The Murder Of Music, Think Before You Act
Emir Hot
Dec 9 2009, 04:18 AM
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My friend and an awesome neoclassical shredder Borislav Mitic has recently signed for Lion Music which is the metal label from Finland that also released my album.

Just before he released his new record he posted a very seirous story about "The Murder of Music" on the Lion Music's website. Some of other Lion Music artists (including me) also gave their input on this subject.

CHECK IT OUT HERE!

I would be interested to see comments on Borislav's text from GMC community.

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blindwillie
Dec 11 2009, 09:06 AM
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I have the greatest respect for you Emir but I disagre with this part:
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If you believe that what you've said can make an artist make a living of music by himself then try this:

1. Spend a year writting songs/lyrics/arrangements
2. Spend a month or two recording a demo for it
3. Spend 2 months rehearsing songs for the real recording
4. Call some good musicians to play on your real record and pay them (In my case I needed a good drummer and singer if I wanted some genuine rock stuff, because of these famous guys I actually sold something)
5. Find a good studio and spend another 3-4 months for the recording/mixing - and of course pay for it
6. Put your songs on Twiter, Youtube, Myspace etc...

Please tell me after 2 years of hard work how much did you earn and how much did you spend?

This implies that you expect that _anybody_ following your plan should be guaranteed big success.
I think you know very well that's not the way things work. As in _any_ profession, you have to find a big enough group of customers that's appealed by whatever you are selling. The fact that you have a plan and have or have not certain skills in an area and have put in a certain amount of effort is in no way, and have never been, a guarantee to success, not even enough to get a descent job. Put it in perspective to other professions. It's not important what you want or how you want to do it. What's important is how the guys with the money wants it.

It is not a matter of if I can succed with your plan or not. The point is that there are artists that HAVE succeded indepent from the big labels. (Well, success is in the eye of the beholder. They don't have their own Neverland, but themself consider it a success)
Maybe there is something wrong with your plan? Maybe you have to change your musical style?
Being a succesful, rich, famous guitarist in a world that isn't really into guitarbased music is a tough task. And with thousands and thousands and thousands of great, very skilled guitarists it will be very hard to find your own space out there.

And there is nothing special with ex-superstars playing on pubs for a living. Should a relative short time of success guarantee you to live the rest of your life in welth? It's very sad to see, I agree with that, but that's the outcome of the short life cycle of everything now. We think we have to get new things and distractions all the time. Buy ourselfs happy. This way of living is a disadvantage for the "good" artists, the ones with skills. Those who gain from it are the "shooting stars" that fade away as quick as they appeared. We just want the very very latest, give me something new all the the time, more and more and more.

