Yeah but say you're writing music that consists of a load of Max/Msp patches and the like that's completely undanceable. You can't really take it live and you shouldn't be forced to be.butter man wrote:@wolf. ur making a lot of assumptions about me. I do buy music, just not major label, I dont believe the way you think I do about independent and major label artists. I understand artists struggle, refer to my point about businesses closing, just cos someones an artist making music doesnt mean there entitled to live comfortably off it though, there attempting to live a dream, like many other business ventures they might fail, this should force em to sink or swim get innovative with the way they market themselves and make good contacts globally for a start to push there product. I and friends have put on/up a lot of touring bands who grace our coastline, payment, place to crash, food, smoke/drink. So I'm not in the dark about struggling independent artists, just don't think that everyone who sets on this journey is gonna make wether there hearts in it and fully believes in themselves or not. Im a realist, life has made me this way.
And yet again for musicians that only produce on pc and therefore lack means to perform live.. well theres dj'ing ur tracks or getting a copy of live and a controller and trying to performn the tracks live (if the effects on the tracks arent to complex to replicate live) or learn to play a certian aspect of the track, get a drum kit and mic it up with the effects parameters lined up for when it recieves a certain hit (not sure how technically correct that sounds but Im sure you get the drift), In other words INNOVATE. Which is what Im saying people on independent are forced to do. I wish everyone whoever painted a beautiful picture or created a great song could live there life of their art but they cant unless they greoup together and INNOVATE. Like putting on a night to support artists a's music will get work for person B trynna sell his music. The best mode;l of this is the DIY punk scene good peepsd touring and selling merch and records internationally. Maybe other scenes should follow.
Also the argument that no everyone can live there dreams is if anything more of a reason to buy the music so you are helping give them more of a chance to do so surely?
