yeah i understood that.::BLM:: wrote:i wasnt talking about myself btw. I think like you, but just a lil less of the hippy sh!t
there are so many people making music though to get gigs. so many...these are party people though, they love to party so much and this is how they got into djing. now if they wanna dj, they need releases out so they have no choice. one of my friends calls it a necessary evil.
I never found the right label for me, which is why I just started releasing my own music. apart from one other release and some net label stuff my music has always been put out by me. its strange... my own releases do really well and have sold out, but still no label wants to sign me. i get told my music just is too deep or not right or whatever really, just always something. I am glad I have full control over my music though, so many people tell me horror stories from dealing with labels. there are somethings certain labels can do for your career though, which is what im now after i suppose.
I also understand that life is much variety. Maybe some of those guys go on to have interesting and deep careers from those first steps. I was watching an intereview with Marshall Jefferson, and whenever the interviewer made any points about the significance of the music he was making, M.J. was pretty adament that the only reason he was making music was 'to get girls'.
So yeah, I'm not saying that any business structure relating to music is bad. But it's a tricky balance, and too much of the money side and the music side dies away.