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How does a struggling rock indie band get off the ground in 2008, there are thousands of bands trying to break into an ever decreasing space. Record companies are finding it harder to launch recording artists as the internet has taken hold on music file sharing and profits have plummeted.
Only recently EMI laid off some 2000 employees to help streamline their operation and to prop up profits. So what does that mean for bands starting out. In essence it means the space has just got smaller and its even harder now, than it was before. My knowledge of the record business started as an artist some 25 years ago performing at an open air venue in North West London.
Ideas! Sourced! and Community! are 3 words that are included in our strap line and for good reason. I am a ‘can do’ person and have surprised myself sometimes by achieving things I never thought possible because a) I didn’t know where to start and b) it was outside my comfort zone.
So what of it? Your so wonderful….big deal.
Is people passion, haveyougotthenerveTV and are Mark Bowness/Mark James real or fake?
I’m a great advocate of making things happen starting with a blank piece of paper. Nothing pleases me more than to take a concept that is in my or someone else’s head, brain storming it, working out a plan, then executing the plan and making it happen. Wow it gives me a buzz every time I think about it. So when Kezza pinged me ‘haveyougotthenervetv’ I answered loudly yes…
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