Over the last few years we’ve done some pretty sweet stuff. We’ve stolen some flags, played gigs at 5am, driven 800 miles in one go, lived off macdonalds for a week, released some singles and (most importantly) all grown most excellent moustaches. To add to this list we are going to record our first album.
We are going to record our album in the autumn with the Animal Farm. They are two thirds Finnish, love squash, Van Halen and know how to make a band sound fucking great. You’ve probably seen our campaign – we need to raise the money to do it and release it. We’ve already been bowled over by the generosity of our sponsors so far but we still need you to help us put the album out. This is about you giving us the support, showing that you believe in us as much as we do. When it comes down to it, it’s about 5 people writing music and being able to release it so that anyone can hear it. You can be a part of making it happen. I feel like a cheesy salesman.
Around ten or more years ago major labels would sign an act and give them a massive advance (actually a loan) to record their album. The label would own the recordings, and the band would pay back the label through their income for however many years. This doesn’t really happen anymore. Anyone will tell you the state of the music industry is fucked up.
I see record labels as a banks with contacts. They are contacts to distribution companies, PR companies, publishing, advertising, booking agents, merch companies, recording studios, producers etc. I don’t see why you need them if you can contact them all yourself, and own your own music! In the future the industry is going to have to change anyway. Labels are losing money because everyone is illegally downloading music, someone’s going to have to find a way of making money from P2P file sharing. Labels are scared of taking risks, that’s why remixes are aplenty. A remix of a track that was previously successful is more likely to make money for a label than a track that no-one has heard before. This is choking new music and I don’t want to make money for any record label that has that attitude.
Ok. Rant over!
We’re writing more songs for the album. The vibe has changed, it’s all about positive thinking. The lyrics are more optimistic, two new songs called ‘Winners’ and ‘Shining with Brilliance’ convey this.
it’s you whose the harvester of the seed’s you’ve sown.
everyone loves a winner, it could be you and me.
I can actually feel a change in myself, everything is getting easier. All you have to do is say it.
Easy.
Soon. It’s coming.
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