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An Unprofessional CareerLisa Middelhauve
2012年8月18日 0:03
by Lisa Middelhauve
It is discussed everywhere nowadays: The music business is going through changes. We - musicians, managers, promoters, booking agents and everyone from this business - closed our eyes while it was bleeding, or even worse, we held the knives and cut the wounds. It became harder and harder for musicians and bands to get a record deal, a booking contract, or any help one would not have to pay for... more than what one already had. So everybody doubled the efforts, tried to invent new tricks and keep up with the times.
Where did this lead us?
Rock music, my one true love, has become a wh_re. Over are the times when you saved your money to buy the albums of your favorite artist; over are the times when you listened to them like you would listen to a friend. The music industry has become a self-service buffet, and we gratefully serve ourselves on fake silver plates. We get cheaper and cheaper in order to make the best offer to an audience that, in large part, isn't willing to pay for our discounted art. And who could take this mentality amiss! Rock music, once the playground of rebellion and the one place in music where every thought was allowed to be spoken out loud, now has laced itself up into the corset of so-called professionalism - and is nothing but pop business in leather pants.
I am disgusted. Disgusted to experience Metal bands using playbacks like they would to prostitute themselves on a Chart Show stage. Disgusted and disappointed by how many musicians refuse to have closer contact with their fans for fear of seeming unprofessional. (The mystery, you know.)
And I am sad and ashamed, because I took part in this.
"Professionalism". I've thought about it a lot these recent days. Professionalism is the scapegoat of the music biz. If you say or do this or that, you're not "professional". Oh well.
I am aware of my unimportance in the music business. Whether I'm here or not will not change anything for the business. And the more I think about it, the less I want to change it. It's dead anyway.
The one thing that can never be taken from us is the essence of our personality. When I am not a singer, not a composer and not a writer, I am still... Lisa. And when I am a singer, a composer and a writer, I cannot be less than that.
So, consciously, willingly, with these words, I quit my professional career... but not my career. Goodbye, music biz - no one will ever be able to accuse me of breaking the rules of this business, because I don't play this game, and I don't accept these rules blindly any more. Hello, Lisa biz. I'm here and I'll stay here.
I may be only one, and my act of bravery might look pathetic, but I can assure you, for me this is a big and serious thing. I have given up every chance of a conventional career with this. I've never been less protected or less masked than now. I have no history and an uncertain future. But right in this moment, I am proud to be nothing more and nothing less than
Lisa
[My thanks go to those who supported me in this decision: The ladies of Eve's Apple, my family and friends, my precious fans and Irene von Uslar for another amazing photojob.]
Copyright: von uslar fotodesign
An Unprofessional CareerLisa Middelhauve
2012年8月18日 0:03
by Lisa Middelhauve
It is discussed everywhere nowadays: The music business is going through changes. We - musicians, managers, promoters, booking agents and everyone from this business - closed our eyes while it was bleeding, or even worse, we held the knives and cut the wounds. It became harder and harder for musicians and bands to get a record deal, a booking contract, or any help one would not have to pay for... more than what one already had. So everybody doubled the efforts, tried to invent new tricks and keep up with the times.
Where did this lead us?
Rock music, my one true love, has become a wh_re. Over are the times when you saved your money to buy the albums of your favorite artist; over are the times when you listened to them like you would listen to a friend. The music industry has become a self-service buffet, and we gratefully serve ourselves on fake silver plates. We get cheaper and cheaper in order to make the best offer to an audience that, in large part, isn't willing to pay for our discounted art. And who could take this mentality amiss! Rock music, once the playground of rebellion and the one place in music where every thought was allowed to be spoken out loud, now has laced itself up into the corset of so-called professionalism - and is nothing but pop business in leather pants.
I am disgusted. Disgusted to experience Metal bands using playbacks like they would to prostitute themselves on a Chart Show stage. Disgusted and disappointed by how many musicians refuse to have closer contact with their fans for fear of seeming unprofessional. (The mystery, you know.)
And I am sad and ashamed, because I took part in this.
"Professionalism". I've thought about it a lot these recent days. Professionalism is the scapegoat of the music biz. If you say or do this or that, you're not "professional". Oh well.
I am aware of my unimportance in the music business. Whether I'm here or not will not change anything for the business. And the more I think about it, the less I want to change it. It's dead anyway.
The one thing that can never be taken from us is the essence of our personality. When I am not a singer, not a composer and not a writer, I am still... Lisa. And when I am a singer, a composer and a writer, I cannot be less than that.
So, consciously, willingly, with these words, I quit my professional career... but not my career. Goodbye, music biz - no one will ever be able to accuse me of breaking the rules of this business, because I don't play this game, and I don't accept these rules blindly any more. Hello, Lisa biz. I'm here and I'll stay here.
I may be only one, and my act of bravery might look pathetic, but I can assure you, for me this is a big and serious thing. I have given up every chance of a conventional career with this. I've never been less protected or less masked than now. I have no history and an uncertain future. But right in this moment, I am proud to be nothing more and nothing less than
Lisa
[My thanks go to those who supported me in this decision: The ladies of Eve's Apple, my family and friends, my precious fans and Irene von Uslar for another amazing photojob.]
Copyright: von uslar fotodesign
她虽然quit了，但是她说不会quit自己的路啊。。。这说明她想干点自己喜欢的，应该不会不唱歌了！！！
