The day started out so well, and ended so badly.
I did my shoot today, which was sooo much fun...even more so than the first. Larry is a really cool dude, and we played around quite a bit. So we'll see how that comes out.
I got home and thought that my first show was a success...even made the flyer and everything, when at the last moment it came crashing down. So...honestly, even though it was a small show...I'm devestated. I have tried so damn hard to book so many shows in this hell hole of the mid-atlantic...I had hoped that being in a bigger city that actually has venues would make things just a bit easier.
To add to my continued frustration regarding my business, I seem to have hit a brick wall with another band revolving around what everyone would term "creative differences".
I know I'm not the best designer in the world. But I think, still, overall, I have a pretty good conception of good and bad, professional and Angelfire. And everything I try to do for every band I work for is for their benefit. Like I wrote on my intro on my DA page...I look at my work as taking the talent that an artist brings to the table and packaging it up into a cohesive whole. That's all I'm trying to do.
I can't promote a band that has a sloppy image...for instance, if I'm trying to book a show and your press pack looks like it got put together by my mom; or if I'm trying to promote you on the web and your myspace profile stretches across three computer screens due to images that are 7850789086896 pixels across; or if I'm trying to sell an album that has artwork that's more badly pixelated than those wierd alien dudes on Aqua Teen Hungar Force. Just not gonna happen.
The sad part is I actually really enjoy working with bands that need help in areas like that. The hard part is getting them to let go...or having the comfort zone in order to take the risk of energy spent that may - or may not - result in a future paycheck.
I hate thinking about my music work like this now. But the line has been crossed. This is a business. This isn't just a hobby where I can use my free time as I see fit without a thought toward benefit to myself. But god, I wish it still could be like that on days like today.
In conclusion, thank you Jacob for your infinite e-cuteness. Because, you're the cutest. Ever. Yeah. You. Wait for it. Wait for it... *POUNCE!* :-D
Tomorrow is another day. Tomorrow I try for another show date, and tomorrow I return to take another RAM project to the forefront.
Tomorrow I also buy a new cellphone finally, because now my current one blows.
I did my shoot today, which was sooo much fun...even more so than the first. Larry is a really cool dude, and we played around quite a bit. So we'll see how that comes out.
I got home and thought that my first show was a success...even made the flyer and everything, when at the last moment it came crashing down. So...honestly, even though it was a small show...I'm devestated. I have tried so damn hard to book so many shows in this hell hole of the mid-atlantic...I had hoped that being in a bigger city that actually has venues would make things just a bit easier.
To add to my continued frustration regarding my business, I seem to have hit a brick wall with another band revolving around what everyone would term "creative differences".
I know I'm not the best designer in the world. But I think, still, overall, I have a pretty good conception of good and bad, professional and Angelfire. And everything I try to do for every band I work for is for their benefit. Like I wrote on my intro on my DA page...I look at my work as taking the talent that an artist brings to the table and packaging it up into a cohesive whole. That's all I'm trying to do.
I can't promote a band that has a sloppy image...for instance, if I'm trying to book a show and your press pack looks like it got put together by my mom; or if I'm trying to promote you on the web and your myspace profile stretches across three computer screens due to images that are 7850789086896 pixels across; or if I'm trying to sell an album that has artwork that's more badly pixelated than those wierd alien dudes on Aqua Teen Hungar Force. Just not gonna happen.
The sad part is I actually really enjoy working with bands that need help in areas like that. The hard part is getting them to let go...or having the comfort zone in order to take the risk of energy spent that may - or may not - result in a future paycheck.
I hate thinking about my music work like this now. But the line has been crossed. This is a business. This isn't just a hobby where I can use my free time as I see fit without a thought toward benefit to myself. But god, I wish it still could be like that on days like today.
In conclusion, thank you Jacob for your infinite e-cuteness. Because, you're the cutest. Ever. Yeah. You. Wait for it. Wait for it... *POUNCE!* :-D
Tomorrow is another day. Tomorrow I try for another show date, and tomorrow I return to take another RAM project to the forefront.
Tomorrow I also buy a new cellphone finally, because now my current one blows.
 | Song of the Day: Concrete - "Entitlement" www.myspace.com/concreteband |
2 Comments:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa pouncd!
my comment verification word today is "fzqqfqpe"
I mean really WTF is that!
Mine was "nuuklehl" Sounds like a band name.
*cutes*
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