Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.
Lots of people, from what I can see, just want to get into the music business for the glamour of it. But there isn't any, really. It's so up and down this industry, but if you really love it, nothing can stop you.
I think right now, you've seen these artists pop up over the last decade who've flirted with branching together a lot of different kinds of music. Some of them have been huge, and sold millions of records. And I think over time it's become a little bit of what the industry can be.
There's no platform for an unsigned music scene in the main cities - it's all hyped acts or showcases behind closed doors. I read about artists that are doing it 'the old-fashioned way' and touring, as if that's a unique thing to do - well, that should just be the way it is.
Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.
Being on the road is a great habitat for creating new music because there's so many different experiences.
People are doing what they can these days and looking for creative ways to sell music.
Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's, that are pure music rooms, where people come specifically to listen to music.
Every now and then, a lot of bands doing the same kind of music will organically sprout up at once.
First of all, I think that is true, if you are a musician, particularly on the come, that you do have to end up in one of these musical centers, some way, to be viable, saleable and so on.