Very well stated. I think that makes the most sense. Shazam are a small independent group.Who knows what went on between albums. Life, finances, health issues.We are just very lucky they even put out a new album[just got  mine so I can't review it], that it got produced, and Not Lame got involved. I am sure they  have a decent fan base, I know the Move fans love them because I belong to  a group of them.Hopefully it will do well enough so we get a follow up.
Mark, I wouldn't worry at all.Again, we are quite fortunate you made another one. So looking forward to it.
 Gene

> From: mark@popjob.com
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Length of Time Between Releases Con't
> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:40:41 -0400
> 
> 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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