Gman Blues - CHICAGO-- Acoustic Rock 'n Blues - NEWS/JOURNAL
End of 2006 Message - December 19, 2006
Dear friends,
Another year has come and gone. What did we do? I'll bet you've gotten lots of Christmas Cards this year- some of which have those notes about Little Bobby growing up, going to Harvard and winning the Nobel Peace Prize and such.
Not me. I burrowed deep into the studio, and pretty much neglected the things that I should have focused on like my family. Didn't get out much on stage this year too. About the only thing that I did consistently was waste time on the internet, and looking back there was so much that could have been done.
I do have my first Album ready for pressing and sale. My procrastinating nature of course along with the laws of laziness, and Murphy's will weigh in on when it is actually out. I'm not going to make excuses; it's my nature to do the same thing over and over and over. I'm never satisfied with what I am doing. I have hundreds of hours of studio tape of songs and literally thousands of tracks--every one of which I think I can do better. Why?
Because I want to take music beyond face value entertainment, and business. I want my music to be part of life--your life. This is not lip service. I want my CD in heavy rotation in your car, and in the bar, and on the radio. I want to give back and have my music be the wonderful soundtrack to life, like it is (and was) for me my whole life with the original rock bands. Music bonded to the human spirit. I can do it.
Are you tired of hearing over-produced, over processed, audience tested and record company stamped-out songs? I am. I'm going back (at least in my mind) to when life offered us "one hit wonders" and record companies took a chances-- some of which paid off big. Back then artists had free reign on their creative urges, and the result was some simply amazing songs, (while others were utter crap!). The point is that anything was possible. Music wasn't tested against the masses before it was released. In today's "market" every song is tested against a huge group of people, the result is dumbed down to the lowest denominator. Why? Because music is not something to take us into a emotional state. It is a business that no one wants to invest a single stinkin' dime into if it doesn't return a huge dividend.
It's a strict formula--rigid format. Lock in and start collecting money from the masses.
We are all smarter than what we are being fed by big music business. That is why independent artists are now in the driver's seat, and people are circumventing the record industry with free downloads and such. It is an underground movement that eventually will redefine the industry. The music underground baby.
I am realizing accelerated growth via the internet. I've seen my web traffic go from a modest 20 visits (not hits) a day, to over 300. Every month now nearly seventy countries visit gman blues. My downloads are in the tens of thousands, and even my MySpace videos are in the thousands. This is wonderful, but I'll tell you that it's not about fame or fortune for me. It's about playing music that you love. Give me a chance and I'll come through on this--no lip service. You will be hard pressed to find someone who wants this more than me.
My best stuff is yet to come. I've gone through personal growth musically and creatively. Next year is going to be really good. I'm going to press harder, focus more, and do the right things by everybody. Next year I'm going the write that song that you can't get out of your mind. And when you go out to have fun, you'll think of taking me with you.
Merry Christmas.
gman
http://www.gmanblues.com
Another year has come and gone. What did we do? I'll bet you've gotten lots of Christmas Cards this year- some of which have those notes about Little Bobby growing up, going to Harvard and winning the Nobel Peace Prize and such.
Not me. I burrowed deep into the studio, and pretty much neglected the things that I should have focused on like my family. Didn't get out much on stage this year too. About the only thing that I did consistently was waste time on the internet, and looking back there was so much that could have been done.
I do have my first Album ready for pressing and sale. My procrastinating nature of course along with the laws of laziness, and Murphy's will weigh in on when it is actually out. I'm not going to make excuses; it's my nature to do the same thing over and over and over. I'm never satisfied with what I am doing. I have hundreds of hours of studio tape of songs and literally thousands of tracks--every one of which I think I can do better. Why?
Because I want to take music beyond face value entertainment, and business. I want my music to be part of life--your life. This is not lip service. I want my CD in heavy rotation in your car, and in the bar, and on the radio. I want to give back and have my music be the wonderful soundtrack to life, like it is (and was) for me my whole life with the original rock bands. Music bonded to the human spirit. I can do it.
Are you tired of hearing over-produced, over processed, audience tested and record company stamped-out songs? I am. I'm going back (at least in my mind) to when life offered us "one hit wonders" and record companies took a chances-- some of which paid off big. Back then artists had free reign on their creative urges, and the result was some simply amazing songs, (while others were utter crap!). The point is that anything was possible. Music wasn't tested against the masses before it was released. In today's "market" every song is tested against a huge group of people, the result is dumbed down to the lowest denominator. Why? Because music is not something to take us into a emotional state. It is a business that no one wants to invest a single stinkin' dime into if it doesn't return a huge dividend.
It's a strict formula--rigid format. Lock in and start collecting money from the masses.
We are all smarter than what we are being fed by big music business. That is why independent artists are now in the driver's seat, and people are circumventing the record industry with free downloads and such. It is an underground movement that eventually will redefine the industry. The music underground baby.
I am realizing accelerated growth via the internet. I've seen my web traffic go from a modest 20 visits (not hits) a day, to over 300. Every month now nearly seventy countries visit gman blues. My downloads are in the tens of thousands, and even my MySpace videos are in the thousands. This is wonderful, but I'll tell you that it's not about fame or fortune for me. It's about playing music that you love. Give me a chance and I'll come through on this--no lip service. You will be hard pressed to find someone who wants this more than me.
My best stuff is yet to come. I've gone through personal growth musically and creatively. Next year is going to be really good. I'm going to press harder, focus more, and do the right things by everybody. Next year I'm going the write that song that you can't get out of your mind. And when you go out to have fun, you'll think of taking me with you.
Merry Christmas.
gman
http://www.gmanblues.com
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