Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:

lvc wrote:I was reading through this and I just want to say the members of Pearl Jam have enough personal wealth that they probably make far more from leveraging their existing wealth than anything they do artistically.

What if they made the records they made because those were the records they wanted to make? And what if they surrendered the business side to business people so they wouldn't have to make all those decisions (and go to all the damned meetings to form the committees needed to examine the white papers on the various choices in order to draft a proposal to the regional manager of procurement in order to get the ball rolling on planning the rollout of the next record) because they'd rather be surfing or taking their kids to the zoo in Lisbon or whatever?

I’m personally not disputing any of this, only that this process leads to shitty music

lvc wrote:I was reading through this and I just want to say the members of Pearl Jam have enough personal wealth that they probably make far more from leveraging their existing wealth than anything they do artistically.

What if they made the records they made because those were the records they wanted to make? And what if they surrendered the business side to business people so they wouldn't have to make all those decisions (and go to all the damned meetings to form the committees needed to examine the white papers on the various choices in order to draft a proposal to the regional manager of procurement in order to get the ball rolling on planning the rollout of the next record) because they'd rather be surfing or taking their kids to the zoo in Lisbon or whatever?

tragabigzanda wrote:

lvc wrote:I was reading through this and I just want to say the members of Pearl Jam have enough personal wealth that they probably make far more from leveraging their existing wealth than anything they do artistically.

What if they made the records they made because those were the records they wanted to make? And what if they surrendered the business side to business people so they wouldn't have to make all those decisions (and go to all the damned meetings to form the committees needed to examine the white papers on the various choices in order to draft a proposal to the regional manager of procurement in order to get the ball rolling on planning the rollout of the next record) because they'd rather be surfing or taking their kids to the zoo in Lisbon or whatever?

I’m personally not disputing any of this, only that this process leads to shitty music

VinylGuy wrote:I only wished they release more studio albums. Thats it.

And im glad LB seems to be a distant memory.

stip wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I only wished they release more studio albums. Thats it.

And im glad LB seems to be a distant memory.

that LB-gigaton gap was insane

stip wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

lvc wrote:I was reading through this and I just want to say the members of Pearl Jam have enough personal wealth that they probably make far more from leveraging their existing wealth than anything they do artistically.

What if they made the records they made because those were the records they wanted to make? And what if they surrendered the business side to business people so they wouldn't have to make all those decisions (and go to all the damned meetings to form the committees needed to examine the white papers on the various choices in order to draft a proposal to the regional manager of procurement in order to get the ball rolling on planning the rollout of the next record) because they'd rather be surfing or taking their kids to the zoo in Lisbon or whatever?

I’m personally not disputing any of this, only that this process leads to shitty music

I can see why this might lead to shitty business decisions, but why would it lead to shitty music? Negotiating curfew rates and vendor placement leads to artistic inspiration?

tragabigzanda wrote:

stip wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

lvc wrote:I was reading through this and I just want to say the members of Pearl Jam have enough personal wealth that they probably make far more from leveraging their existing wealth than anything they do artistically.

What if they made the records they made because those were the records they wanted to make? And what if they surrendered the business side to business people so they wouldn't have to make all those decisions (and go to all the damned meetings to form the committees needed to examine the white papers on the various choices in order to draft a proposal to the regional manager of procurement in order to get the ball rolling on planning the rollout of the next record) because they'd rather be surfing or taking their kids to the zoo in Lisbon or whatever?

I’m personally not disputing any of this, only that this process leads to shitty music

I can see why this might lead to shitty business decisions, but why would it lead to shitty music? Negotiating curfew rates and vendor placement leads to artistic inspiration?

Detachment from the struggle > created shitty art. It’s not absolute but it’s a pretty common phenomenon

Ms Harmless wrote:

stip wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

lvc wrote:I was reading through this and I just want to say the members of Pearl Jam have enough personal wealth that they probably make far more from leveraging their existing wealth than anything they do artistically.

