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I also read "so you want to be a rock and roll star" by Jacob Slichter (drummer for Semisonic) which was enlightening about the music business with the major labels.

Other things I have heard are:

If you want to make a small fortune in the music business...start with a large one.

When you play to an audience you want them to feel (insert emotion here). When you play for executives/promoters etc., the only emotion you want them to feel is GREED !!! No one cares if you sing out of the phone book...as long as people buy whatever it is you are selling you will be hired.

To get on the radio...that is Adult Contemporary AAA radio in a major market...it will cost you $1 million dollars.

However one thing has become the equalizer for getting your music out there the I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T. Those who figure out how to separate themselves from the rest of the pack will find success in this medium AND pocket more ($) for themselves. Using this medium the startup costs are so small ANYONE can do it. Even with a small amount of sales you still can pocket more ($) for yourself than you would with major label backing. The (%) the major labels give you are pittence, but in thier defense they also front lots of ($) on your behalf so high risk = high reward.

Just my .02
Tom]]> Guitar Players Discussion Tommy Guns https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-make-it-big/#post-191574 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-make-it-big/#post-191399 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:32:54 +0000
Basically, they're held in reserve in case the one or two they are trying to promote don't take off.

If you want to be "big" then you're playing the lottery. You have to have some talent, and you have to have some stage presence, but when it comes right down to it, it's just being in the right place at the right time.

On the other hand, if you want to make a living as a musician, that's much easier, though still hard work. It starts with learning to be a serious musician, which means getting all of the basics of musicianship under your belt. If you can read music, play in any genre at a passable level, work well with others, have a good personality, etc., then there is a good chance you can make a passable living in the music world.]]> Guitar Players Discussion kingpatzer https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-make-it-big/#post-191399 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-make-it-big/#post-191386 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:11:30 +0000 These days, it's completely different - many groups are put together by the record company, with a specific market in mind.

Whether these bands or groups make it big, is still down to a huge portion of luck - getting the right song produced by the right producer at the right time to be released at the optimum moment for the paying customers to buy. There are any number of bands and groups, who have never achieved anything like their potential, because their "big" record came out at the same time as another, that totally eclipsed theirs.]]> Guitar Players Discussion greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-make-it-big/#post-191386 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-make-it-big/#post-191374 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:37:32 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Manitou https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-make-it-big/#post-191374 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-make-it-big/#post-19140 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:21:27 +0000

Opinions of how bands get famous are always welcome of course.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Sethmyers https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-make-it-big/#post-19140