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Hoffa
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This article will kill all your dreams (the truth hurts). Never believe A&R reps who say the cream rises to the top. Only the whores and backstabbing phonies survive. Read on:
http://weeklywire.com/ww/06-22-98/austin_music_feature1.html

When you finish pissing yourself laughing you will shit your pants in horror about what really happens in the music "biz". Long live Indie/punk rock. Steve Albini lays it out in the most plain and vulgar terms:
http://www.arancidamoeba.com/mrr/problemwithmusic.html

Read about the "NEW PAYOLA". Independent promoters are the only way to get mainstream airplay (that's the terrible truth). Canadian bands that have employed Independent promoters are Matt Good and MOIST. This is why you never hear NoMeansNo on the radio:
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=977795

This writer makes some interesting arguments that I don't always agree with but newbies will have their eyes opened:
http://www.radio-media.com/song-album/articles/main.html - Thu, 18 Sep 2003 4:29pm
Dick Splint
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So all I have to do is sign a record deal and then sell at least one million copies? No problem. Walk in the park. Shit, I'm gonna be rich by noon tomorrow. - Thu, 18 Sep 2003 6:31pm
Ace
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That is depressing but I aint quiting - Thu, 18 Sep 2003 9:08pm
ROSS B AY
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shit man that's why i'm in this tomfoolery show. - Thu, 18 Sep 2003 9:45pm
Mica
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I think that those articles should encourage you to seek alternate routes - rather than quitting playing. Check this article out:

http://www.futureofmusic.org/articles/spellmanmusicianbiz.cfm - Fri, 19 Sep 2003 6:09pm
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