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Submitted By: JohnMC | Added On: 6/9/2007 | Total Views (756) | Total Downloads: (0)

One thing I hear from bands who are finally starting to get some success after years of hard work is that they don’t “feel any different.” The life we chose as musicians is full of competition, but there’s rarely a clear-cut “winner”, and there are no awards or trophies, unless you’re entering those ridiculous battle of the bands competitions that are usually judged in a lot of areas other than talent. Our label has had a lot of success since we started 3 years ago, and I’ve had some personal success that stems from that, but do I feel any different? I think it’s all relative. Compared to 3 years ago, I’m on top of the world! But I still sit around and worry, practice and plan night and day, I don’t really feel like I’ve achieved that much. But if I look back at what I set out to do, I see that I’ve achieved probably 70% of it. But with goals met come new goals set, so the work never stops. And when you’re in an industry that’s up to it’s neck in turmoil and uncertainty, it’s hard to be optimistic. So we keep running the race, but most of the time it’s just optimism filling the tank. Everyone knows at some point the industry is going to find a way to get most, if not all, of the illegal downloading to stop, by law, intimidation or virus, but digital downloading has to become profitable enough for labels and bands to continue to make music without retail CD sales as the foundation for their business plans. I suspect that soon it’s going to become so cheap to download legally, and that the penalties for illegal downloading will become so steep, that illegal downloading will become the equivalent of stealing hubcaps, something that only the most desperate of thieves would do. Music will be so cheap to buy that only the best will be able to sell enough volume to survive on it, and the weak will fall, as it should be. Almost everyone agrees that the industry is clogged with too many releases surrounded by too much hype, and people are jaded. In these kinds of conditions, why would anyone set out to make a career of music? The odds are way against you from the start, and the competition can be very aggravating, in that you see some real hacks get a lot of love from the public and the press. Most true pros I know would be doing it whether they got paid for it or not, money has nothing to do with it. Most of the guys who set out to play for money end up playing in cover bands sooner or later and hating life, so they were in it for the wrong reasons in the first place. There’s a common misconception that being paid makes you a pro, but it’s quite the opposite, working and playing like a pro when you’re not getting paid makes you a pro. Your goals as a musician are truly known only to you, so only you’ll know when they’ve been met. The rewards in this business are largely those you give to yourself, the music itself is the trophy, having a body of work that’ll outlive you is what it’s all about. So keep recording, keep playing, but if your goals involve sales totals and love from the press and public, you may be in it for the wrong reasons, and may be in for a big disappointment.

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