Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Cranky
2 months and 200 promos later and the result is a literal handful of reviews and maybe 25 stations having played the record once or twice, along with a few copies for sale on E-bay, complete with the one sheet.
Seriously, doesn't seem to be a point these days trying to self "promote" anything. Things from an "industry" perspective are worse off now than they were 25 years ago for the individual in that regard. At least in the 80's you could send out a hundred "press promos" and actually get back 25 or 30 reviews. Now, as it was prior to the "indie rock" revolution, there's only a few major players that drive the hot or not bus. Only now they are online rather than in print. I've got some thinking to do over the next year about whether it even makes sense to manufacture anything anymore. It's the old tree falling in the forest thing.. I still happen to think the last 2 records were very good records.. but only a couple hundred people even know they exist, and I'm pretty sure the boxes of both I have in the closet will outlive me.
So what's next? The choices seem to be
a) start a new band
b) keep MDID going only for my own amusement and a small circle of friends and dedicated fans, forgetting about putting out CD's and playing live.
c) pack it in finally and sell all my shit,
You can probably tell from the tone of my post which one I'm leaning towards today.
Seriously, doesn't seem to be a point these days trying to self "promote" anything. Things from an "industry" perspective are worse off now than they were 25 years ago for the individual in that regard. At least in the 80's you could send out a hundred "press promos" and actually get back 25 or 30 reviews. Now, as it was prior to the "indie rock" revolution, there's only a few major players that drive the hot or not bus. Only now they are online rather than in print. I've got some thinking to do over the next year about whether it even makes sense to manufacture anything anymore. It's the old tree falling in the forest thing.. I still happen to think the last 2 records were very good records.. but only a couple hundred people even know they exist, and I'm pretty sure the boxes of both I have in the closet will outlive me.
So what's next? The choices seem to be
a) start a new band
b) keep MDID going only for my own amusement and a small circle of friends and dedicated fans, forgetting about putting out CD's and playing live.
c) pack it in finally and sell all my shit,
You can probably tell from the tone of my post which one I'm leaning towards today.
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