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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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
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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Twincest 11
.... 8[ wow ...just wow not cool :c
frostie 0
Rob, being in the music industry is damn hard. With all the competition and music pirating now, its going to be hard to make a living off it. Your album cant be just 'average' and will need to 'perfect', in order to compete with the people out there today. Its also risky, say if no one likes your music no one will buy your albums, which is why its good to have a back up plan and get a degree. If your music career doesn't work out you can fall back to the job your degree can get, to live on. Thats why im majoring in two majors, small business making and human resource management. If i fail at making a profitable business, im going to go into marketing. Hope everything works out in your life. :)
Party_Danimal 0
**** you music company employee! Try to make us feel guilty for using superior dispersal methods.
Wizzards_fml 0
fyl. I'll buy it too
Soloblackdude 0
You didn't think this through well... The end result was deserving I guess.
ArchieWrath 0
Most of the money for a musician just starting in the business comes from touring and shows anyway, even if they get signed to a decent label.
oOMr_JonesOo 0
you only have one solution. Kill the ************ who ripped your album to the internet. **** music pirates.
rtconner 0
can we have a link to the music?
stewietm 0
you fail how do u have a computer if u have no money and the reason u don't have a link is because there was no music
ceruleandawn 0
Hey. I don't agree with most of the people posting here. In my opinion, college is a waste of time if you have your heart set on doing something college can't help you with. It's also a big-ass waste of money. I'm about to drop out too, to pursue music. Why? Am I stupid too? A lot of people think so... but I think they're stupid for wasting time in college. College is DEFINITELY not for everyone. Many musicians don't graduate from college. In my opinion, if I don't go to college, I will have that much more free time and money to : A - Save up money from working part-time jobs. and B - Practice, write, and record music. The people who don't believe we can do it can **** off, because they'll end up doing some job they hate just because of the money while we're on stage rocking it out.