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
> >
>

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