Daily Archives: June 14, 2019

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The Music Industry Is Dead. Long Live the Music Industry.

…or, How I Quit My Job and Made a Record.

First, the plug. I have a record available for purchase on Bandcamp. You can hear it for free on YouTube.

I’ve spent the last four years of being disconnected from the world as a long-haul trucker. During that period, I had no time for anything resembling a hobby, and what time I had at home was too scarce to spend on recording. When I decided to call it quits, I gathered up some ideas from a sketchbook I’d been keeping and decided to hammer them in shape.

In just over a month, I’d recorded about 45 minutes of material. This is where things get interesting and novel for me. Anyone can access my music, and in a form that I’ve chosen. I’m not beholden to a major corporation to “advise” me on the process, manufacture the media, and (hopefully) market it correctly.

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