Comments on: There and Back http://spinme.com/2006/01/there-and-back/ Joe Taylor Jr. advises musicians that want to book more gigs... Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:31:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Indie Music Adventures » Shooting Star or Grassroots? Which is grounded? http://spinme.com/2006/01/there-and-back/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Indie Music Adventures » Shooting Star or Grassroots? Which is grounded? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:13:24 +0000 http://spinme.com/?p=1127#comment-879 [...] Joe Taylor from SpinMe.com made note of former O-Town member Ashley Parker Angel’s struggles as documented on MTVs new show There and Back. It’s kind of sad that MTV can build a whole show’s premise on the phenomenon of going to the top in the music industry and crashing back down to be in more debt and struggling more than before. All this after having a platinum selling album!?! [...] [...] Joe Taylor from SpinMe.com made note of former O-Town member Ashley Parker Angel’s struggles as documented on MTVs new show There and Back. It’s kind of sad that MTV can build a whole show’s premise on the phenomenon of going to the top in the music industry and crashing back down to be in more debt and struggling more than before. All this after having a platinum selling album!?! [...]

]]> By: Sol Rodriguez http://spinme.com/2006/01/there-and-back/comment-page-1/#comment-822 Sol Rodriguez Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:27:43 +0000 http://spinme.com/?p=1127#comment-822 My dad always said experience is the best teacher, but sometimes it's better when it's someone elses experience. As much fun as he may have had during O-Town's height of success, I don't envy his situation now. Good luck Ashley... But there is an important lesson to learn here; more bands need to know this stuff. I've set up a new blog on my band's web site specifically aimed at my band members! It's called Indie Music Adventures. Since they're not as active in learning about the industry, I'm hoping they'll at least read their own band's blog. That way they too will get this kind of info and maybe learn from it. Bottom line: good point, Joe, about building solid, supportive relationships. Just because you grow with a grassroots foundation, doesn't mean you can't also eventually have success beyond the grass roots. My dad always said experience is the best teacher, but sometimes it’s better when it’s someone elses experience. As much fun as he may have had during O-Town’s height of success, I don’t envy his situation now. Good luck Ashley…

But there is an important lesson to learn here; more bands need to know this stuff. I’ve set up a new blog on my band’s web site specifically aimed at my band members! It’s called Indie Music Adventures. Since they’re not as active in learning about the industry, I’m hoping they’ll at least read their own band’s blog. That way they too will get this kind of info and maybe learn from it.

Bottom line: good point, Joe, about building solid, supportive relationships. Just because you grow with a grassroots foundation, doesn’t mean you can’t also eventually have success beyond the grass roots.

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