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A question for the pros,
A question for the pros,
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nacoran
10166 posts
Sep 01, 2019
10:38 PM
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A question to the pros-
I'm a member on the Nanowrimo page (National Novel Writer's Month- there is a context every November where you try to get 50k words done, I've done it the last two years). It's a page where aspiring authors support each other, and often that involves helping with connections for research. One of the writers asked a question... how would things proceed if a unknown musician ran into a producer and the producer liked their stuff. The plot leads up to a record deal eventually.
I've watched the old stories about how the Beatles and a few other bands got discovered but those seem to get glossed over a bit. I know in the past it was centered around the demo, and I know fairly recently one of my friends was in a band that got offered a deal and a budget of $30k of studio time. (My friend didn't like the style of music and bowed out. He said he wanted to make a go of our band instead. I told him our band would do a lot better if he was rich and famous!)
New stories, old stories. Beyond helping a writer out I'm sure it would be good information for a lot of people on here who want to go pro. Share your stories. :)
The person is mostly asking about the process, but good stories can illustrate that. How predatory are producers? How much do they control and brand you? What are the cuts, how is the process changing.
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SuperBee
6143 posts
Sep 02, 2019
12:36 AM
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Bruce Iglaur tells a few stories about how he discovered and signed people, in his autobiographical story of Alligator records, Bitten by The Blues.
He did not do it the same way each time. Each situation he describes has unique elements, and the people he signed brought their own baggage which influenced how things went down.
Of course, Bruce tells the stories from his own perspective but he doesn’t claim to have been right all the time.
I’ve found it very interesting so far (and I’m almost through the book).
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