Danhedonia
Noted duckfat enthusiast
I've never seen a Stones tribute band that included a "Brian Jones." Lots of Ronnie and a Mick Taylor here and there, but no Brian.
Is anyone making a steady income from music these days? Here's the list I can come up with:
Spotify / streaming services
iTunes / Amazon
Some live venues, and those who book them
A few labels
A few hundred acts that have a conistent live draw (hundred because I am including acts from all genres, e.g., Adele as well as the Dead & Company)
Why did I ever buy four dozen guitars? I can't even keep them clean, let alone set up and played. I feel bad for some of them. I bet they're lonely.
Does someone know how to explain "musicality" or "feel" or "groove" or choose your phrase, to those who don't have it? Asking for a friend. No, really, I'm asking for a friend .... who has no groove.
If you physically play a MIDI controller of some sort to trigger electronic drum sounds, are you "playing the drums?" Or no?
Why did Keetar Bear keep getting assaulted? Other street performers did not have that problem. Hmmm.
Sometimes I really wish that bands would put more thought into 'live shows.' Showing up and playing is nice, but it's been some time since someone made a concerted effort to really blow my mind with a light show and stagecraft.
The vinyl resurgence reminds me of how much of a pain in the fucking ass records really are.
Speaking of home playback, it's funny that Olde Tyme stereos, with their clunky speakers, copper wires you had to phase and attach (carefully) with a screwdriver, and had all the best science of 1950 in them, both sounded better and were easier to make work than today's media hardware.
Sometimes I consider myself very special because I knew people at Sony when they had the whole rootkit brouhaha, and I TOLD THEM SO. Over and over. And over. Idiots.
Realized just the other day that I've known probably low-three-figure totals of artists who've had problems with heroin, but I've never seen a single one of them actually take the drug (missed by a couple of seconds a few times).
Looking at the explosion of the booteek pedal industry, and my own experiences, I can foresee that format's sales falling off a cliff as guitarists shift to digital / VSTs. Hope I'm wrong.
Is anyone making a steady income from music these days? Here's the list I can come up with:
Spotify / streaming services
iTunes / Amazon
Some live venues, and those who book them
A few labels
A few hundred acts that have a conistent live draw (hundred because I am including acts from all genres, e.g., Adele as well as the Dead & Company)
Why did I ever buy four dozen guitars? I can't even keep them clean, let alone set up and played. I feel bad for some of them. I bet they're lonely.
Does someone know how to explain "musicality" or "feel" or "groove" or choose your phrase, to those who don't have it? Asking for a friend. No, really, I'm asking for a friend .... who has no groove.
If you physically play a MIDI controller of some sort to trigger electronic drum sounds, are you "playing the drums?" Or no?
Why did Keetar Bear keep getting assaulted? Other street performers did not have that problem. Hmmm.
Sometimes I really wish that bands would put more thought into 'live shows.' Showing up and playing is nice, but it's been some time since someone made a concerted effort to really blow my mind with a light show and stagecraft.
The vinyl resurgence reminds me of how much of a pain in the fucking ass records really are.
Speaking of home playback, it's funny that Olde Tyme stereos, with their clunky speakers, copper wires you had to phase and attach (carefully) with a screwdriver, and had all the best science of 1950 in them, both sounded better and were easier to make work than today's media hardware.
Sometimes I consider myself very special because I knew people at Sony when they had the whole rootkit brouhaha, and I TOLD THEM SO. Over and over. And over. Idiots.
Realized just the other day that I've known probably low-three-figure totals of artists who've had problems with heroin, but I've never seen a single one of them actually take the drug (missed by a couple of seconds a few times).
Looking at the explosion of the booteek pedal industry, and my own experiences, I can foresee that format's sales falling off a cliff as guitarists shift to digital / VSTs. Hope I'm wrong.
