From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017100400453086269-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Band girl and I worked on recording today.  The specific reason was to   
   > make a cd for my dad.  I'll be visiting him in few weeks and he'd like   
   > one. Old songs. Things he would know.   
      
   Is he a musician too?   
      
   > As we were doing our little nothing recording today, something crossed my   
   > mind.  Kinda related to the Tom Petty death.   
      
   They're dropping like flies and almost NO ONE is eve trying to fill the   
   space they leave behind.   
      
   > Wondering why guys like that even bother to play live shows at all.  Maybe   
   > ego. Maybe forced to by the record companies. Who knows.  What is obvious   
   > is that the money is in recording.   
      
   Maybe *they* actually *get* the money when they perform Live...and maybe   
   they actually Love it!   
   I'm sure there's money in recording but how much of it do the artists get?   
      
   > And that's been on my mind.  Playing live, like I have my whole life, is   
   > doable.   
      
   You're not suggesting that you didn't enjoy it, are you? ;)   
      
   > You can just eek out a decent living if you work at it.  But the big money   
   > is in recording. It's a scale thing.  I can only be in one place at a   
   > time. But records can be everywhere at the same time.   
      
   That AND Quality as in not STALE, but FRESH, NEW, GREAT ORIGINAL MUSIC!!!   
   Then you won't have to worry about barely surviving playing *other* artists'   
   material!   
      
   > Ok. The thing is, how do bands make the transition from weekend hacks to   
   > recording artists ?   
      
   By Getting Serious and Writing Original material!   
      
   By Resolving to make a difference and Rise Above the BOTTOM FEEDERS and   
   actually take it some where worth while!   
      
   > And that's the goal, isn't it ?  Get signed, record a hit, get rich.  It   
   > sounds so easy.   
      
   It is easy, IF you're Creative and Innovative, and write an entire album of   
   hits, followed by more albums...now those are Real goals, ones Worth the   
   effort, once again, ONLY *IF* Music is Truly a Labor of Love!   
      
   > I understand bar bands. Most do it for simple reasons. Get out of the   
   > house on the weekend, drink beer, play loud.  I get that.   
      
   What a WASTE!   
      
   > How then, to move people like that into making a recording. Where's their   
   > motivation ?   Recording means actually learning the chords. Means playing   
   > in tune, in time. Means singing on key. Or close.   
      
   Yep, it means Not being LAZY, it means being Mature, Serious, and Genuine   
   Loving it!   
      
   > Recording isn't the fun and games of a bar gig.   
      
   But it is the fun of recording ;)   
      
   > I can see after just today that this is a major transition.  Start doing   
   > something for reasons other than just a paid party / rehearsal ( bar   
   > gig ).   
      
   It does tend to separate the Serious from the Phonies, the Climbers from the   
   BOTTOM FEEDERS.   
      
   > In just a few sessions, it can be painfully obvious the drummer can't keep   
   > time. Or the singer can't sing.  All the excitement of whacking away in a   
   > bar is gone, replaced by a very unforgiving recording setup.   
      
   So then just  start recording the gigs - I believe you mentioned your band   
   used to do that...and then those recordings will be just as unforgiving ;)   
      
   > The " live music path " --  Bands form.  They play some bars.   Eventually   
   > they get bored with each other, fall out and break up.   
      
   That's why it's always a good idea to ask everyone what their individual   
   aspirations are regarding Music.   
      
   > Or, maybe they can trasition to recording.  Our band can't.  As we're   
   > currently configured, it's not gonna happen. Insufficient musicianship in   
   > some ways, and absolutely no interest in anything other than playing (   
   > jamming ) live, and then only if the pay is good.   
      
   Less than pure motives, again...so what else is new?   
      
   > hum... gonna be an interesting winter.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   Just so long as it's not cold and/or snowy!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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