I live in London, England. I've been song writing on and off since 2010. My first stab at song writing was when I was in my first band with some friends - sadly that didn't work out. After quite a few years away from playing guitar I picked it back up and got back in the saddle.
Music takes me away from the daily grind. It's escapism for me. I love the creative process too of making something from pretty much nothing. Empty my head and let the lyrics, melodies, riffs etc come and find me.
What is my music dream? Easy to say to be hugely successful and sell out venues everywhere and anywhere and sell loads of CDs, merch etc. To be honest......I think I'd just like some people to say that they connected with songs.
Eradicate poverty Stop war Clean the oceans Educate the disadvantaged
Bang A Gong (Get It On) - T. Rex
Blur, Oasis, The Enemy, Kasabian, Sex Pistols, The Beatles, Nirvana, Deep Purple, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Stereophonics, Cream, T. Rex, The Who, The Jam, Paul Weller, JOANovARC, Troy Redfern, Alan Dreezer, Pretty Addicted
Proving a point to myself - haha!
Live life, no regrets, have fun.
Never performed in front of an audience!
I'm not a musician as such, but of those I know, they're not making much from the streaming platforms. Gigs, merch and online lessons are important revenue streams. The economies of scale are not in the favour of a smaller band/artist though. There are probably a whole host of other things that could be improved.
So far, so good. Only just signed up.
Poor discipline for practicing. Plus a lack of support from those whose opinion you value.
There's not many venues where I live and I'm not really aware of any local scene for original music. If there was I'd support it. If I owned a pub/bar I'd create a local scene :-)
Networking, marketing and content creation. You need to get your music heard and to do that you need to grab the attention of the audience. Every social media platform needs to be utilised. It's almost a full time job in itself. With a strategy and a plan it can be done. Don't be fake though. People will see right through you.
Pretty Addicted, Troy Redfern, The Peace Pirates, The Kut, JOANovARC, Alan Dreezer, The SoapGirls, Black Tar Roses, Southbound XO, The Great Leslie Band