The day the rock star died

Source from Edmonton-see magazine

This article says about how much hard it is to live as a musician in these days,in that case rock star by interviewing with McConnell, a Toronto filmmaker and somtime musian himself.

McConnell set out in 2004 to make a film about the trials and tribulations of indie rock,but came out with a documentray subject. It seems to be a good one for those who want to be a musician,aspiring to walk through the golden gates of music industry. But he says that the music industry are becoming increasingly tarnished by oneline filesharing and plummeting album sales.

The music maket also became totally saturated because everybody thinks that they can make a music and be a singer. There are too many bands, labels but there're not enough people who support a scene.

We can see many canadian metal bands in his documentary, who left their family and even infant children behind as they follow their musical dreams. But the problem is that labels are looking for hitmakers. Of coure, the top band on the label get a lot but everyone else is left out to dry. You're either starving or you're not. You must not dive into the scene headfirst without knowing how much it's goint to cost them. Being signed to a label doesn't mean the success any more. You must be a realist. There's more middlemen to take money out of the pot.

He says, " You can try make your own CD, selling them to your fans or over the internet. but unless you already have an established fan base, you need the label. It's like when I tried to sell my documentray. I tried to sell them directly but for this i have to make more. I opted to work with distributor. Because they picked it up, put it in major video and record stores all over North America, and I could't have done that on my own. "