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From: ahs@houxu.UUCP (Arthur Steinman)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Careers in Music
Message-ID: <548@houxu.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 11:14:17 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 25 11:14:17 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 27-Feb-85 07:15:21 EST
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I was a professional musician for eleven years and found that I did not like
living without a steady income. That was my reason for giving it up along
with the desire to normalize my life. I had a few breaks the highpoint being 
a contract with Atlantic Records. That really opened my eyes  to a lot of
things. I thought that getting the contract was the end of my struggle for
stardom. In reality it was the beginning. It wsn't enough to have my name on 
a piece of paper, I found that without a committment from the record company
I would just languish til the contract was up. You see, many lables will sign
you if they think you have potential. Once you are signed they treat you as
a raw resource something to be held in limbo until a use for you presents
itself. I got third rate engineers, no budget for sessions, I had to fight
for studio time etc. One tape was rejected