Ya, I really like that song. Roy Harper was a great vocalist. One I probably never would have heard of except that he sang this particular song. I'm sure it didn't hurt his career.
dj On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 8:29 AM, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, maybe in the wonderful future, someone will have to explain this > to aspiring musicians? ;-) > > Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar. > You're gonna go far, fly high, > You're never gonna die, > You're gonna make it if you try; > They're gonna love you. > Well I've always had a deep respect, > And I mean that most sincerely. > The band is just fantastic, > that is really what I think. > Oh by the way, which one's Pink? > And did we tell you the name of the game, boy, > We call it Riding the Gravy Train. > > We're just knocked out. > We heard about the sell out. > You gotta get an album out. > You owe it to the people. > We're so happy we can hardly count. > Everybody else is just green, > Have you seen the chart? > It's a helluva start, > It could be made into a monster > If we all pull together as a team. > And did we tell you the name of the game, boy, > We call it Riding the Gravy Train. > > Roger Waters (1975) > > On 20 Mrz., 02:45, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
