How about indie bands making a living? Unfortunately, the reality of making money from making music doesn’t come easy. Are people buying records? No, not very much anymore. How much do bands make for every mp3 download? pennies! those are from legit downloads, how about the not so legit downloads? Touring cross country takes boatloads of money.
So can you blame indie bands for licensing their music so they ACTUALLY get paid for their music?
And this commercial v.s. indie thing is so overdone. Mass appeal does not automatically equal shit. Good music is good music. Is it really bad when these indie bands get some commercial success and some recognition? No. No it isn’t.
And this is funny because how many kids out there are wearing Chucks at your fave indie show? Are you wearing Chucks? Do you own a pair of Chucks?
Don’t have a “holier than thou” attitude about this because your beloved indie bands who you once saw in some garbage venue with 5 other people are now getting some success and you can’t drop their names in conversations so you can keep your indie/hipster status. And trust, it is a status thing.
Now for this video. Wow. This sounds like shit and it falls apart in the end.
Re: Dignity in Indie Music
How about indie bands making a living? Unfortunately, the reality of making money from making music doesn’t come easy. Are people buying records? No, not very much anymore. How much do bands make for every mp3 download? pennies! those are from legit downloads, how about the not so legit downloads? Touring cross country takes boatloads of money.
So can you blame indie bands for licensing their music so they ACTUALLY get paid for their music?
And this commercial v.s. indie thing is so overdone. Mass appeal does not automatically equal shit. Good music is good music. Is it really bad when these indie bands get some commercial success and some recognition? No. No it isn’t.
And this is funny because how many kids out there are wearing Chucks at your fave indie show? Are you wearing Chucks? Do you own a pair of Chucks?
Don’t have a “holier than thou” attitude about this because your beloved indie bands who you once saw in some garbage venue with 5 other people are now getting some success and you can’t drop their names in conversations so you can keep your indie/hipster status. And trust, it is a status thing.
Now for this video. Wow. This sounds like shit and it falls apart in the end.