Getting Really Depressed When People Who Just Started Making Music Get Famous

i have no problem with mount kimbie. they're pretty good. but when i read interviews with them and they're like 'oh i just started making tracks in 2007 w/fruity loops' and now they're The Bright Young Future of Electronic Music, i get all sorts of bad feelings inside. i hate not being happy for people. and yes obv the chorus of 'its not how you make it its what it sounds like' or 'its not why you bleh its how you blooah' or whatever.

but come on, i know some of you are like me and have been making computer music since you were 12, and now 12 years later no one knows who you are still. i know you feel a twinge or something not-nice when you hear people come up in the dubstep or whatever circuit who have like six tracks under their belt when you have 3 full broken hard drives of years of your life that no one has any interest in.

god ive depressed myself i need to leave work and pet my cat

a lot of it is "right place, right time."

also, they might be more musically talented than you?

  On 2/28/2010 at 11:42 PM, Hoodie said:

also, they might be more musically talented than you?

oh no, im not worried about that. if they were i wouldn't be depressed, see?

ave a wank m8

Talent .. you either have it or you don't

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah! Roma-Roma-ma-ah! Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!

  On 2/28/2010 at 11:45 PM, Boxing Day said:

Talent .. you either have it or you don't

 

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah! Roma-Roma-ma-ah! Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!

good example. she went to my school and an acquaintance used to date her. i hear she is not fond of showers. i made that last part up.

Maybe it's not the talent but that they're more good looking then you are maybe?

Could that be it?

or that they make catchy music. if you wanna get recognized, idm ain't the way to go (i've never heard your music, so this is a guess).

  On 2/28/2010 at 11:48 PM, 277: 930-933 said:

Maybe it's not the talent but that they're more good looking then you are maybe?

Could that be it?

again, not an issue. also i have a huge cock, honestly the best thing going for me right now. i clutch it at night like a teddy bear and sob, "mouuunnt KIIIIMMMM-BEEEEEEEEEYUHHHHH!!"

and let me say that there are lots of exceptions. if shitmat suddenly released Full English Breakfast tomorrow and he'd made it yesterday and it was his first album, i'd be like this guy is my new hero! for example, i think Hudson Mohawk is very talented and deserves everything he's getting, and seems super down to earth.

it's always been the way, and most of these people will be dismissed to the dumpster of history shortly enough, like the flashes in the pan that they are. maybe 5% will go on to have any lasting career or notable impact. remember babylon zoo? no, thought not.

  On 2/28/2010 at 11:49 PM, Hoodie said:

or that they make catchy music. if you wanna get recognized, idm ain't the way to go (i've never heard your music, so this is a guess).

eh i make all sorts of stuff. thats an excuse i can no longer hide behind. idm, hip hop, dance music, ambient. none of it listened to by anyone except an elite group of ten or so internet Men and a handful of girls i fondle who are vaguely aware of the dance and hip hop stuff.

  On 2/28/2010 at 11:53 PM, kaini said:

it's always been the way, and most of these people will be dismissed to the dumpster of history shortly enough, like the flashes in the pan that they are. maybe 5% will go on to have any lasting career or notable impact. remember babylon zoo? no, thought not.

ill always remember you tho kaini. will you, remember meee?

It appears to be a combination of making catchy music, being in the right place at the right moment, knowing the right people and maybe somewhat aggresively selling yourself. (sending out 100s of unsolicited e-mails, having 1000s of myspace friends etc.)

Also it seems that a lot of people who are a sudden succes after just downloading their first sample pack are the ones that dissappear after a festival season or two though.

  On 2/28/2010 at 11:55 PM, we_kill_soapscum said:

  On 2/28/2010 at 11:53 PM, kaini said:

it's always been the way, and most of these people will be dismissed to the dumpster of history shortly enough, like the flashes in the pan that they are. maybe 5% will go on to have any lasting career or notable impact. remember babylon zoo? no, thought not.

ill always remember you tho kaini. will you, remember meee?

you know i will - i call you my antipodean retard twin to my psychiatrist.

  Quote

And I know you meant to show the extent

To which you gave a god dang

It rings real hot and real cold but I'm sold

I am home on that range

 

And I do hate to fold

Right here at the top of my game

When I've been trying with my whole heart and soul

To stay right here in the right lane

 

But it can make you feel over and old

Lord, you know it's a shame

When I only want for you to pull over and hold me

'Til I can't remember my own name

hey man don't be so down

here's a happy song* to cheer you up

*please pay no attention to the fact that the guy started making music around 2007 and recorded this a year later

i don't want to get signed. fuck that shit.

  On 3/1/2010 at 12:00 AM, triachus said:

hey man don't be so down

 

 

here's a happy song* to cheer you up

 

 

 

 

*please pay no attention to the fact that the guy started making music around 2007 and recorded this a year later

i fucking hate owl city. he ripped off the postal service and his lyrics are cheesy and maudlin.

  On 2/28/2010 at 11:36 PM, we_kill_soapscum said:

i have no problem with mount kimbie. they're pretty good. but when i read interviews with them and they're like 'oh i just started making tracks in 2007 w/fruity loops' and now they're The Bright Young Future of Electronic Music, i get all sorts of bad feelings inside. i hate not being happy for people. and yes obv the chorus of 'its not how you make it its what it sounds like' or 'its not why you bleh its how you blooah' or whatever.

 

but come on, i know some of you are like me and have been making computer music since you were 12, and now 12 years later no one knows who you are still. i know you feel a twinge or something not-nice when you hear people come up in the dubstep or whatever circuit who have like six tracks under their belt when you have 3 full broken hard drives of years of your life that no one has any interest in.

 

god ive depressed myself i need to leave work and pet my cat

Lol, Joy Orbison is another. He's released like 6 tunes.

  On 2/28/2010 at 11:53 PM, kaini said:

it's always been the way, and most of these people will be dismissed to the dumpster of history shortly enough, like the flashes in the pan that they are. maybe 5% will go on to have any lasting career or notable impact. remember babylon zoo? no, thought not.

yeah, Beethoven and Mozart were such hacks.

Oh for fuck's sake.

I.. I... oh fuck it I can't even be bothered.

yes you know W.A. Mozart; have you ever heard any Leopold Mozart? he was a composer too. what about Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart? another member of the Mozart family, and another composer. and don't get me started on the Bach family. most people know one Mozart and one Bach - the famous ones. so what exactly is your point?

my point is that some people become famous quickly because they are immensely talented.

Most electronic people who 'make it' don't even really make it, they just get a bit of hype for a few months and then disappear back into the real world

yeah, the rdjs (for want of a better term) are pretty rare. it's unusual for someone to release a debut album and to be immediately hailed as a genius these days. everything is jazzband now.

Make a pact with Da Devil ..

we should really try to get a watmm record label together. i'd actually (seriously) rather be signed to something like that than something like planet mu, thrill jockey, etc.

the only labels i would consider signing to would be warp or rephlex and right now that's not going to happen. just haven't got the skills yet. thank god i'm only 20!

planet mu, kompakt, etc - all second rate for the most part.

anyway don't get down on yourself about it, all artists feel this pain.

  On 3/1/2010 at 12:36 AM, Boxing Day said:

Make a pact with Da Devil ..

for real. i battle this constantly.