well Bassmama, you still dont convince me with the continual changing of your tune
"I dont understand your coment about profits from gigs" - okay, I'll say it again, if you are getting paid at gigs and put money into the company account, why do you have to pay money to buy an amp ? surely there is money in the company account to pay for at least part of this ?
"Just because you have never heard of a DJ using a guitar amp doesn't mean it doesn't happen!" - okay, it might happen if you stuck a dj on in the back room of my local, but it would NEVER happen in a club and it would NEVER happen through a marshall stack ! - you are living in a world of fiction - one 'little story' turns into a hundred to try and justify it
"are you claiming to have heard of every band in the world?!!" - No, but I believe you are in Edinburgh ? Its what helps pay my bills knowing whats going on in the music scene here, and if you were as busy playing gigs as you make out to be then I would be aware of your band, unless of course its not gigs and festivals you're playing now, but weddings and when I go along to a wedding I'm not there in an official capacity ! (and when did you last see a wedding band in the charts !)
"I have never said we were a 'happening rock band'!!! I really don't know where you are getting this from!" - how about from right here for a start "We play massive venues" - done some big weddings have you ?
"For the record, we are signed" - hmm, really ? and then "We have released 2 demos and are currently working on an album. This is not going to be released in general shops, like HMV!! We'll mainly sell it when we are doing gigs and have a few local independant record shops that will also be stocking it." - so you're not signed then but you're releasing your own album ?
"To suggest that you would have heard of us because of the 'old lineup' is RIDICULOUS!! They are in their 30's and 40's FFS!!! Hardly OLD!! and not that it is relevant, but they dont look it!! and you are being ageist actually." - you've obviously misread what I've actually said, here it is again - If they did have anything released I would definately be aware of them although with an old lineup like that I would've discounted them straight away - not because I'm ageist, but sadly the public generally is and the music biz definately is
If you're having fun doing the wedding circuit and whistlebinkies then good luck to you girl, but please dont churn out exagerations like a schoolgirl and expect to be taken seriously
and as to the other comments !
"I think the whole point of mummypoo's rant is that now we all know that she works in the music business....."
"mummypoo what do you do"
"she's a frustrated/failed artist, naturally!! (mummypops that is)"
believe me, when you've been through the mill with the music biz it doesnt seem at all glamorous and you'd be surprised at how little money there is on the go ! I do get paid for scouting but only if I feed the record company a worthwhile band so I am dependent on the talent pool thats out there. And yes, as my band were dropped I am a failed artist (but the good thing about being dropped is you get to keep the advance !) and I currently work in an office by day and keep an eye on the music at night in a few capacities, but at this stage it wont be for much longer !