gym class heros + 94.5fm (the beat)

[Silverwinged]

everyone sells out to go mainstream and make the big bucks some day though, i guess.

[galaxie]

isn't that the whole point of being in a band and stuff? to go mainstream and make the big bucks?

[Silverwinged]

yeah, but i read an article that a local friend of mine did when she interviewed them for warped tour, last year?
and they said that they despised the mainstream "scene"

and did you open your store this morning? could have sworn i saw you at the mall this mornin.

[galaxie]

I was in Guildford today in the afternoon, not at my store :P

[wishbone]

Take A Look At My Gee Eff
She's The Only 1 I Lol

[wishbone]

oh right caps filter.

[Silverwinged]

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[wishbone]

oh right john b

[Grapes]

Originally Posted by galaxie

isn't that the whole point of being in a band and stuff? to go mainstream and make the big bucks?

For some bands it's more along the lines of "make really good music" and "get paid enough to continue doing that as a career".

I think most of the presure comes from the record companies than the actual artist wanting to go mainstream and big. Record companies dont nessesarly look for artist who are talented, but more for artist who could be marketed. So in the end the only way an artist tcan really make it and get a record deal is to sell them selfs out and make them selfs marketable so then record companies will sighn them up.
Unless you wanted to create your own or find an indie lable. But than you dont have the bucks to get the fancy video, fancy cd cover, and fancy advertising... so your mostly relying on word of mouth and touring.

[rawb]

Originally Posted by wishbone

oh right caps filter.

ROOKIE MISTAKE

[galaxie]

Originally Posted by Grapes

For some bands it's more along the lines of "make really good music" and "get paid enough to continue doing that as a career".

maybe for a rare few...

[Grapes]

Not as rare as you think!

[cubed]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Not as rare as you think!

cosigned.

[galaxie]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Not as rare as you think!

I dunno.
I think it's one thing to get big because people like your sound, and it's another thing to try to get big by catering your sound to what people want.
I think a lot of bands want to get big but don't because they stay true to the kind of music they want to make...but if the opporunity came about for them to sign with a big label and sell millions of records, they'd take it.

[NinjaBoy]

Ugh, I'm getting sick of the "they sold out to the mainstream bitching."

It's not like gym class hero's had a really niche sound to begin with, and it's not like it's changed a whole hell of a lot. It's just more and more people like it.

yeah, but i read an article that a local friend of mine did when she interviewed them for warped tour, last year?
and they said that they despised the mainstream "scene"

Uh, the warped tour is considered mainstream.

[Wood]

Originally Posted by galaxie

I dunno.
I think it's one thing to get big because people like your sound, and it's another thing to try to get big by catering your sound to what people want.
I think a lot of bands want to get big but don't because they stay true to the kind of music they want to make...but if the opporunity came about for them to sign with a big label and sell millions of records, they'd take it.

there's a lot of bands/musicians who just don't give a shit about that whole pop-star trajectory, and a lot of them are quite successful just on the merrits of their own talent & song writing. signing to a major & a big advance are the ambitions of naive & inexperienced artists in most cases, mature artists who value their uniqueness & creativity will usually sign with an independant where they're appreciated for what they do rather than be manipulated into million-sellers by a major. and often those bands will achive such success on an indie label that they can go on & sign with a major on their own terms.

[cubed]

^TV On The Radio is a perfect example of that.

[galaxie]

Originally Posted by Wood

there's a lot of bands/musicians who just don't give a shit about that whole pop-star trajectory, and a lot of them are quite successful just on the merrits of their own talent & song writing. signing to a major & a big advance are the ambitions of naive & inexperienced artists in most cases, mature artists who value their uniqueness & creativity will usually sign with an independant where they're appreciated for what they do rather than be manipulated into million-sellers by a major. and often those bands will achive such success on an indie label that they can go on & sign with a major on their own terms.

Yeah, I agree somewhat.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that what the Gym Class Heros just did? They used to be with an indie label and just recently got a major deal?

[cubed]

^except the part about "THEIR OWN TERMS".

They've gained no where near the success needed to call any shots.

Its kind of hard to not give out karma... kinda like walking into an elevator with 100 floor buttons >:)

[Wood]

gotta plead ignorance here - i've never heard of 'gym class heroes' before (or since) this thread.

[cubed]

^exactly.