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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Great Debate Reaches the Chicago papers |
| Date | Mon, 21 May 2007 22:25:59 -0500 |
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Peter Margasak's point (band's should gig more before recording) is spot on,
and to that, I'll add one more thing - bands just not perform the songs they
write until they are good -- as in as good as songs by the bands that they
like. Rarely does that happen.
Mike Bennett
Blog: http://blog.myspace.com/mrhonorama
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
Find out about Chicago shows:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagopopshowreport/
>From: Bill Sherlock <bdsherlock@sbcglobal.net>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: Audities <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: The Great Debate Reaches the Chicago papers
>Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 20:47:21 -0500
>
>http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/post-no-bills/2007/05/21/career-learn-how-write-song-first/
>
>Pertinent quote:
>
>“'Only the most dedicated artists will be able to translate their talents
>into a career.' This touches on a point that’s rubbed me the wrong way for
>years. Why does everyone who knows how to play a guitar need to have a
>music career? What happened to the idea of playing music for the sheer
>pleasure of the act?
>...
>"The reason so much music sounds exactly the same is because most of the
>people making all this assembly-line crap have no business foisting it on
>an uncaring public. It’s become the exception to the rule for a band to
>focus on playing gigs before they think about making an album, and the
>Internet has only made it worse."
>
>
>http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2007/05/my_two_bits_on_.html
>
>Pertinent quote:
>
>"A quarter a song, roughly, is not only a fair price point, but a price
>point that would both discourage copyright violations and encourage sales.
>
>"In my case, for instance, I'm fairly discriminating about which songs I
>buy online. It's only a dollar, yes, but I don't like to take chances or
>invest that much in a song I probably only want to hear a few more times
>anyway.
>
>"But for 25 cents, I'd be much more inclned to buy songs on a whim. Four
>times more likely, in a way that would, in the end, put more money into the
>pockets of the artists and the record companies?"
>
>The whole articles make for interesting reading and are linked to in the
>Reader story.
>
>Bill
>
>
>
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