tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-438811334334036113.post3217941675447029770..comments2024-02-22T00:29:09.372-08:00Comments on The White Light: Why do you want to do this?Jeff Scheelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365035136410181347noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-438811334334036113.post-36070803192809746022010-06-18T23:10:01.702-07:002010-06-18T23:10:01.702-07:00LOL... oh sure, who hasn't 'rocked out wit...LOL... oh sure, who hasn't 'rocked out with their [gender specific parts] out' to the smooth melodies of "Rollin' - Urban Assault Mix" once or twice? (HAHAHAHA!!!) I just meant that it will never make me think of anything more important than how to beat up people smaller than me or which engine to hang from the tree in my front lawn today... :PMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778953482393601220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-438811334334036113.post-87463892847199225102010-06-18T13:16:39.208-07:002010-06-18T13:16:39.208-07:00Oh, come now Matt, a little Limp Bizkit now and ag...Oh, come now Matt, a little Limp Bizkit now and again keeps the doctor away... ;)Placidityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421178133763520935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-438811334334036113.post-55742491530579656962010-06-17T17:18:29.180-07:002010-06-17T17:18:29.180-07:00To you both,
We are all in this together. Two gre...To you both,<br /><br />We are all in this together. Two great things about the internet is that it is an open source for information and if you guys are catching on, collaboration (Sorry to sound like Al Sharpton.)Jeff Scheelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365035136410181347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-438811334334036113.post-69957922974400083912010-06-16T21:00:02.356-07:002010-06-16T21:00:02.356-07:00I second Lucas. I feel like I've found a secre...I second Lucas. I feel like I've found a secret book of knowledge. No, I'm not saying that you've got all the answers, but I imagine that after having been down the road a few times, you've picked up a few.<br />I've been a musician ever since I first held a guitar when I was 14. I just knew it was in me, and I wore that guitar out - literally wore the paint off the fretboard (cheap guitar) teaching myself to play it. I've never been into the idea of FAME or FORTUNE (while I do admit an obvious desire to make a good living). I'm more concerned with expressing what I feel, sharing that with others, and hoping they connect. I'd rather give my music away to acheive that - even if it does mean I'll go hungry a few more days than I would have if I'd signed a contract with some massive distributer. If even one person hears a song of mine and tells me that it really gets them down in the gut, that it 'takes them back', or that it means 'so and so' to them - then I feel like a success, and I feel personally gratified. That is what I strive for- creating a connection through the music. I seriously doubt many people come across a Limp Bizkit song on the radio and say "good fucking call" and crank it up and keep on driving past their house to round the block a few times, there mind swimming in old emotions and old memories. When a band is about the money, you can tell - the opposite is just as true. <br />I think, however, some bands get in it for the right reason, and then (as much as I HATE this phrase) 'sell out'. One of my favorite albums is "S.C.I.E.N.C.E" by Incubus. The whole thing is just a creative, beautifully savage and twisted collision of ideas and sounds.... And look at Incubus now (or recently). Where the hell did all that go ? I call it "plastic music" - manufactured by men in suits to sell records. It just pisses me off, and I stop listening.<br />Anyhow... Five Stars. I'll keep reading if you keep posting. Perhaps someday our paths will cross in a creative venue.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778953482393601220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-438811334334036113.post-90896538250610521372010-06-16T15:22:48.375-07:002010-06-16T15:22:48.375-07:00I hope there are people following this blog who ar...I hope there are people following this blog who are benefiting from it as much as I am. I can't even tell you how thankful I am for the advice and information I've absorbed from this as a "starving" musician still getting his feet wet in the Des Moines scene. I've always prided myself on trying to remain as "active" in the scene as possible as far as heading out to the local clubs like the House of Bricks or People's to catch as many of the local and regional acts as possible, but I'd always been shy of "stepping on another band's toes" by trying to distribute free copies of our music at their shows. We've always tried to make our music available as it's finished by means of posting the tracks on Myspace or Facebook, but we'd never really gone as far as giving away something that people could physically hold in their hands. It make perfect sense, though, and we're going to start doing that ASAP.<br /><br />So really, thank you so much for creating this communty information resource. It truly is helping out.lucas.brightonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430160665746912069noreply@blogger.com