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Originally Posted by Infernal Device  It's gonna be tough. Really tough. My opinion, all the craigslist stuff and myspace stuff is just done and finished. There are billions of them, all lumped into the beginner category. Usually offering nothing more than the band could do themselves. Artists with whom I work say they are sick and tired of a bunch of young people running up to them and pushing cards on them and trying to work with them. Giving the same speech to everyone does nothing. In my little Pennsylvania town there are dozens of 18-22 year-olds with tight black jeans, white belts and a witty t-shirt following bands around begging them to record at their "studio". I could imagine how it is in bigger markets.
Want to do it for real? Try this...
Find a band in your area you like. Really like. Go to EVERY show. Become friends. Buy them beer. Hang out. Offer to run sound at their practice and bring beer. Be friendly. Unless they are total a$$holes, they will let you at least do *something* for them in audio. Work your butt off making it beyond perfect. Stay in touch with them. Find band number 2. reapeat. Before you know it, you have a great reputation, and a great demo reel of work.
Or use craigslist and myspace. |
i (politely) have to disagree with the first part of that statement,..while he gives great advice in "picking a band,..so on"
if you're in a bigger area you'll need ot market more, there's no reason to be afraid of myspce adding/messaing (ass-kissing) card-pushing at shows etc...
i spent my whole life in the pittsburgh area until about 4 years ago,...
(again, politely i say..) i hated that area,.. there's no industry there anyway, so you're faced with TONS of scene brats running around that don't know how to set up anything other than a 57 to scream into because they're more worried about borrowing their girlfriends jeans.
in bigger areas it seems the bands, engineers, studios, are more aware of the "professional" surroundings and therefore more willing to deal with the up and comers and USE THEM TO DO STUFF (good for us beginners remember)
the small areas are just too overrun with sh** and therefore accept sh** as the standard and lump everyone together as that sh** category.
my point: unless you're 34 years old (or older) don't move to PA as an engineer
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