Today, I finally released my first music album. I dropped out of college to pay for it after my friends who liked my music urged me to. They keep telling me how much they love the CD. I've only sold one copy. Turns out they put it on a sharing site so only one of them would have to buy it. FML
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Black Friday
70% off something you didn't need, a stampede and a cart that crashes at checkout. Thanks, Black Friday.
Today, I finally worked up the courage to play my friends the demo CD that I've spent all summer recording. I didn't tell them it was me. Not even 10 seconds into the first song, my best friend asked me to turn it off because it sucked. FML
Today, I heard on a local radio a song I wrote almost 2 years ago. Apparently, after my family and I moved away, my former band found a new guitar player, and that song is now the first single of their debut LP. FML
Today, I finally got the courage to tell the guy I liked how I felt by making him a mix CD. Confident, I gave it to him. After class, I went to the trash can to throw some paper away. I saw my mix CD in the trash. FML
Today, after spending weeks working on a song that meant a lot to me, I reluctantly posted it online. The "friend" who'd convinced me to post it, commented, "This is the worst shit I've ever heard." He got 30 likes, along with a barrage of agreeing, equally terrible comments. FML
Today, I was in a band with some friends and we got our first gig at a local festival, but I'd already agreed to work serving drinks at the festival. My bandmates got really annoyed and kicked me out of the band. They then went ahead and performed the song that I WROTE, without me, at the festival where I was working. FML
Today, I bought a CD off a man who always plays Spanish guitar in the subway. When I got to work and tried playing the CD, it was blank. I paid $15 for a blank CD. FML
Today, after seven months of my supporting him, including paying all the bills, cleaning the house, and cooking, my unemployed "aspiring rapper" boyfriend finally got paid for his music. Did he buy me something nice? No, he called his boys to hit the club and pissed away everything he'd earned and then some. FML
Today, I bought my very first college textbook. I received a stack of hole-punched papers. My $195 "book" isn’t even bound together. FML
Today, my mate came over wanting me to listen to a new music CD he got. It was by some unknown band, and at the end he asked me what I thought, and I said it was ok but the lead singer couldn't sing even if his life depended on it. Turns out my mate's the lead singer, and it was his own band. FML
Today, I made my mom a mix CD for her car. It took me ages to find just the right songs that would be perfect for her. When I played it for her in the car, she took it out and threw it out of the window. FML
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tekcor 2
Well that was a dumb move. Did you really think your friends would buy enough music to cover your income for the rest of your life?
Lisa89 3
Welcome to the music industry. And if it was acual money you were after then it's stupid for you to think you could make enough to get by when you're an unknown artists with one album.
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PhillyFox 0
That was pretty shitty of your friends. But you probably shouldn't have dropped out of college. Now if you don't make it, you'll be screwed.
novangaliss 0
Bullshit. If anyone was into recording enough to drop out of college or uni they would have been playing for years and would have their own recording gear at home. If anybody is stupid enough to release a ******* LP before an EP or a demo then they deserve it for not getting public perceptions and wasting money on pointless time in a recording studio. YDI idiot.
NorfolkDude 2
FYI, a lot of local singing and music schools tend to put false assumptions on people. You remember how on shows like American Idol, you hear a lot of people say they were trained? Well the thing is if you're paying someone 1000s of dollars, they'd probably kiss your ass and call it candy. So a lot of people think they're "good" but in reality, they're just terrible. Also, music equipments cost a lot of money. In the sum of 10~30k. I don't think a college drop-out would even make close to that much. Especially if he has to drop out for the specific purpose of pursuing his dream.
sivvus 0
You can create a home recording studio for a lot less than that. If you have one decent mic and a good digital studio with direct tap input (like Cubase or Logic) then you don't need much more, as the mix desks and so on are all built in. And if you're interested in this stuff at high school level it's highly likely you can access the tech from there and get a student discount. Also, if you're a decent player then you should be able to work with lower quality stuff. Case in point- it takes a helluva lot more effects, work and prodution time to make Britney Spears sound decent than Queen Latifah. I agree that it was a misguided thing to do, but it's probably more expensive in terms of the education lost than the recording equipment.
WTFsGoingOn 0
You really believe that if anyone is into recording and performing music enough to drop out of college that they have been pursuing their dream for years in advance and are already set up and capable of doing professional quality work themselves? That is pretty ignorant. Hell I know people who dropped out of college to sit in their garage and make pottery. Doesn't mean it was the right choice, but people make stupid choices all of the time. This OP definitely made a bad choice, that alone points to the idea that it is most likely not bullshit to begin with. OP: At least you are getting some exposure. More people will hear your music by pirating it online and come to see live shows and buy albums than if you just play at some local venues. Now days it's a good way to get your name out there. It sucks for you in the sense that you won't profit much, but in the music industry you will be lucky if you ever make it far enough to get a real profit anyhow. If you are doing it for love of the music and not for the money then don't worry about it.
saunder 0
u let ur friends buy ur cd? give them am copy for free, sell it to the strangers...
phatdaddy 0
REAL friends will pay the $5 for a cd you spent $10k on if they really like it. Hell, they should do that even if they don't.
thezeb 0
I call BS on this. Looks to me like a representative of the RIAA found fmylife and decided this would be a good playing ground for their political agenda.
novangaliss 0
So so so true...
18legalawesome 0
YDI for dropping out of college. You could've easily released that album while continuing your education.
maruchan 0
+1
Nomad609 0
thats BS.. I know nothing about the music industry but I know of better ways to promote an album rather than just "release" it..I cant believe that as a musician, you dont know ways on how to market yourself as an artist. I thing YDI for being unprepared and unresourceful.
Nomad609 0
besides, selling ur album doesnt mean you have to do it all in one day, maybe you just sold one now but market yourself well and who knows, dont feel defeated just because of today or whenever you released the album
ultraslick 0
Why would you charge your friends for your crappy cd? You know they are obligated to listen to it, now you're making them pay too? get a job
blastvortex 4
YDI for dropping out of college - nuff said.
TopCow 0
Don't listen to these assholes, dude. I agree you probably shouldn't have dropped out of college, but it's definitely cool that you are pursuing your dream. Keep it up, and get some better friends.