What if they made the records they made because those were the records they wanted to make? And what if they surrendered the business side to business people so they wouldn't have to make all those decisions (and go to all the damned meetings to form the committees needed to examine the white papers on the various choices in order to draft a proposal to the regional manager of procurement in order to get the ball rolling on planning the rollout of the next record) because they'd rather be surfing or taking their kids to the zoo in Lisbon or whatever?

I’m personally not disputing any of this, only that this process leads to shitty music

I can see why this might lead to shitty business decisions, but why would it lead to shitty music? Negotiating curfew rates and vendor placement leads to artistic inspiration?

well, once the music is played and recorded, it could be that they're just giving up mixing / mastering etc. to the people they've chosen, without listening to it first and OK-ing it after a few edits, like a younger band with more to prove might; it could be that after playing the songs, they don't see the record until it's in their hands

Ms Harmless wrote: I've recorded two EPs with my band years ago, and both times we were in the room while it was being engineered and also had versions of the finished product played to us until we were totally happy

Val wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote: I've recorded two EPs with my band years ago, and both times we were in the room while it was being engineered and also had versions of the finished product played to us until we were totally happy

Can we listen to them?

Val wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote: I've recorded two EPs with my band years ago, and both times we were in the room while it was being engineered and also had versions of the finished product played to us until we were totally happy

Can we listen to them?

stip wrote:

lvc wrote:I was reading through this and I just want to say the members of Pearl Jam have enough personal wealth that they probably make far more from leveraging their existing wealth than anything they do artistically.

What if they made the records they made because those were the records they wanted to make? And what if they surrendered the business side to business people so they wouldn't have to make all those decisions (and go to all the damned meetings to form the committees needed to examine the white papers on the various choices in order to draft a proposal to the regional manager of procurement in order to get the ball rolling on planning the rollout of the next record) because they'd rather be surfing or taking their kids to the zoo in Lisbon or whatever?

this feels accurate

and fortunately for me, my tastes in this period have been pretty aligned with what they want to do

Val wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

stip wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

lvc wrote:I was reading through this and I just want to say the members of Pearl Jam have enough personal wealth that they probably make far more from leveraging their existing wealth than anything they do artistically.

What if they made the records they made because those were the records they wanted to make? And what if they surrendered the business side to business people so they wouldn't have to make all those decisions (and go to all the damned meetings to form the committees needed to examine the white papers on the various choices in order to draft a proposal to the regional manager of procurement in order to get the ball rolling on planning the rollout of the next record) because they'd rather be surfing or taking their kids to the zoo in Lisbon or whatever?

I’m personally not disputing any of this, only that this process leads to shitty music

I can see why this might lead to shitty business decisions, but why would it lead to shitty music? Negotiating curfew rates and vendor placement leads to artistic inspiration?

Detachment from the struggle > created shitty art. It’s not absolute but it’s a pretty common phenomenon

That's not struggle, those are pretty mundane tasks.
I'm sure great art is triggered by things a lot more inspiring than bookkeeping, procurements, mergers and acquisitions (unless you're a phsycho)

lvc wrote:

stip wrote:

lvc wrote:I was reading through this and I just want to say the members of Pearl Jam have enough personal wealth that they probably make far more from leveraging their existing wealth than anything they do artistically.

What if they made the records they made because those were the records they wanted to make? And what if they surrendered the business side to business people so they wouldn't have to make all those decisions (and go to all the damned meetings to form the committees needed to examine the white papers on the various choices in order to draft a proposal to the regional manager of procurement in order to get the ball rolling on planning the rollout of the next record) because they'd rather be surfing or taking their kids to the zoo in Lisbon or whatever?

this feels accurate

and fortunately for me, my tastes in this period have been pretty aligned with what they want to do

I agree. I've never hated much (except Future Days which I didn't even import to iTunes after I got the CD. Lightning Bolt ends with Yellow Moon.) I can't afford to go to concerts any more, so Pearl Jam will always be a life-changing band that I'm interested in enough to buy the next record and see what they're up to. They already changed my life once, I can free them from needing to do it again.