I wish I would have read further down the thread before posting... nevermind.
Is this AndrewK or whatever his name was? That guy was one of the greatest cave trolls ever.
Nope. Nor any of the other dozen common trolls attracted to this site.
Maybe some of us had a few laughs at this thread. I am not a troll however my original post went off topic and I didn't really get the kind of answers from people I had hoped. I was simply curious about what drives you, the amount of sales, and fans you have gained. If you want to open this up for discussion on why I am the way I am I will try my best to explain it. People had a lot of things to say about what they consider success in this business as well as what every musician is currently doing in order to survive. I am not trying to be like everybody else. I am also not trying to just skate by and do this on the side as a hobby. I wanna be highly successful and I am determined to do so.
With that being said nobody is more critical of me than me. I am also my biggest fan. I like what im doing right now more than the majority of modern rock bands. Especially heavy metal bands since it's become this title wave of chuggy down tuned screamo. You probably know a lot of people who are musicians who work part time jobs. You know guys who were nominated for a Grammy that do it. Even though the achievement is often questionable and the artists who get nominations are usually shunned by music fans it's still somewhat success on a mainstream level.
What lead up to my insanity? I have had many 9-5 jobs that I hated. I have seen so many people give up on music to go do what everybody else is currently doing in society. Every 9-5 I ever had didn't earn me a sustainable wage to live comfortably. So it is not like I am nieve to being broke. I got used to being poor, only now im poor doing something I love instead of being poor doing something I hate.
I will say something that could hit a few rough patches with the recording engineers who use this website. I don't think you guys want people like me to blossum. If more artists realized their potential, realized their greatness, we will go on to do bigger and better things. When that happens we aren't coming back to your studio. Since this is what helps you pay the bills you need me to think smaller. When I think smaller im just this average guy who plays music for fun and isn't career driven. Reality is in the perception of the beholder. I don't want coworkers ever coming up to me again telling me they heard I was a great musician while I push a mop around. I can't be both. I am either a great musician, or im pushing a mop around full time and I give up on my 18 years of playing music.
I am out of my mind and that might be the best thing I have going for me as an artist. I believe my insanity will come out through my music. If that helps you guys better to understand how I tick I am glad to help. I want you all to be successful if you play instruments or you are currently in bands. I would wish you good luck but luck is an excuse we all give ourselves to accept people far less talented go on to do better things than us. Luck isn't real. Perseverance and dedictation to see this through is whats real.
The industry isn't making any new rock stars. Name one band that has debuted in the last 7 years that can headline an arena by themselves and a single opening act. You can't, there aren't any.
The industry isn't making any new rock stars. Name one band that has debuted in the last 7 years that can headline an arena by themselves and a single opening act. You can't, there aren't any.
The industry isn't making any new rock stars. Name one band that has debuted in the last 7 years that can headline an arena by themselves and a single opening act. You can't, there aren't any.
I just looked at the sheepdogs tour schedule, they don't seem to be playing 10,000 seaters... (I did say arena, didn't i?)