, simply, bands like/love, I want to
>hear more from.
>
>And I'm tired of waiting YEARS for followups, instead of a year. I know
>all the excuses but I want to feel connected to the continual flow of
>bands'
>music I love.
>
>Bring the flow new music ON. Not put it off 'whenever'. Everyone involved
>in the process of creating, making and selling music needs to work harder,
>sorry. My opinion, but I'm sticking to it.
>
>Peace,
>Bruce
>@ Not Lame
>
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