Musicians Don’t Make Money
January 25, 2007 by Jo Minor
One of my childhood dreams was to be a rock star.
My dad said: “Don’t be silly. Musicians don’t make money”
That kinda dampened my spirits a little. To a kid, everything is possible.
As adults, we’ve been told so many times what’s possible and what’s not, that we begin accepting it as reality. I remember listening to a so called “music industry expert” in Malaysia talk about the shit that happens in the “music business” last year, and again I got to feeling that music can never be a reality for me.
At least not here in Malaysia.
I mean is a so-called reputable music executive tells you that you should consider yourself lucky to sell 1,000 copies of your CD, he must be right, right?
Now that I think about it, that dude was just puking out his failures onto us. Just becasue he failed as a musician and probably isnt’ doing so well as a producer, that he thought he’s share his oh-so-valuable insights with us.
What a total jackass.
I’m finding out, as I write this, that it’s tough to make it when there are so many other bands around, some obviously more talented than yours.
But talent means nothing really. There’s a lot more into it.
I’m creating this blog so that I can learn about marketing my own music the indie style, and the best way to learn is to write it out. We’ll see what happens..
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