I recently published an interview with Kelle Rhoads, and he
describes a condition by with aspiring rock stars expect the world handed to
them when they move to Hollywood, especially upon graduating MI.
Apparently, some of you out there suffer from the delusion
that just because you accumulated a wealth of facts and perhaps a few awesome
connections, and combine that with mommy’s bank account, you will be immediately
filling out stadium and opening for Arcade Fire. Stop it. You’re ruining the music
business for the rest of us!
No matter what or who you know this business requires a lot
of hard work and dedication; the kind you can’t learn in school. It’s the kind
of dedication that comes from scraping your resources together and hitting the
streets, the clubs, the bars, the coffee shops, and corners.
Have you busked yet? Have you handed out a thousand flyers
on the streets yet? No? What the hell are you waiting for? Go do it right
friggen now! A lot of us here in struggling musician land have put in years of
sweat and networking getting to where we are now. It’s only after years toil,
and performing in dive bars for drinks and bad food that we get to a point
where we can self-sustain on our own music.
Simply put, if you’re not willing to suffer and put in hours
of work hustling from one venue to the next making and hocking your music
relentlessly, you might as well pack it up and go back home to mama.
So true!
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