Home  Forums |
|
|
|
|
Topic History of: DIY returns
Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
|
DJKZ |
I totally agree with you Big End. I think sometimes you have to take the mantle and lead from the front.
Only then when you are not relying on anyone else can you make way.
It has happened with every music movement. It grows independently, primarily by DIY because the 'pros' won't touch it. It then falls over when the majors get their mits on it. At least in the US they have the sense to do JVs with the majors rather than sell or sign their life away.
Good luck with what you are doing and success will come. It will come slowly but surely it will come.
The most inspirational message ever on any messageboard for me came from here.
"If you can't get radio airplay, make your own. If you can't get TV, set up your own TV and if you can't get press, set up your own press"
Im paraphrasing but may the person who uttered these words prosper because it has inspired me heaps. |
|
Mart |
Anybody interested in this debate should seek out Macca`s statement as to why he left EMI as well. |
|
Big End |
you're right Zooloo, it's very tough to put it all together. The only way forward is to have an "in house" team and get all the agreements signed and sorted before moving forward with any kind of commercial release.
Nobody will shift me from that which I have thought for years and ranted about on here...DIY is the way forward. Where will it all end up? Who knows, but it is soooooooooo exciting after a rather stoggy couple of years.
Keep it lean and mean guys and be creative about promotion strategies...there's a lot a small operation can't do, but there is a truck load of things they can at a fraction of the budget a major label would need. |
|
Mart |
A true very short tale here readers.
My accountant rang me and asked me if I could help out his son get work as a drummer.
I was speechless, draw your own conclusions from that one!! |
|
zooloo |
If we met an accountant would we think they ought to be a professional artist too?
Selling and manufacturing are different disciplines, someone good at one isn't always best suited for the other.
Yes bands can and should take on some responsibility but not all, where the line is drawn depends on the person.
I've met some very successful creative people who are almost dysfunctional in social situations and certainly met business types without a creative bone in their body.
Not that these things are mutually exclusive but we all have strengths and weaknesses. |
|
|
|
