13 Oct
2003
13 Oct
'03
11:59 p.m.
On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 08:14:05PM -0400, Taybin Rutkin wrote:
Well, some friends of mine just signed to Palm. There
is still hope of
talented, hardworking bands getting signed. Besides, there are always
the minor labels. Thank god for K Records, Kindercore, and Barsuk
Records.
The minor labels are probably much better for you in the long haul
as an artist. Being on a major doesn't guarantee you anything, in
fact if you're *lucky* you will merely fail to make any money.
Some acquaintances of mine put out two records on RCA, one in '96
and one in '98, and despite a great live show, some good
reviews and some "modern rock" airplay here and there, they got no
promotional backup - e.g. they'd find out their song had been played
regularly on a radio station in an area they could have easily travelled
to & performed, but they'd be told about this long *after* the song had
been cycled out of airplay. The general impression was that nobody
at the label was paying attention.
And they got off pretty easy, they just got dropped after
the second album failed to do much of anything.
For a real horror story read those prosoundweb "mixerman diaries"
that somebody posted a day or two ago. So horrible it's almost funny.
It could be subtitled "How to fail in the record industry by spending
2 million dollars on total shit."
- PW
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