SFW
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While I do not condone illegal downloading... I fail to see how it is any different than copying cassettes during the 80s and 90s. Everyone here had at least one cassette tape that they copied from a friend when they were younger.
While people still love "music" as much as they always have, no one seems to value it anymore. The record industry is partly to blame for pushing the era of the "single" instead of pushing albums. I still love to get a new album and listening to it all the way through with a good pair of headphones. I love to soak in the tones and soundscapes that artists create. I love music. However, I am in the minority with how I feel about music.
To touch on the other topic of this thread for a moment. I don't live in LA or NY, so I can not comment about those scenes. I do, however; live in Houston - the fourth largest city in the US. The local scene here is horrid for an artist or band seeking to play original material. If you are a cover band, and you're good, then you can write your own ticket and pretty much get paid what you want to. Houstonians love their booty shakin' music. For guys like myself, in the original music scene... well, lets just say that things aren't as gravy. It took my former band, Savage Evolution, the better part of playing three years to build a solid following. We eventually had things to a point where we were drawing 100 plus people to clubs and drinking the bars dry. This allowed us to start making some money. Along the way, however; we played a lot of shows that ran us in the red. Opening for national acts like King's X, Boy Hits Car, Winger, Socialburn, etc... While these gigs put us in front of a large audience, they didn't pay at all. Some times you have to take one in the ass to help with the large goal. How much did you 80s LA guys make doing shows? At any rate. I guess that's my take on the subject...
While people still love "music" as much as they always have, no one seems to value it anymore. The record industry is partly to blame for pushing the era of the "single" instead of pushing albums. I still love to get a new album and listening to it all the way through with a good pair of headphones. I love to soak in the tones and soundscapes that artists create. I love music. However, I am in the minority with how I feel about music.
To touch on the other topic of this thread for a moment. I don't live in LA or NY, so I can not comment about those scenes. I do, however; live in Houston - the fourth largest city in the US. The local scene here is horrid for an artist or band seeking to play original material. If you are a cover band, and you're good, then you can write your own ticket and pretty much get paid what you want to. Houstonians love their booty shakin' music. For guys like myself, in the original music scene... well, lets just say that things aren't as gravy. It took my former band, Savage Evolution, the better part of playing three years to build a solid following. We eventually had things to a point where we were drawing 100 plus people to clubs and drinking the bars dry. This allowed us to start making some money. Along the way, however; we played a lot of shows that ran us in the red. Opening for national acts like King's X, Boy Hits Car, Winger, Socialburn, etc... While these gigs put us in front of a large audience, they didn't pay at all. Some times you have to take one in the ass to help with the large goal. How much did you 80s LA guys make doing shows? At any rate. I guess that's my take on the subject...
