Here's the thing about the music business.
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The trick is playing trend rock right before the trend hits.
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Playing it right after means your band has missed the fucking bus and the kids have moved on.
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Here's the thing about the music business.
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You can't become an addict 'til you're fucking famous.
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If you do it backwards that just means your rent
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will be overdue and you'll have to keep a day job.
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Get up. Stand up. Line up with the rest of them.
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All so different? I say you're all the same.
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Get up. Stand up. Line up with the rest of them.
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SAFE. YOU PLAY IT SAFE.
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Here's the thing about the music business.
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10,000 records isn't much, if you consider the budget.
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Your promo, your parties, payola insures your shitty band will stay poor.
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Here's the thing about a nail in a coffin.
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It keeps that shit shut while it's six feet under.
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And zombies no one cares about don't get a chance to rise from the dead and make a VH1 special.
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And when I'm wrong I'll shut my mouth.
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If it's playing what you're into even though it's not the current trend, then SAFE WE PLAY IT SAFE.
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If it's trying not to be boring to keep the audience interested, then SAFE WE PLAY IT SAFE.
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If it's playing music that you like instead of what some label says, then SAFE WE PLAY IT SAFE.
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*But if it's pulling the shit you do every night.....
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YOU'RE PLAYING IT SAFE. YOU PLAY IT SAFE.
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My Response To An Article In Alternative Press
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Bomb The Music Industry! |