The struggle defined

[kevin alexander]

The struggle defined

 

I have been a musician for 25 years and have suffered the frustrations of navigating the music industry. Sometime during the 80's, the industry moved from finding new and exciting artist, to creating them. Soon we were seeing boy bands that were selling millions of albums with members that just meet a month before. Meanwhile, guys who had been playing for 20 years, starving for their art, couldn't even get a foot in the door. Around the year 2000, To add insult to injury, great musicians had to sit on the side lines as pre pubecent mickey mouse club graduates sold another million albums. I personal was struck by the irony of being able to say "The music industry has turned into a real Mickey Mouse operation". There were some other notable ways that you could get the industries attention, you could always employ shock tactics. You could shave and tattoo your skull, pierce every orafice and crevice of your body, or be a man wearing womens clothing. But there is hope I say. This blog is intended to show that today, in this new decade of 2010 +, there is so much that an independant artist can do to attract, or even bypass the industry. Thanks to ReverbNation and other advicates of the independant artist, we have a chance to change the face of music in the world. Currently, the world hears less than 20% of the worlds great artist through industry labels. But the independant artist revolution just gained some momentum. Let's make sure to utilize the new technologies of digital downloads, huge social networking, widgets and other share technologies. We need to support each other with our shared resources. Please feel free to express yourself here, share your experience, and the resources that you have found to help you be successful. I will be adding some resources myself here very soon. Thank you for participating and good luck to all the artist, signed or not, live true to your art.