government grants for bands

dennistuam

should the irish gov encourge our music talent like in sweden in the early 1990's by giving assist to say 200 bands ie free recording ,gear ect
sweden was going through the same probelms as we are now
and they started this scheme
they didnt hassle them by stoping the dole ect
out of the 200 bands most didnt make it,but they had winners on there hands with ace of base,aqua, dr alban all brought in millions to the country with spin offs and gave the country a good image

basicaly it was throwing out a sprat to catch a salmon
surely to god as they only country in the world with a music instrument on a passport we can do it
people worldwide want uplifting at moment
what do ye think,

nyarlothothep

Interesting idea, but would it create an unfair playing field. What if more than 200 bands are good, in that case would the committee tasked with handing out the grants give it to bands which they thought fit the criteria for being successful? What would they know about what constitutes good music?

steifanc

they do this in scotland .

DerekD Goldfish

Nah bands make their best music when poor and miserable
all musicians should be forced to clean out the waste buckets at mountjoy to earn their dole

NiallMH

DerekD Goldfish wrote: »

Nah bands make their best music when poor and miserable
all musicians should be forced to clean out the waste buckets at mountjoy to earn their dole

As horrible as it sounds he's probably right , you never hear stories lik , he was handed his mint condition Gibson Les Paul and Amp and has been been on top of the world ever since , the good stories are the ones like when Axl Rose had to write songs on Pizza boxes , etc . .

Obleroza

dennistuam wrote: »

out of the 200 bands most didnt make it,but they had winners on there hands with ace of base,aqua, dr alban all brought in millions to the country

wow if government grants results in the like of ace of base,aqua, or dr alban then let us all agree that it would be a horrible idea. Just plain wrong!