Would Arrowhead's Toys in the Attic sell today?

[alanm]

Was bored when I got home and wanted to listen to some music. So I was perusing and saw Arrowsmith's Toys in the Attic amonst the multitudes of CD's. It's been a long time since I listened to this particular album. But I think it still holds up. Yeah it's Bronco week. **** off. Just wondering.Remember I was bored. And maybe feeling a little old.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by alanm

Im sorry is there no one out there who makes your jaw drop anymore playing a instrument like the guitar.

Quite honestly, that has never happened.

I grew up with a legendary guitarist as a father. He told me from age four that I'd surpass him as a guitarist and a musician and I did. With his help and guidance, I've been able to make a living composing music for film and TV.

That said, I completely and fully love guitarists. I've been onstage with Les Paul and Al DiMeola and Larry Carlton and Larry Coryell and countless others. But being able to play guitar hasn't defined me.

Originally Posted by alanm

Does it even matter anymore? And if not that's got to be the saddest statement on the matter of popular entertainment or music at the moment.

Your focus isn't on music but on an instrument. The goal isn't to be "the greatest in the world" but to be a part of something special. It doesn't matter if that's as a cellist, violinist, trumpeter, orchestrator or percussionist.

The goal should be "I work in the music business for a living, doing what I love", not "I'm the greatest!".

[Smed1065]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Have you checked out Rival Sons? It might be up your alley.

Thanks.

Approved

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by alanm

Believe me I'm one of the most jaded Mother ****ers out there.

No, you're not.

You don't listen to hundreds of songs per day and thousands of songs per week, every single day, for years on end, for a living.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

The goal should be "I work in the music business for a living, doing what I love", not "I'm the greatest!".

That goal has given mea twenty year career...

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by stevieray

That goal has given mea twenty year career...

**** yeah!

[alanm]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

**** yeah!

I refuse to believe that bandaids on Aikey Breaky Hearts little sperm drip is what goes for music these days. Where has Hollywood and the Music gone wrong?

[Chromatic]

Originally Posted by alanm

I refuse to believe that bandaids on Aikey Breaky Hearts little sperm drip is what goes for music these days. Where has Hollywood and the Music gone wrong?

There's more great music out there than ever, just not much in the mainstream and not really that profitable these days.

It's still there.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Chromatic

There's more great music out there than ever, just not much in the mainstream and not really that profitable these days.

It's still there.

"Great" is subjective

[Miles]

Originally Posted by Chromatic

There's more great music out there than ever, just not much in the mainstream and not really that profitable these days.

It's still there.

Seems that way. Just find it a different way than it used to be and the streaming services for the most part make it immediately accessible.

[Chromatic]

All music is subjective.

This is like the 4th time you've said that.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Chromatic

All music is subjective.

This is like the 4th time you've said that.

Because it's true.

"Great" to you is "shit" to someone else.

Unless you're willing to lay your ass on the line and say " THIS band is great and will be still touring and selling out arenas in 30 years", your definition of "great" is meaningless.

[Chromatic]

I don't give a shit about the business side of the music.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Chromatic

I don't give a shit about the business side of the music.

How very unsurprising

[Chromatic]

And convenient!

Don't worry, it might take a few decades and we might all be dead by then, but music will become profitable again in some way. Or it won't and it'll take its place next to whittling or chinese papermaking and be another mysterious piece of history.

who knows

[headsnap]

sorry, but there is nothing more pathetic than a thread full of old guys lamenting the fact that the music of their youth is no-longer popular...

"today's music sucks!!!!" I remember my dad saying that...

If your favorite music is classic rock and that is all you've listened to for years, you are stuck, your brain is no-longer making those connections. Music changes, it evolves... I'm lucky that by being a musician I have been somewhat forced to stay with the current music, also I have a 17 year old daughter that has awesome taste in music... Tame Impala, Portugal The Man, etc... There is some really cool stuff out there!

The problem with music today is the throw away disposable society in which we live, BITD people would latch onto bands and be 'loyal' to them for years/decades, today's listeners are fickle, it's a rarer today for an artist to have more than one successful album. A big part of that is what I call the 'fashion show' of music, where in the past there were 4 or 5 genres of music, today there are hundreds, there is a much smaller piece of the pie for the artist and it's much more difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff...

my 2¢...