I am off to see Muse live on tour n the next couple of weeks, a band which I personally believe are one of the best the UK has ever spawned. Not only do they have fantastic tunes, a vocalist with a truely brilliant voice and a sound that really isn't like other bands out there, they have a great personality and can have a real laugh.
The video below is their first ever live performance of Bliss. Matt (vocalist and keyboard in this clip) looks as tough he has some trouble with the synth to start off with but gets it going and then looks truely proud of his achievement!
If you are sending me a demo, check out these guys first. If I can ever find an band that manages to experiment with sound and make music like Muse, I will sign them immediately!!
And then thought I might write something profound and interesting. I seem to be failing, all I seem to be able to get out of my head is lalala but you never know, something might appear.
To be honest, I am so tired from this weeks work, there is not a lot left in me. It is amazing how stressful it can be trying to run your own business, especially in the media world when anyone will do anything (and I mean anything) to get ahead of you.
I have had the chance to get ahead through underhand techniques in the past but have turned them down, why? Well because I really do believe that you can get ahead by doing things right, that you don't have to hurt other people and crawl all over them to get somewhere. The problem is, I have seen far MORE people move forward by absolutely crapping on anyone who gets in their way. How can the honest person manage to get anywhere if they are up against these others that will just kick us in the balls and leave us for dead?
Well, I have found that actually by being honest with certain companies has really helped me out recently. One large record label said to me that they normally wouldn't have given me the time of day but because I hadn't exaggerated and tried to pull the wool over their eyes with the things we were talking about they really wanted to deal with me. They then chatted to me for ages giving all sorts of advice!
So maybe this approach can work. Maybe the small honest independant label we are will one day rise up and be amoung the majors. You never know........
And I couldn't talk about honesty witout fnding a video about it!!
I run Broeknrule Records, an independant record lable that is determined to break te rules of the record industry. We want to do things fairly and acyually look after both the bands on our books and their fans!
