Coreyman Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Can any of you good gentlemen advise me on how to make a decent buck in this business? humour is accepted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Spend about 20 years in it and you should have been able to accumulate a buck or maybe even two. Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbach1 Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Originally posted by daklander: Spend about 20 years in it and you should have been able to accumulate a buck or maybe even two.C'mon Bill, I saw you pocket about $75 bucks one night. bbach Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Studio Pet-Rock Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 1. Sell your slightly used CDs to the local music store. 2. Breast enlargement 3. Become a roadie for a local, crap-ass indie band 4. Sing about large breasts 5. tip jar....and a gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrmac Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Making money is illegal unless you are the Treasury Department. Earning money is legal in capitalistic countries though. How about a gig in a hotel? They like musicians in those places and sometimes pay them well. Mac Bowne G-Clef Acoustics Ltd. Osaka, Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRBass Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Anyone can make money in music, it just depends on what you consider a Living. If your primary goal is to earn a living from music: 1) Buy a tux and learn to do the casual circuit, cockatil parties, etc. Being a living, breathing muzak machine is very lucrative. 2) Teach young-uns how to play out of your house, or at a mom & pop music shop. 3) Learn to be a piano tuner. Pays better than you think. If those don't do it for ya, try these: 4) Join Linkin Park. 5) Mount a successful hostile takover of Vivendi Universal. 6) Kidnap David Geffen, assume his identity, and send out a memo to his subordinates directing them to immediately sign you to a 3 album deal with a $5 million non-recoupable advance. 7) Tell everone that Clive Davis is your uncle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim P. Dyndale Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Profesionally record a good demo that you can be proud of. Send an .mp3 file of no more than 20 seconds in length (of the most "ear catching" part of your best song) to all the producers and A&R people whos contact info you can get ahold of as possible - along with a short message getting right to point in telling the recipient exactly why they should consider getting to know more of your stuff and "what you're all about". If possible (like if you have something that could be classified as even slightly impressive and pertinent) include your musical CV. And don't forget to include your contact info Oh, and keep doing this while trying other tactics... NEVER give up - no matter what! I think that about covers it... -Joachim Dyndale -------------------- Einstein: The difference between genius and stupidity is: Genius has limits My Blog... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 How do you make a small fortune in the music biz? Start with a large fortune... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Dangit Lee, you took my response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrix Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Based on lots of data the answer is clear. Sign up to manage a dozen promising acts. Be sure the musicians are really hungry and naieve, that they dont hire a lawyer and that the contract is airtight and gives you 20% of all earnings for an extended time period. If you are really viscious (and they are really stupid), insist on a piece of the copyrights / publishing. Define your role as manager to ensure you see all the money first - so you can take your cut off the top. Wait for one of the acts to hit- then you get to buy a fast car and a house on the beach. Check out some tunes here: http://www.garageband.com/artist/KenFava Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Originally posted by Philip O'Keefe: Dangit Lee, you took my response! Ahhh crap, was it your turn to have the brain this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duhduh Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Originally posted by Joachim P. Dyndale: If possible (like if you have something that could be classified as even slightly impressive and pertinent) include your musical CV. ] What is that? "Meat is the only thing you need beside beer! Big hunks of meat and BEER!!...Lots of freakin' BEER." "Hey, I'm not Jesus Christ, I can't turn water into wine. The best I can do is turn beer into urine." Zakk Wylde http://www.hepcnet.net/bbssmilies/super.gif http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/15_1_109.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim P. Dyndale Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I was thinking something like maybe a few references from people you've worked with, places you've gig'ed, records you've played on - stuff like that. Thought it'd be quicker to just say "musical CV". Or it could just be a word document of your CV, with an audio recording of you playing some instrument you really can't play included in the document. For the serious people I'd go with the first type of musical CV -Joachim Dyndale -------------------- Einstein: The difference between genius and stupidity is: Genius has limits My Blog... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Originally posted by Lee Flier: Originally posted by Philip O'Keefe: Dangit Lee, you took my response! Ahhh crap, was it your turn to have the brain this week?I dunno...you've got the brain at the moment, which makes it pretty hard for me to figure much of anything out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Oops. Lee beat me to it. I'll just stroll on over here... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim P. Dyndale Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Seeing you two fight over who has the brain is really funny - since it's I who has the brain. You're both brainless at the moment, and thus you are unable to comprehend what's going on. Which is nothing. Nothing, that's going on that is. Going on. That is. Nothing. It's going on. Where was I? -Joachim Dyndale -------------------- Einstein: The difference between genius and stupidity is: Genius has limits My Blog... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 I can't understand your post due to Lee having possession of "our" brain this week. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 How to make money in the music business... Learn to play really well. Write some killer tunes. Get some really cool people together. Record a CD. Go on the road to promote the CD. Apply for a student loan, go to business school, and get an MBA in marketing with a minor in Information Technology... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Originally posted by Philip O'Keefe: I dunno...you've got the brain at the moment, which makes it pretty hard for me to figure much of anything out. DOH! Sorry, you can have it back now, I'm going to bed. Just be sure to give it back before my next EQ deadline, OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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