do you think....

[mixmkr]

any REAL pros will ever post anything here? I know, I know...this IS homerecording.com.

But, wouldn't it be kinda neat if someone [in control of their own destiny] like a Todd Rundgren...or someone of that nature got a wild hair up their butt, registered w/homerecording.com, and posted a MP3?

and additionally, do you think anyone "might" ever get noticed in the clinic here (quite doubtful, I would personally think), and/or anyone go on and actually make some serious$$...after being a grunt here in the clinic?

Will Erland, macle.....or anyone else succeed.....or should lottery tickets just be the goal? Seems like talant and good demos are just that.....talant and good demos. And DAMN this internet...while I am musing..... soooooooo much free music to be had. How can a grunt ever even consider selling CD's on a website when you can get it free (or just browse here in the clinic!!)? That idea seems like almost a joke. Technology to make GREAT sounding music is killing the musician.

Let's see... that's all I was thinking about now... probably different thoughts in 5 mins or so....

 

[participant]

Good points mix, but from where I sit, this ain't a bad thing. I'd like nothing more than to create something that's actually listenable... that people might consider downloading and putting on a CD... and just go on working a job, and possibly finding some chick to hang out with

Yeah... I don't consider myself a musician but even if I were, I wouldn't try to live off it... fame sucks

 

[participant]

It's also cool just hanging out here, with ACTUAL musicians , and dl'ing their stuff... this is a helluva lot more fun than trying to find quality commercial music in the store, or on the i-net.

cat-eggs, CrankyOne, Guernica, jeap, sammy, Scott Tansley, SLuiCe, VOXVENDOR, and even WATYF have greatly boosted the ol' music collection and many others have added some great trax, too. Who needs the commercial-music buying public We make a great audience for ourselves Let's just get more of us in here, bring the guys along that are still learning, mooch off the experts , and share our stuff till the world blows up

Can I GIT a amen?

 

[ZPphreak]

AMEN.
I was brought here by a friend.. He's guided me alot and showed me this AWESOME resource/ Concert Hall.

Thanks guys. Well Done!

P.S.
GIVE BACK TO INDIES EVERYWHERE. Share your MUSIC!

-peace

 

[mixmkr]

yeah...I just wouldn't mind selling 50,000 CD's of my background music with crickets....(and believe me, I've done a bunch of that crap...but it was fun!!), so I can pay for my riding lawnmower....eh? I don't see it happening. People always say..."hey man, that's great...really cool stuff you've recorded" ....but getting 50,000 to open their wallets.... my mower needs gas!!!

and I'm not talking about this 1980's trash rock crap either. We're talking serious mood music now

 

[participant]

and I'm not talking about this 1980's trash rock crap either. We're talking serious mood music now

 

[crawdad]

Technology to make GREAT sounding music is killing the musician.

I don't know if its killing the musician, but its making it possible for a lot more people to produce their own music. In historical terms, thats a fairly new occurence. Besides the multitude of inexpensive computer recording platforms, cheap pres and mics, there is all this software--like ACID--that allows anybody to string together loops and make "songs". ReBirth is another one. Listen to any TV commercials lately? Lots of drum and bass grooves--and I can guess where they are coming from.

Saw a guy today at Guitar Center messing with some groove box/sampler. He was just pushing buttons and turning knobs--and out comes this pretty convicing sounding electronic music. Who needs musicians?! We have PROGRAMMERS!

I still believe in the song and in the talent of the artist, though. Something tells me that Erland and Macle are extremely marketable commodities--if they can just find someone in the music biz who has some vision.

Remember that free music doesn't ALWAYS equal great music. I used to listen to stuff on MP3.com and I never heard anything that was worth buying or even getting free. At this site, via Nowhere, there have been some great things. Some of us will remain hobbyists and a few will crack into something more high profile. Also, when everybody can make music on their computer, the ones who can make unique and personal records will still sound miles above the norm. I still have faith in the true artist.

The only way Erland will fail is if he doesn't go for it--and he might not--but thats up to him.

 

[JR#97]

I wouldn't be at all suprised to see some of the talent here make some waves in the industry. The nature of the business now isn't towards longevity, but I see some people here who could still get a hit or two and be considered succesfull. At least enough to make a living and hang around the biz and stuff. If I was a betting man... which I am!!!! I'd put money down on Erland, Llanion, and Chris Harris. Mainly because their styles not only kick ass, albeit safe...... you can't really pigeon hole them into any of the trendy styles that will be passe by next summer.

On the harder side of things, Sami, Crankyone, Sluice, and now Party-icepent all kick some serious ass with serious production chops you just don't expect to hear from a basement studio. The JMarcomb/Sluice tune is as good a radio tune as you'll ever hear. Everbody in my office thought the Crawdad version of Chris Harris's "Our Song" was a radio tune! I was in mastering for 10 years and rarely did I ever hear home jobbers the likes of what I hear in the clinic on a daily basis. It's very impressive and humbling at the same time.

I thought I was on the wave of home jobber excellence being a longtime member/contributor of another recording website and a bunch of compilation/collaboration CD's we did, but none of those come close to the clinic's level of excellence. I think it's high time that the clinic goes to the next level and compilation/collaboration/sampler CD's start being released and making waves in the music community.