I'd cry a river if my eyes hadn't already run dry..

[jimmy_adkins]

So now that the introductions have run dry I suppose its time to make my first real post

Comments

[ex_shakira_]

you guys are great. good luck ;-)

[jimmy_adkins]

Hey thanks, you're pretty great yourself.

[lila_mccann]

If you went back and "plunked away" in your garage, I'd come by and listen.

[jimmy_adkins]

It's good to know at least somebody would.

[mel_aufdermaur]

Great choice in Music, if I don't say so myself. *heh*

[jimmy_adkins]

I've always considered myself a connesoir in that sense.

[mel_aufdermaur]

And, I happen to agree with you on that.

[file_under]

it's a constant struggle and a constant worry. r.e.m.'s history was similar. we struggled along for years on small label and built up a fanbase and never dented the radio market... and never really cared, as long as we didn't have to have day jobs.

it's much more big time now. but if your philsophy remains relatively the same, it will show in your music. it's just a matter of getting used to a different way of doing things and also becoming wary of the media.

[jimmy_adkins]

My only worry is that my philosphy won't remain the same. Alot of bands that I've met started off humble and at their roots but as the whirlwind called success reaped them their personalities changed, and that is what I'm petrified of becoming. I've seen the torment that some of the so called "A list" rock stars put eachother through and I just don't want to become a part of that. I want to be able to go out and talk to fans, crowd surf and grocery shop in pajama pants without having to worry about the media and how they're going to protrey it. Every fiber of my being is struggling to make myself do things independantly without the aide of corperate PRs, but there is this growing urge to just lay back and let the label take over and that frightens me, because then it's no longer my vision but my vision as seen by some other person and that is not art.

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[file_under]

you have to be vigilant with the label. we tussled with warner until they gave us full creative control... otherwise we wouldn't have gone for it. they will market and sell and exploit you as much as you permit them to. you have to decide where to draw the line.

as for your philosophy... it sounds like your vision is strong, so i don't think it's going to slip that much. i believe you can enjoy the trappings of fame and still stay 'real.' it's a tightrope-walk.... but it's possible.

[chylerleigh]

You plunk, I'll listen. :)

[jimmy_adkins]

It's a deal!