http://www.rightuptop.com/music/cheap-as-free/ Incredible. I'm having an incredible year. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.rightuptop.com/music/cheap-as-free/comment-page-1/#comment-170 alex Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:17:10 +0000 http://jakerosenberg.com/datfl/?p=89#comment-170 I have one comment... which is thus: bands are _very_ finicky social groups. The dynamic is hard to impress upon folks unfamiliar with music but the combination of ego, musical talent, sexual drive, and everything else that goes into why people get together and bang on shit weekly is hard to predict, control, or understand unless you are in a band (or two). I suggest trying to focus on exactly 1 aspect of helping bands along, either recording, promotion, marketing, distribution, etc. Your tech skills can go a long way in one of these areas. Trying to tackle more than one will probably wind up marginalizing your effort. Figure out which one appeals to you most right now, and go for that one. The skills involved in being a recording engineer, and the interaction with the band, are completely different than being a promoter or marketing records. There's a lot of old hands in the industry picking out talent when it crops up, but very few that understand anything about the internet. Partnering with someone who has the offline knowledge to complement your skillset might just be the quickest way to get the ball rolling. I have one comment… which is thus: bands are _very_ finicky social groups. The dynamic is hard to impress upon folks unfamiliar with music but the combination of ego, musical talent, sexual drive, and everything else that goes into why people get together and bang on shit weekly is hard to predict, control, or understand unless you are in a band (or two). I suggest trying to focus on exactly 1 aspect of helping bands along, either recording, promotion, marketing, distribution, etc. Your tech skills can go a long way in one of these areas. Trying to tackle more than one will probably wind up marginalizing your effort. Figure out which one appeals to you most right now, and go for that one. The skills involved in being a recording engineer, and the interaction with the band, are completely different than being a promoter or marketing records. There’s a lot of old hands in the industry picking out talent when it crops up, but very few that understand anything about the internet. Partnering with someone who has the offline knowledge to complement your skillset might just be the quickest way to get the ball rolling.

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