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Originally Posted by Oster
Good point Big John.
What I'm driving at though is the record industry taking some responsibility for a change and actually singing for their supper, if things are so bad. It has struck me as very wrong that a musician of today has to be a salesman, press agent, producer, engineer and manufacturing brokerage to boot. I've done all that in my youth but if I were to start all over again, I wouldn't. I'd worry about being the best band I could be and let someone who's really good at recording/selling make me an offer. Or not. 
I'm still active but now that digital sales are possible, I'm manufacturing nothing.
Not cranky, Beatbx - just a different point of view. |
What do you think bands in the 50's and 60's did before they got management. Hell, Randy Bachman was basically all those things you mentioned when he was in the Guess Who until they hooked up with Nimbus 9 productions in 1968. Same with John Fogerty. Sometimes the only way you are going to get things done is to do them yourself. Of course some people do not have the abilites to where so many hats but if you can do it, do it for as long as possible. At least you know where everything is.