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- Emir Hot   The Murder Of Music   Dec 9 2009, 04:18 AM
- - Santiago Diaz Garces   Let's take a look......   Dec 9 2009, 04:23 AM
- - audiopaal   I agree with him for the most part, and it's t...   Dec 9 2009, 08:07 AM
- - gibsonmatte   Really strong words from your friend Emir, and I a...   Dec 9 2009, 09:38 AM
|- - audiopaal   QUOTE (gibsonmatte @ Dec 9 2009, 09:38 AM...   Dec 9 2009, 10:37 AM
|- - jafomatic   QUOTE (audiopaal @ Dec 9 2009, 03:37 AM) ...   Dec 9 2009, 11:22 AM
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- - ItsMe   Nice article, strong words. I agree absolutely tha...   Dec 9 2009, 01:20 PM
- - CathShadow   I don't pirate, neither music, nor games. peri...   Dec 9 2009, 02:17 PM
- - Keilnoth   Ah well, I wrote a big text but then deleted it. P...   Dec 9 2009, 07:31 PM
- - Gus   Piracy is always a delicate topic. I remember Marc...   Dec 9 2009, 07:33 PM
- - MirkoSchmidt   hey, i have 42 Gigabyte Music ripped from Internet...   Dec 9 2009, 07:47 PM
- - Fran   QUOTE (Gus @ Dec 9 2009, 07:33 PM) ... In...   Dec 9 2009, 07:59 PM
|- - gibsonmatte   QUOTE (Fran @ Dec 9 2009, 07:59 PM) That...   Dec 10 2009, 12:07 PM
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- - Emir Hot   I would agree with Mirko that ripped music has no ...   Dec 9 2009, 08:05 PM
|- - MirkoSchmidt   QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Dec 9 2009, 08:05 PM) I...   Dec 9 2009, 08:09 PM
|- - Emir Hot   QUOTE (MirkoSchmidt @ Dec 9 2009, 07:09 P...   Dec 9 2009, 08:36 PM
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- - ItsMe   QUOTE (Gus @ Dec 9 2009, 07:33 PM) In my ...   Dec 9 2009, 08:09 PM
- - Keilnoth   Emir, I am really interested to know the policies ...   Dec 9 2009, 08:36 PM
|- - Emir Hot   QUOTE (Keilnoth @ Dec 9 2009, 07:36 PM) E...   Dec 9 2009, 09:01 PM
|- - audiopaal   QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Dec 9 2009, 09:01 PM) T...   Dec 9 2009, 09:22 PM
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- - ItsMe   Emir what do you think about streaming flatrates. ...   Dec 9 2009, 08:47 PM
- - Keilnoth   legaldownload.net seems to be the site use by Lion...   Dec 9 2009, 10:39 PM
- - Emir Hot   QUOTE (audiopaal @ Dec 9 2009, 08:22 PM) ...   Dec 10 2009, 12:15 AM
- - Ctodd   I would rather give my money directly to the artis...   Dec 10 2009, 12:18 AM
- - audiopaal   I checked some torrent sites but couldn't find...   Dec 10 2009, 12:25 AM
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- - Mandos   Just a little side note. Take a look at this labs....   Dec 10 2009, 01:20 PM
- - Keilnoth   Very interesting Mandos, thanks for the link !   Dec 10 2009, 02:20 PM
- - Staffy   Since this seems to be a "hot" topic, I ...   Dec 10 2009, 04:56 PM
|- - Emir Hot   I would dissagree on some of these since I felt it...   Dec 11 2009, 02:26 AM
|- - Staffy   QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Dec 11 2009, 02:26 AM) ...   Dec 11 2009, 10:07 AM
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- - Daniel Realpe   We live in a world under the monetary system that ...   Dec 10 2009, 08:21 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   The industry has changed upside down simply put. W...   Dec 11 2009, 01:19 AM
- - jafomatic   This is a perfect time to mention again that music...   Dec 11 2009, 03:39 AM
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- - jafomatic   Apparently the labels can't advertise well eno...   Dec 11 2009, 03:08 PM
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- - Ivan Milenkovic   Perhaps you can name the bands and we can discuss ...   Dec 12 2009, 03:17 AM
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- - OrganisedConfusion   If the band is good they'll make money if they...   Dec 12 2009, 07:36 AM
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- - Pedja Simovic   This is very interesting thread. It started with v...   Dec 12 2009, 02:25 PM
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- - Rik Veldhuizen   Sad to hear you won't continue your profession...   Dec 13 2009, 10:49 AM
- - jstcrsn   Quick qeustion. How many C.D.'s have any of yo...   Dec 13 2009, 12:39 PM
- - Neurologi   QUOTE (jstcrsn @ Dec 13 2009, 01:39 PM) Q...   Dec 13 2009, 12:41 PM
- - MirkoSchmidt   i have sold 0 cds, you?   Dec 13 2009, 12:43 PM
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- - Rik Veldhuizen   That is impressive. But: do not underestimate the...   Dec 13 2009, 01:16 PM
- - Rik Veldhuizen   The mistake here is the comparison of kidney remov...   Dec 13 2009, 02:12 PM
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|- - Neurologi   QUOTE (jstcrsn @ Dec 13 2009, 04:07 PM) a...   Dec 13 2009, 03:27 PM
|- - Emir Hot   QUOTE (jstcrsn @ Dec 13 2009, 02:07 PM) i...   Dec 13 2009, 04:36 PM
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|- - Emir Hot   QUOTE (Staffy @ Dec 13 2009, 04:04 PM) Pe...   Dec 13 2009, 05:17 PM
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|- - Emir Hot   QUOTE (Staffy @ Dec 13 2009, 04:22 PM) Ye...   Dec 13 2009, 05:38 PM
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- - MirkoSchmidt   wtf.... what means kidney? imy dictionary only tol...   Dec 13 2009, 02:49 PM
- - Kristofer Dahl   This is a very interesting and hot topic. Persona...   Dec 13 2009, 04:18 PM
- - Rik Veldhuizen   Selling 1000 CDs is great...! I can't even...   Dec 13 2009, 04:19 PM
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- - NoSkill   This is an interesting topic. The last time I rea...   Dec 13 2009, 04:24 PM
- - MickeM   Artists have been poor through out all times, then...   Dec 13 2009, 05:25 PM
|- - Staffy   QUOTE (MickeM @ Dec 13 2009, 05:25 PM) So...   Dec 13 2009, 05:55 PM
|- - Emir Hot   QUOTE (Staffy @ Dec 13 2009, 04:55 PM) So...   Dec 13 2009, 06:10 PM
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