The Dirty Secrets of Your TradeSo, Television is a hot bed of lies, deceit and made up competitions. We can't say that we are that surprised... every job is full of this stuff. It's not like the newspapers currently kicking TV whilst it is down are all that innocent.
We'd like you to even things out a bit. Spill the beans on your own trade. Tell us the dirty secrets that the public need to know.
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chthonic, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:31)
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come in here boy, have a ceegar etc.So: you're an Indie band, been flogging around the circuit for 5 yrs.
& the man says 'sign here, y'got a record deal-we really really like yer music' &
'oh, here's 30k as an advance'
you put out an album, it does OK, you put out a 2nd album & that does a bit better-these are after all, all tried & true riffs/lyrics you've toured.
Then?
the man ses 'we've got a villa in LA, why not go there for 6 months-our expense & write the next album, being album 3???'
so, you go. no phone, no heated pool & silence.
you try to write but the band are wigged out, missing mum, brown beer, bacon butties, football & wimmin etc.
So, the band implodes, slowly individs. dribble back to the UK
& the man?
He ses 'we were only ever really interested in YOU'
& 'we'd like you to work with X, maybe Y & then S&D to put some killa songs n chunes togetha'
"Ah, but I don't wanna' you say
& the man he say:
'weeeelll, there is the leetle matter of the villa rental, your eats n drinks for 6 months, plus the advance we gave you and this contract here for 5 albums....as after all you are now the reamaining member of F indie band' (i like the pun on ream there BTW)
repeat ad infinitum. and please; DO remember that piracy is killing the music industry
length/girth? enough to choke 4 boy bands. in a row.
(, Thu 4 Oct 2007, 8:28, Reply)
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