bum said:
Here's the thing about that TV exposure though - that video only has 5,000 hits. 5,000 hits is nothing on Youtube. I don't mean this as a comment on the material or her as an artist but with TV exposure to leverage she should have her music in WAY more ears than that.
From what I'm hearing it is actualy more likely that a band with some following can make some money but it is harder work. Much more DIY and you need to be social media-savvy. It's just different now, I guess.
It is great she's out there sharing her craft everyday (or whatever) but she's playing to nannas and single mums and **** if she's playing a shopping centre. She needs to think about the market she wants and go there. Anything else is just waiting for the mega-happy ending of Wayne's World where Mr Big just walks into the basement and offers the band a major contract.
I'd be really interested to hear what bands you were in if you don't mind sharing. Looking at your profile and checking your DOB, if you were making a little bank it might have been at a time I was seeing bands more often.
Hey Bum,
Sorry I didn't reply last night, fell asleep.
I don't disagree with what youré saying. My point is I saw someone who I had never heard of playing in Queen St. Mall and she was excellent.
She was selling her album, bought one, it is also excellent.
She writes all her own material, plays piano and guitar and sings without auto tune.
She mentioned she had a song played on an American show which I think is a pretty big achievement.
I've looked at her website, she plays clubs and pubs when she can, she has had some success in Australia (including a contestant on Australian Idol) but is still relatively unknown.
Now, I'm probably a bit biased in the way I look at this as I have a 12 year old daughter who constantly plays One Direction, Codey Simpson and various other minimal talent pretty boys who
don't write their own songs, are crap at playing a musical instrument (if they can play at all) sing into a computer that makes them sound the way they do, but are extremely popular.
It ***** me. I could rant about this for hours.
I agree it is a lot easier today to get your music out to people, but I think it can be harder to make a living out of it.
As far as my musical history I would rather not tell you who I played with professionally as I was whoring myself out as a session muso and am not proud of what I did. One was even a country and western artist.
I did play in a couple of local bands in Canberra and while we didn't have any commercial success, we were kept busy, played the odd support for visiting acts like the Angels and Dragon, and I'm happy with what I
achieved with these bands.
Anyway, to finish I'd like to share some "quality"music from todays youth. Enjoy.
