Comments on: how to decide: major or indie? http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/ Mike Shinoda: Music, Art, and Social Awareness Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:41:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: xXxTheBrokenWingxXx http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-56944 Mon, 31 May 2010 04:43:27 +0000 http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-56944 Since I’m home alone and haven’t much to do, I had time to check out all the entries on MS.com. And this is really my favorite one. I totally agree with what you were saying, so, no opinions added. The idea is, I didn’t know having the idols can get you such good advice in making your own success. Thanks to this post, I’m feeling more confident of my dream career. Thanks Mike, for being such a good artist

]]> By: YoungVito http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25083 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:13:35 +0000 http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25083 Nothing but truth being spoken there Mike.
Who wouldn’t want to be well recognised and well paid? But there’s a very thin line between cashng in and selling out.
Alot of up-and-comers are too caught up trying to be the ‘next best thing’ and lose integrity along the way, but thats their perogative.
And obviously it’s alot harder to make a name for yourself as an unsigned artist, but teach a man to fish…
All I know is, I’m sticking to being independant.
Success just tastes so much sweeter.

]]> By: Joanie_LP http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25082 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:20:05 +0000 http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25082 I agree, if the music is good, fame will come instantly. But making good music today is hard though.

In my opinion, today’s songs are “covered up” from the hits in previous years. Dissapointing part of today’s music is that everything is drained now and there’s nothing new to bring. That’s why I say there’s nothing better that coud top up the previous works (of Linkin Park for instance). But no one knows :) Hope…

P.S.: thanks for the tips and great words :) one day I would like to be the Bulgarian Kelly Clarkson, only with harder music but in some other life perhaps :D

]]> By: nillp http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25081 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:19:22 +0000 http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25081 “throw the old rulebook out, be thoughtful about your decisions, and do what works for you.”

thoughtful words!

]]> By: axrinekey http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25080 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:01:03 +0000 http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25080 You know..
What you said was quite deep..
I need time to digest xD

Feel speechless for no reason :(
Nothing comes out my mind now. >_<

]]> By: Kronah http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25079 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:03:53 +0000 http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25079 Understanding. You have to understand who you’re dealing with. It doesn’t really matter where these people are from. You have to know who your face to face, phone to phone or screen to screen with and who they represent. If you need help with that, never be afraid to ask a trustworthy source. Always agree only to your terms, if you haven’t thought about it you should start. Chances are they’ve already done all this, major or indie, when money is on the line this is how it works.

]]> By: Tarna http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25078 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:39:35 +0000 http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25078 If you aren’t Twittering yet, you’re missing out on one of the
biggest publicity tools on the planet. http://www.twitter.com

]]> By: Madlen http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25077 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:11:55 +0000 http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25077 I totally agree with your point…This guy i know got a deal with this label that is behind the whole Music Space thing that we have here-it’s a website that you can put your music on and have other people listen to it…so anyway he was kind of promoting his music by himself for a while and then he put some of his stuff on that website and they called him like…two or three week after that.So like you said they really appreciate people who know what it takes…

]]> By: lucky_cat http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25076 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:25:37 +0000 http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25076 I´m a little late now … anyway, many good things were said. I try a view from another perspective. music – industry … I don´t like the combination of these 2 words. industry means to focus on the product aspects. is music (only) a product? is water a product? (the president of Nestle thinks so) the industry had made nearly everything to a product and had alienated us. the original sense of music is to find it and to share it with people. I prefer to combine music with culture. the industrial age is going to its end and leaves a lot of problems behind. the age of information is coming up now… there are great chances involved, I guess (and other risks too) … have a nice day.

]]> By: keineAhnung http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25075 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:31:04 +0000 http://mikeshinoda.com/2008/09/22/how-to-decide-major-or-indie/#comment-25075 @ShadowerLiltani: yeah, I know what you mean, I’ve searched for a snag too…but I haven’t read through the whole artist contract stuff yet, but at least that’s what they say in the ‘how does it work section’ @free of charge…but I think it’s because sellaband does not really spent much money on the artist…the promo is done by the band themselves and the believers and all the money they need for recording is raised by the believers alone…for my understanding, sellaband is more like a middleman who makes sure the bands get their album recorded professionally (and of course they earn about one third of the downloads profit plus some share of the ‘normal’ album distribution)

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