Members Lucius Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Would you play you play what you preceive as "Sell out" Music if offered the chance? I would in a heart beat. If someone wants to pay me big $$$ to play my guitar I would say sure what the hell. I could pay off my house, which would take me a {censored} load more time working a regular job. How about you? Cheers Lucius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cloudnine Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Unless it was Sweet Home Alabama, Mustang Sally, or Brown Eyed Girl...yes, I'd take the money then do what I actually wanted after playing the {censored}ty music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pretaanluxis Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Yes. You can always go back to your own style of awsome music after the contract is up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moronmountain Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by cloudnine Unless it was Sweet Home Alabama, Mustang Sally, or Brown Eyed Girl...yes, I'd take the money then do what I actually wanted after playing the {censored}ty music +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tele The Truth Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Your Price is much to high. I'd do it for $20. I'm a musical whore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C-4 Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Of course I would! It's called the music business, isn't it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matt_v Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 yeah, the only thing that would make me hesitate is "for what period of time." i couldn't do that for very long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C-4 Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Just give them one million dollars worth and not a penny more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members salvador Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 faster than a ghetto slut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FiletOfFish Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Definately. I can play what I want on my own time, and it beats working a regular job to make money, at least I'd get paid to tour, record, and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XamendedX Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 that depends, to me selling out is AILD, a band that used to stand up for their faith and now acts like God doesn't even exist onstage. in that respect, no I would not sell out. Not for any amount of money. If selling out is signing to a major label and dumbing down my music...yeah, I'd sell out:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob Savage Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by Lucius Would you play you play what you preceive as "Sell out" Music if offered the chance? $1,000,000 to play it for how long? I'd probably do a couple years for a mil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BrendanO Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Aye. I'd do it. Thing is, if you sell out (or buy in, depending on how you look at it), you are essentially able to become financially independant. Say that $1M is after taxes, net profit. You find some bank that'll give you 2% interest, that's $20,000 a year. Livable. Almost hand to mouth, but livable. That's just putting in some savings account, that's not counting making smart investments, or generally being clever as {censored} with your money. That's just like, a bare minimum projected income. However, any bank you walked into would GLADLY give you better than 2% interest on that kind of money. I'm talking worst case, here. Meaning, if you can keep a reign on your budget, you could theoretically live okay for the rest of your life, doing music as you pleased. All for playing some {censored} tunes that get pre-teen girls all wet. Sure, you might have wrecked some "cred" but if you have ties with a major band/label like that, I don't think even the hardest punk would tell you to {censored} off for having been in, say, Nickelback. By selling out, you've afforded yourself the oppertunity to have all the artistic integrity you could ever ask for (via financial independance). Of course, you'd have to live with the irony of selling out to have artistic integrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lucius Posted November 17, 2005 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by Lucius Would you play you play what you preceive as "Sell out" Music if offered the chance? I would in a heart beat. If someone wants to pay me big $$$ to play my guitar I would say sure what the hell. I could pay off my house, which would take me a {censored} load more time working a regular job. How about you? Cheers Lucius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob Savage Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by matt_v yeah, the only thing that would make me hesitate is "for what period of time." i couldn't do that for very long. For a million a year, I'd do it until they stopped paying me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigdaddyd Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 I would do a lot worse than "sell out" musically for $1 million (cash of course ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob Savage Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by BrendanO Say that $1M is after taxes, net profit. You find some bank that'll give you .02% interest, that's $20,000 a year. Livable. Almost hand to mouth, but livable. Since you're taxed on it, you would have less than that. Nonetheless, anybody that would be happy making 2% on a mil would probably be dumb enough to blow it all in a few years anyway. Nonetheless, I agree that 1 mil cleared could set you well on your way to permanent financial independence, if you're smart about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BrendanO Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by Bob Savage Since you're taxed on it, you would have less than that. Nonetheless, anybody that would be happy making 2% on a mil would probably be dumb enough to blow it all in a few years anyway.Nonetheless, I agree that 1 mil cleared could set you well on your way to permanent financial independence, if you're smart about it. Yeah. Income tax on that 20,000 would put you at, what, $15,000 ish? That'd be hand to mouth, no better than working at McDonalds. But, like you said, if you're dumb enough to settle for that, well...good luck, there, bub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members squealie Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 I prefer to play music that no one wants to hear or pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members buddastrat Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 nobody's gonna say no.It's funny though, that $ doesn't change anything for anyone. If they were miserable before, they still will be. I know a few lottery winners and they're just as screwed up as ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob Savage Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by buddastrat nobody's gonna say no. It's funny though, that $ doesn't change anything for anyone. If they were miserable before, they still will be. I know a few lottery winners and they're just as screwed up as ever. Most/many people who win the lottery end up with nothing after a somewhat short period of time anyway. The problem is, if you don't know how to manage money, it doesn't matter how much you have, it's going to disappear because if you have more, you'll spend more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tele The Truth Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by buddastrat It's funny though, that $ doesn't change anything for anyone. If they were miserable before, they still will be. I know a few lottery winners and they're just as screwed up as ever. Since they're still miserable, have you asked to try out their money yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cobrahead1030 Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 for a mill...yeah i think i'd take the cash, hell i might be the only guy playing pop music with 4 framus/splawn full stacks it would be a good way to finance my death metalcore side project in my downtime i would sell out and do lame music for the right price, but it would have a be a pretty substantial life-style changing sum...more than i could make managing a restaraunt (which isn't big pay, but it ain't small either ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cobrahead1030 Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by Bob Savage Most/many people who win the lottery end up with nothing after a somewhat short period of time anyway. The problem is, if you don't know how to manage money, it doesn't matter how much you have, it's going to disappear because if you have more, you'll spend more. since we started our state lottery a few years ago, i've seen this happen time and time again...anyone with half a lick of common sense would've gotten themselves out of debt, made some moderate decisions, and then made some sort of investment and waited for a decent return...THEN you can indulge in some big spending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gainfreak Posted November 17, 2005 Members Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by Lucius Would you play you play what you preceive as "Sell out" Music if offered the chance? I would in a heart beat. If someone wants to pay me big $$$ to play my guitar I would say sure what the hell. I could pay off my house, which would take me a {censored} load more time working a regular job. How about you? Cheers Lucius Does not matter if you sell out or not. As soon as a band has major success most idiots will call them a sell out anyway. The general public is fickle. A musicians career is usually short unless you are lucky. That said I would rather be a rich sellout then a poor hasbeen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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