Yeah there's much truth there about the industry. The old days of industry rule are gone and the old moguls are struggling to compete. The internet has blown the doors open on creativity with self marketing getting easier all the time. I used in the past PC software for recording but back then the vocals weren't digitized. Now I play through a mixing board into a Boss BR8 optical out to a HHB Burnit and usually 8 tracks is all I need for a four piece band and vocal harmonies. I too far gone for superstardom but have fun just the same while of course wishing I was young again to experience the opportunities available these days for talented individuals. Back in the day the industry was only interested in marketable prospects and was the only means of gaining entry. We had to literally knock on doors and deal with multiple rejections based on failure to reach industry standards, originality didn't mean much. Reminds me of the Doors movie where they are approached by record producer who suggests they write something in the line of Herman's Hermits.
On Mar 19, 12:14 pm, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/3/19 Ricky Rayburn <[email protected]> > > > > > None the less, all music is dying due to the love of money instead of the > > love of storytelling and truth. > > That's simply untrue. Music isn't dying, the music industry's traditional > business model is dying or dead. There's never been a freer time to create > something and find an instant audience for it. I think there's two reasons > for this: > > 1) Home recording is incredibly cheap and the quality/flexibility achievable > for very modest outlay tops a $300k studio from a few years back. If you > have a Mac, GarageBand is free and can do multritrack recording at better > than CD quality. Logic Studio, for $500, enables you to do almost anything. > > 2) Distribution of music no longer requires expensive logistics and > manufacturing. The web has changed everything. > > Moaning about Britney etc is pointless. She shouldn't even be on your radar > if you have any appreciation of music as an art or craft. :) > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
