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Dear failed musicians: Do it for the chicks, man
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Dear failed musicians: Do it for the chicks, man
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Web Site Contact : Letter to the Editor
Name: Dallas
Email: XXXXXX
Subject: Letter to the Editor
Neighborhood: Fishtown
Message:
A wake up call for all the musicians who are over 30, and have not become famous.
Whatever music venue that you are into, that specializes in one particular kind music, is in most cases keeping you poor as a musician.
Blues guitarist are the worst offenders. They are in most cases the best guitarists out there in your area, and they are playing in most cases, in corner bars making the least amount of money. So they not only play the Blues, they truly have the blues when the go out and try to buy a new car, home, or whatever.
The same goes for you classic rock musicians, who only want to play rock. You know the breed. Rock on Man! You may play in some of the bigger rooms than the blues musicians, but again, unless the club is taking in money at the door, and giving you a cut, you also are working for peanuts. Due to the instability of your fellow rock musicians, you can't buy a new car either.
Music and the entertainment industry, is a Business. So if you are in the music, or entertainment field, whether you like it, or even realize it, you have to follow some business rules or you will suffer.
Women are the big spenders in society, and most business is geared to please them. There is a famous song entitled "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", and that is true. How do you think disco became so popular? The answer is women. Without a band, and just a DJ, club owners renovated their clubs, and put in glass floors. They installed elaborate lighting systems. All to attract the women in their area. Night after night, the dance floors would be packed with women. Dancing the night away, night after night, to the pounding beats of Disco.
All hit songs are here today, and gone tomorrow, because women constantly need a change in scenery. They made the travel business what it is today. Even if a woman lives in a 2 million dollar home, built in swimming pools. Hot tubs in all 6 bathrooms is not happy to stay in her beautiful home. She has to go on vacation once or twice a year and pay a lot of money out because they are never satisfied with anything.
Now during the time the Hit songs were famous they made an imprint in the minds of a women's memory and from time to time the girls want to hear, and dance to that Hit song that brings back memories of love affairs, great summers, and so on.
So if you are a musician, over 30, and have not yet become famous, but you know you are a damn good guitar player. You can play just about any kind of music well but you just don't like doing it. Change your way of thinking and become a business man and cater to the passions of women just like every other successful business has done since the beginning
of time.
Be willing to play some of the hit songs from the 50's to the present without complaining. You know you will have to play the once famous hits of yesterday so the women get their memory triggered and hear their favorite songs of the past.When the night is over the women are happy. They will say, " what a great band that was. They played everything well, and I had a great time. Let's hire, or go see that band again.â The Band will be a Club/Wedding/Party Band that can play all types of music to please whom? WOMEN!!!
Weddings cost Thousands of Dollars and are for whom? WOMEN!!! -
Parties and special affairs are expensive to put on with the renting of halls, caterers,entertainment, and they are for whom? WOMEN!!!
We will when ready work for the Big Corporate Booking Agencies who cater to the business of making women happy and the band will make top money for every event we play. Once again remember you are in the music business, and if you play by the rules, which can be narrowed down to just one. Pleasing the public. Which once again, is ruled by women. You will make top dollar with your God given talent.
I didn't write this, but agree with it (mostly) I would like to see musicians chime in. Let each genre step up to defend themselves, cover bands, originals, rock to (c)rap.
SLAYER!
What trite, sexist crap.
You're so full of crap. I make a living playing music without doing weddings, top 40, oldies, tweener, or any of the other sellout shit gigs you mentioned. Only Delaware Avenue guido retards would think you know what you're talking about.
If money is all you seek out of art and music, then by all means compromise your creative integrity and diminish the role of women in society to that of consumer. Just don't call it art or music any more.
Sad but true. There are a few bands who appeal to the lonely male as well (ex. Metallica), but these bands usually have to get to the top the hard way. If you want to get your band to get big, even if just on a local level, appeal to women.
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