there's no money to be made in this business
get a normal job, it's easier
Working in the scene..
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chrisdisco
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yea, thats what I mean about hte boat sinking. There is money to be made for very few people involved (djs, drug dealers, and booking agents). if you work hard, you can enjoy living from what you love doing, but it is ultimately a part of a lifestyle which is not for everyone. Just take a look at all of the distro companies crashing in hte recent years, or record stores, or ...dsat wrote:there's no money to be made in this business
get a normal job, it's easier
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If I rem correctly, prime went down before hte big mp3 push. I dont know about their specific situation, but there are quite a few less than honest people working here and there. Alcohol, drug, cash, and low doses of fame sometimes bring out some unsavory features of humanity that you probably will encounter less of in more typical offices (except finance, but simply due to larger flows of money).Celltek wrote:I can also imagine that mp3 sites largely contribute to this.
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that it is!chrisdisco wrote:it strikes me as something very easy to romanticize...
managed a record shop for years, did (and still do) some club nights, also working on getting my label going again after a hiatus.
had to move on from the shop..tough to pay bills and also, sooner or later you need health insurance and stuff
