Where To Go From Here?
I recently stumbled across a rant by Trent Reznor thanks to CDM, one of the few sites I visit daily. It really got me think about where this is all going. I just finished my first real track entitled Alpha 243. I sent it out to a group of people I thought would be for providing feedback, and I got mixed reviews. Some people liked it, others didn’t and its pretty much what i expected. Now what? Its not exactly a dance track, its more like mellow dubstep, so do i really want to start contacting a million labels and deal with all that rejection?
Like most artists, I lead a semi-normal life while flying under the radar and eking out a living in this world. Someday I dream of quitting my day job and being a full time electronic musician, but I’m pretty sure that day isn’t gonna be anytime soon. So where exactly am I going with all of this? Does anyone give a sh*t? I’ve been trying to build slowly over the last few years; first the podcast, then the blog, all the dj gigs, and now making music. I’d like to think that if and/or when new people do discover me, I’ve at least made myself interesting enough to hold their attention.
Back on track… Trent says give it away free, because its all gonna end up on mp3 blogs and torrent sites anyway and I think he’s got a valid point. “Making it” as an artist is probably more difficult that ever as we approach critical mass. No matter what your medium its easier than ever to become an “artist” so the amount of content people now have to sift thru requires a digital machete. There is so much crap on beatport now, because everyone can make “music” with a cracked copy of ableton and a few torrented loop packs and server storage is now cheap, that finding new things like requires hours of dedication.
So where do I from here? I don’t know… I guess back into the bedroom I refer to as a studio and get back to work. Back to the podcast I’ve worked hard on for the last few years. Back to the blog so people will have something interesting read if they ever show up. And back to the DJ booth, where I’ll hope I can get a decent dancefloor to rock every once and a while. At least I know one thing for sure, I can’t be accused of not trying.
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