The way of the Future too?

PaulBrewer

Do any of you remember a band called 'It Bites' , no? I barely do it's so long ago.

Well their singer/guitarist was a guy called Francis Dunnery who's featured in a recent M-Audio magazine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Dunnery

What he's doing now is 'touring' by playing what are essentially house parties.
It's an interesting idea and again reflect the Indie-ness that I think will be how the music biz will (re)develop.

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=artists.interview&ID=c7f836054ac699d1efcb3b1775def82d

I'm of the opinion the only artists that will succeed in the future may be the 'renaissance' men who can do things that aren't 'just' playing music. i.e. they take care of business too.

I think it's going to be harder for the pure artist to succeed in any measurable way as the practical infrastructure that was once around the Arty Types , (managers, tour managers etc) who can work with awkward Artistes will no longer be as common.

Practicalness will prevail ... maybe not the best thing for music? Or maybe the best thing when the immature excesses of the past are gone ?

Fun times ahead!

fitz

Living room gigs are something that are done a fair bit in the States.
I'm not sure it works financially without something of a following, but it's definitely worth looking into, perhpas moreso for the acoustic artist.

studiorat

Very way of the past too. A lot of the classical big hitters would play in private houses in Vienna and the like. So now.

11811

yeah this has been done a fair bit, my band have even done a few sitting room gigs! strange experience....
there's a crowd in the states that do gigs in condemned buildings just before they're torn down too, tis an interesting idea, have a few dvds out too, cant remember the name...

dav nagle

Sounds stupid to me and I don't mean that in a critical way towards anyone, just my opinion, thats all.

DamagedTrax

ive done a few house parties as a dj and live artists.. although they usually happen at 3am after a club!

i have been paid for a few aswell but they're normally an occasion (birthday, end of college year etc) and booked before hand.

PaulBrewer

dav nagle wrote: »

Sounds stupid to me and I don't mean that in a critical way towards anyone, just my opinion, thats all.

Why so Poet?

dav nagle

I just think it's a bit snobby to have a songwriter entertain a champagne party on ice for the goodness of 'storytelling'. It is storytelling alright with a big fat bill at the end for the teller. If he really enjoyed it so much would he do it for free? Sell out.

PaulBrewer

dav nagle wrote: »

I just think it's a bit snobby to have a songwriter entertain a champagne party on ice for the goodness of 'storytelling'. It is storytelling alright with a big fat bill at the end for the teller. If he really enjoyed it so much would he do it for free? Sell out.

Huh? Are you reading the same article as me? Sell Out? to who??

dav nagle

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Huh? Are you reading the same article as me? Sell Out? to who??

Nevermind I am full of it today

Francy conway used to tell stories of his songs and by God it would put you to sleep

PaulBrewer

dav nagle wrote: »

Nevermind I am full of it today

You're full of it most days, Oh Mighty Poet ...;)

dav nagle

PaulBrewer wrote: »

You're full of it most days, Oh Mighty Poet ...;)

That is definitely true. :P


But remember!

Life is a game!

PaulBrewer

dav nagle wrote: »

That is definitely true. :P


But remember!

Life is a game!

Ja! But has anyone downloaded the Manual??

DamagedTrax

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Ja! But has anyone downloaded the Manual??

i have it here but its written by the roland corp, so to be honest it aint much use.

actually, did you ever wonder, with all their dodgy spellings, are they even called roland? maybe its the ronald corp? ronald tb303?

PaulBrewer

DamagedTrax wrote: »

i have it here but its written by the roland corp, so to be honest it aint much use.

actually, did you ever wonder, with all their dodgy spellings, are they even called roland? maybe its the ronald corp? ronald tb303?

Or a Donald 808!

studiorat

You don't need a manual, you just push buttons until you get a result.

PaulBrewer

studiorat wrote: »

You don't need a manual, you just push buttons until you get a result.

With this Interface????

tweeky

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Do any of you remember a band called 'It Bites' , no? I barely do it's so long ago.

"Calling All The Heroes" you must remember that Paul!

PaulBrewer

tweeky wrote: »

"Calling All The Heroes" you must remember that Paul!

Ah yes!