Message 41/103
Date: 27-Jul-00 @ 09:28 AM -
RE: Silver Droid (Pedicelli) 's Music
fine, then apply that to criticism of others then that you observe... cos we aint talking about you are we... but um, you seem like most people posed with that dilema to only see 'deals' and 'biz' in the industry as in terms of getting 'mega', 'famous', 'huge' and all the usual crap again, - mate, it begins down at floor level, and the same rules apply there... you still be cool and all that, it doesnt matter if you are world famous or small time hobby release-ist, if you go telling people you asked for an opinion to 'piss-off', then 1. you'll get several twattings from the less patient people, 2. they will carry your reputation out with them and spread the word if anyone asks about you, 3. you never know which company you might find them at next year... & 4. in the biz you get rejected alot, so the idea is you forge relationships, if the first time the guy doesnt like it, you be cool, chat to them, ask them what they think etc, then next time you call, they know you, and so the relationship develops... they might like something you do next year, but if you've told them to piss-off or fuck themselves then there is no relationship for next time... plus often they might say to you: 'yeah, not for me, but try my mate at XX-Records, he might like it'... and then you get another introduction etc....but all that goes down the pan when you become like a spolit brat running around telling people to fuck off & piss off etc... just cos they didnt like some aspect of it
so it doesnt follow that getting somewhere equates to being as rich and famous as Sasha or Prince...... plenty of people knock out tracks to labels part-time as a hobby and continue to work 9-5 etc..... so you dont have to try to equate what is being said to associate it with the mega-pop side of the industry just to reduce it as a critic.. that is rediculous and equally as over the top... can't you guys just see things in simple everyday grown-up terms without having to drag everything into a hysterical defensive over-the-top thing ?...
i mean if it's critic yyou ask for, you go mental if you get it, if you then get told it is simply 'biz-chat' and not to exaggerate everything, you then go mental and try to drag that into a 'superstar-status' arena with more exaggeration... to me it's all just frantic and exaggerated and all that stuff which serves no useful purpose except it continues to fuel myths... notice a common thread here ??... all it really says it about how some people see themselves and the industry and their potential inside that industry - either it's 'superstar', or nothing... which is plainly ludicrous..
you dont go to the job center saying to yourself, 'well if i dont get the job to be MD of Texaco or US-Steel or Sony Records, then i'm fucked if i'm working at all' ?? - do you ? - whatever