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I should have put "lately" in my post.
That would be correct. Last live concert I went to was Neko Case a few years back. $20 at First Ave.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukefrukem
Ha. I didn't even realize that those were the ones.
Here's the other pic in the article:
http://resources2.news.com.au/images...-the-cloud.jpg
If they are local band in a city though the cost of moving gear from a jamspace to the venue is not that much. A number of my friends make okay money playing shows like this, not enough to survive on, but as a hobby. Plus one of the reasons they might lose money touring is precisely because they don't sell enough tickets so as number8 suggests going to the show does support them. For the most part they do make a larger percentage on concert sales than on royalties.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
I forgot about Mos Def-he's awesome, too.
You should check out some of those other artists I posted last page, your list of groups was pretty much my exact list when I was first really getting into hip hop. They're still great of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMan
Also, I thought it goes without saying that I was talking about major label acts. Of course for independent labels and unsigned bands, buying their records would help the band.Quote:
Originally Posted by Qrazy
Will do, as I saw your list. I've heard of Black Star and De La Soul but not the other ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Qrazy
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Originally Posted by Qrazy
Great choices Qrazy et al. A few more that I think you'd enjoy MadMan:
Cannibal Ox
Del The Funkee Homosapien
Dr. Octagon/Kool Keith
Organized Konfusion
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
I like Cannibal Ox in small doses. I own their album "The Cold Vein" and I find much of it sounds the same.
Like I said, I like it, but just a couple of songs at a time.
So good. Them and Main Source were two of my favorites for a long time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glass Co.
In 41 hours, this semester will be over. I've got one final paper (on the depiction of the elderly in postwar and contemporary Japanese cinema) due for a history class for which I still need to generate 10 or 12 pages, and that's it! I'm freaking out about it a little, because the more I work on it, the more I realize how much more I should read and watch to make it worth half a demon's fuck, but I've just gotta accept that I'll be writing the less ideal version of the paper, and power through. I'm fighting against a brain that is already in hardcore watch-TV-and-play-video-games-in-my-pajamas-all-day mode.
And Wats, that is mega-cool. Alison Brie seems like the best.
This is almost EXACTLY my situation. I have about five pages left to write in my final imperialism paper due tomorrow night at 7 pm, I took three final exams today which turned my brain to mush, and I've been in fuck-it-I'm-done-it's-time-to-screw-off mode since last Thursday (which may have affected my British literature through the Restoration exam today). This paper I'm working on now will not be one of my best efforts, to be sure, but I'm dying to be done with the semester. Still might pull all A's, though I might get stuck with one A-.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sycophant
Yes, Organized Konfusion is quality.
I finished my last other exam this morning. I feel both relief and panic. I hate that I'm kind of rushing through this paper, since this is kind of roughly the field that I'm hoping to be writing papers in for a long time, and this is a subject that deserves some attention and consideration, and I really like my professor and hope to keep working with him, and, well, this is the majority of my grade in this class.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kurosawa Fan
Otherwise, I may be pulling As and A minuses in all my classes. Which is awesome! If I've gotta take this as a B or B-, so be it, I guess. Just gotta actually write the damn thing!
Good luck, my brother in end-of-semester paper madness!
What are you guys in school for again?
I'm pursuing bachelors degrees in Japanese Language and Literature and Asian Studies. If I'm not mistaken, KF is working on an English B.A.?
The chicks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Qrazy
That is correct, and good luck to you as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sycophant
Cool. I'll have to write all of these down on my computer. Thanks guys for the recs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glass Co.
i don't know, i'm friends with a lot of people in anywhere from mid-level to unsigned bands and they seem to make the majority of their money touring. they are playing rock music though, not ambient.
Same her, and did it for many years (in ska and rock bands). It's definitely not the same as it used to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by ledfloyd
One thing many bands lament today is how niche everything has become. Because people are so used to getting exactly what they want, when they want it these days, it is becoming harder to reach a larger audience and put together a creative bill on which all the bands aren't exactly the same.
Back in the late '80s and early '90s, we used to play shows with ska, blue grass, hip hop, funk, hard core, and metal - all on the same bill. Kids were simply into more styles of music then, and so we would pull crowds from all of those genres.
That doesn't happen much any more.
And now that small unsigned bands can sell their albums directly to their listeners via the web (with almost no overhead since they don't even have to print albums), it is becoming a more viable way to make some bucks, Playing live helps to advertise and spread the word, that's a fact. But venues take more than ever now, it's harder to get people to go to the shows, and it is just more expensive now to tour. These are all things that bands are thinking about these days.
Feels so good to be done with this semester. 3 weeks off. I start again on July 3rd. :|
January. Enough wishful thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukefrukem