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| From | "Larry D" <lawrencedunn1@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Length of Time Between Releases Con't |
| Date | Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:07:18 -0400 |
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Mark, I think this is spot on. It's why my reaction is typically, "Oh,
they've got one out? Neat." Just glad, usually, to see it happen.
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From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Mark Bacino
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 4:41 PM
To: pop list
Subject: Length of Time Between Releases Con't
I can see how length of time between releases could prompt the dreaded -
"It took them how long to make this!?" syndrome but speaking from my
(meager) musical perspective, length of time between releases indeed
doesn't always mean that the artist has been working on said album for
that length of time. I can say that really hasn't been the situation
re: my album releases. Case in point - My last release ("Million Dollar
Milkshake") was back in '03. I didn't begin proper recording of my
newest till fall of '06 and finished it early winter '08. Lots of stuff
occurred in between and since - some industry stuff but also a lot of
other work, babies being born, general life stuff. I think people can
forget sometimes that in the end, artists who makes records are, of
course, just people first; sh*t happens that takes them away from the
music. Also, I can't speak to Axl Rose's record making
process/time-line, I don't have that kind of scratch/time (and maybe I'm
wrongly assuming he does) but I suspect a band like The Shazam is
probably not that far off from my own situation - lives, families, maybe
day gigs, limited immediate recording budgets, etc. Not to defend the
new Shazam record (I haven't heard it) but I always feel like when indie
or semi-indie bands pull off professional quality records at this level
of the playing field it's generally viewed in my mind as a minor
miracle. There are, more often then not, many, many obstacles/sacrifices
to overcome in the making of these little gems, monetarily and
personally. I think if I/we were sane we probably wouldn't bother but
I'm always glad in the end that we do ;-)
Best,
Mark
(Who's now dreading the "it took him 7 years to make this?!" when his
album releases in a few months ;-)
www.markbacino.com <http://www.markbacino.com/>
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