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Re: [SurfGuitar101] Art VS. Commerce (or how I learned to stop worrying and l...

mattcrunk - 09 Oct 2005 11:02:20

In a message dated 10/9/2005 10:51:45 A.M. Central Daylight Time, writes:
Do you want to get gigs?
Do you want to make enough money to cover expenses?
Is it more important that more people get to hear some of your
originals, rather than some people hear all of your originals?
Will you be bored playing songs you've heard a thousand times over the
last 30 odd years?
Will your band-mates get frustrated from not getting a lot of gigs and
quit the band prematurely?
Play whatever it takes to get gigs and a good crowd. Record a CD of your
original material and sell it at the shows from day one. As you develop a
following, start to incorporate more and more originals into you set.
-Matt Crunk
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