Comments on: Crafting Your Music Vs Creating The Right Look… What Comes First? http://askkohnny.com/2010/02/crafting-your-music-vs-creating-the-right-look/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:22:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Taylor http://askkohnny.com/2010/02/crafting-your-music-vs-creating-the-right-look/comment-page-1/#comment-1159 Taylor Tue, 04 May 2010 01:17:41 +0000 http://www.inside-the-music-biz.com/?p=429#comment-1159 "Think of bands like the Offspring. It took them ten years before they had their first hit! Ten years of being knocked back and being told by labels that they are not interested. They still put out music and carried on until all of a sudden they wrote an album that went on to sell over 10 million copies world wide."<br><br>Too bad when the Offspring was in their heyday and selling platinum records, people actually purchased music and cared about monetarily supporting the art! <br><br>The sky is not the limit anymore and the ceiling has definitely lowered over the past 3-4 years. One cannot expect the same opportunities within the music business because music fans just don't support artists the way they used to. We're losing the infrastructure not from a business perspective, but from the fans themselves. So no matter how hard you persevere and wait it out, I don't think it's realistic to insinuate that people should be wasting 5-10 years on a band unless they REALLY LOVE that band. <br><br>If you're in that group for ten years and think it's going to make you some serious dough, your approach is wrong and it's flawed from the start. People used to be able to recoup their art-related expenses in full and profit, but those days are changing. Unless you're doing some kind of MGMT major label/production 360 deal behind the curtains shit, you won't profit much as an indie artist. <br><br><a href="http://www.shotfromguns.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.shotfromguns.wordpress.com</a> “Think of bands like the Offspring. It took them ten years before they had their first hit! Ten years of being knocked back and being told by labels that they are not interested. They still put out music and carried on until all of a sudden they wrote an album that went on to sell over 10 million copies world wide.”

Too bad when the Offspring was in their heyday and selling platinum records, people actually purchased music and cared about monetarily supporting the art!

The sky is not the limit anymore and the ceiling has definitely lowered over the past 3-4 years. One cannot expect the same opportunities within the music business because music fans just don't support artists the way they used to. We're losing the infrastructure not from a business perspective, but from the fans themselves. So no matter how hard you persevere and wait it out, I don't think it's realistic to insinuate that people should be wasting 5-10 years on a band unless they REALLY LOVE that band.

If you're in that group for ten years and think it's going to make you some serious dough, your approach is wrong and it's flawed from the start. People used to be able to recoup their art-related expenses in full and profit, but those days are changing. Unless you're doing some kind of MGMT major label/production 360 deal behind the curtains shit, you won't profit much as an indie artist.

http://www.shotfromguns.wordpress.com

]]> By: Taylor http://askkohnny.com/2010/02/crafting-your-music-vs-creating-the-right-look/comment-page-1/#comment-1151 Taylor Mon, 03 May 2010 18:17:41 +0000 http://www.inside-the-music-biz.com/?p=429#comment-1151 "Think of bands like the Offspring. It took them ten years before they had their first hit! Ten years of being knocked back and being told by labels that they are not interested. They still put out music and carried on until all of a sudden they wrote an album that went on to sell over 10 million copies world wide."<br><br>Too bad when the Offspring was in their heyday and selling platinum records, people actually purchased music and cared about monetarily supporting the art! <br><br>The sky is not the limit anymore and the ceiling has definitely lowered over the past 3-4 years. One cannot expect the same opportunities within the music business because music fans just don't support artists the way they used to. We're losing the infrastructure not from a business perspective, but from the fans themselves. So no matter how hard you persevere and wait it out, I don't think it's realistic to insinuate that people should be wasting 5-10 years on a band unless they REALLY LOVE that band. <br><br>If you're in that group for ten years and think it's going to make you some serious dough, your approach is wrong and it's flawed from the start. People used to be able to recoup their art-related expenses in full and profit, but those days are changing. Unless you're doing some kind of MGMT major label/production 360 deal behind the curtains shit, you won't profit much as an indie artist. <br><br><a href="http://www.shotfromguns.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.shotfromguns.wordpress.com</a> “Think of bands like the Offspring. It took them ten years before they had their first hit! Ten years of being knocked back and being told by labels that they are not interested. They still put out music and carried on until all of a sudden they wrote an album that went on to sell over 10 million copies world wide.”

Too bad when the Offspring was in their heyday and selling platinum records, people actually purchased music and cared about monetarily supporting the art!

The sky is not the limit anymore and the ceiling has definitely lowered over the past 3-4 years. One cannot expect the same opportunities within the music business because music fans just don't support artists the way they used to. We're losing the infrastructure not from a business perspective, but from the fans themselves. So no matter how hard you persevere and wait it out, I don't think it's realistic to insinuate that people should be wasting 5-10 years on a band unless they REALLY LOVE that band.

If you're in that group for ten years and think it's going to make you some serious dough, your approach is wrong and it's flawed from the start. People used to be able to recoup their art-related expenses in full and profit, but those days are changing. Unless you're doing some kind of MGMT major label/production 360 deal behind the curtains shit, you won't profit much as an indie artist.

http://www.shotfromguns.wordpress.com

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