RHCP calls U2 sell-outs

[Fuego]

Again, you can have passion for doing something as still make money off it. Artists in any field do it. Making money doesn't make the quality of what you're doing any less unless you personally degrade it. If, for some reason, the presence of money makes you write <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif">ty music, then by all means, don't make any. But I really see no reason why it's a bad thing to make a living out of what you are good at.

Attaching your music to products and such, THAT is selling out. But making music and getting money for it? Nah.

I don't know why ppl r thinking i am saying that if you sign a contract your a sell out ... cause i am not .
i was speaking about myself ... i do things differently ... i said signing contract would be bad for me cause i do things my way ... nobody elses. and if i were under contract that would skrew me.
i don't hate money ... i just hate some of the things most ppl do to get it ... and selling out (ok ... i am gonna spell it out for you all now ...) is when you r more interested in the money than the quality of the product. Attaching your name to a product is called endorsement if you or your music sux then your selling out . (maybe)
& NOT THAT YOU ARE MEDIOCRE MUSICIAN AND MAKING MONEY ... money doesn't give you talent ... but talent makes money ...
so quit misquoting me !

and Kirobaito ... good luck to you on the music ... but you don't know what i am talking about ... i didn't say signing a contract is immoral ... lust of money is though !
and i don't think passion and making money are "Mutually Exclusive"
Do the elementary schools still teach reading comprehension (?)

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

I don't know, do they teach grammar and punctuation?

i don't hate money ... i just hate some of the things most ppl do to get it ... and selling out (ok ... i am gonna spell it out for you all now ...) is when you r more interested in the money than the quality of the product.

Agreed. THat's the point I was trying to make.

Attaching your name to a product is called endorsement

Sure. And endorsement can be viewed as selling out. A company comes to you and says "We'll give you so much money if we can use your song in our diaper commercial" and you say "okee dokee gimmie the check", I'd say that's selling out.

if you or your music sux then your selling out . (maybe)

The quality of the music has nothing to do with selling out. You can be the poster-child of suckitude, but if you believe in your music, you aren't a sell-out.

[Fuego]

Ok, then I have my answer. Yes I did learn grammar and punctuation ... however why waste my Time?
No wonder ppl think i think signing a contract is selling out .
Thank you for giving an example of Misquoting.

"i don't hate money ... i just hate some of the things most ppl do to get it ... and selling out (ok ... i am gonna spell it out for you all now ...) is when you r more interested in the money than the quality of the product."
**Agreed. THat's the point I was trying to make. --- Sure it is ...

"Attaching your name to a product is called endorsement."
**Sure. And endorsement can be viewed as selling out. A company comes to you and says "We'll give you so much money if we can use your song in our diaper commercial" and you say "okee dokee gimmie the check", I'd say that's selling out. --- or was it this point you've been struggling to drive home ?

"if you or your music sux then your selling out . (maybe)"
**The quality of the music has nothing to do with selling out. You can be the poster-child of suckitude, but if you believe in your music, you aren't a sell-out. --- Misquote
Thank you again . Also this is a perfect example of (at least the original post) Reading Comprehension - because "& NOT THAT YOU ARE MEDIOCRE MUSICIAN AND MAKING MONEY ... money doesn't give you talent ... but talent makes money ..." was the rest of it so I can't respond to half reasoned arguments based on half of what i actually said.

Clearly this is a waste of my time (going back and forth about 2 bands i really don't care about and only listen to their music to get my Chica in the mood)
So you keep supporting whatever it is you have convinced yourself is real ...
I can't reason out fragmented arguments based off two words i actually used.
*** oh yea ... please don't check out my music because you wouldn't understand it. Or at the very least, Misquote me.***

[Roto13]

Ok, then I have my answer. Yes I did learn grammar and punctuation ... however why waste my Time?

Because it would help you sound like an adult.

I'm sure he could understand your music. Unless it sounds like one of your posts. In that case, it's entirely your fault.

[Fuego]

Ok, then I have my answer. Yes I did learn grammar and punctuation ... however why waste my Time?

Because it would help you sound like an adult.

And i need to impress you because ... (?)
Don't all jump at once to answer .
And Kudos to you Roto you can jump on the band wagon and attack something you don't understand !
Yea You !

Oh yea i bet you guys would except, Comprehension is a big thing in my music ... if you don't have it then poor you.

[Kirobaito]

Ok, then I have my answer. Yes I did learn grammar and punctuation ... however why waste my Time?

Because it would help you sound like an adult.

And i need to impress you because ... (?)
Don't all jump at once to answer .
And Kudos to you Roto you can jump on the band wagon
Yea You !

I was actually about to go listen to it, but you went and edited it away five minutes ago. =\

[Fuego]

its not your style Kirobaito.
its rock and you said you don't like hard or heavy music .

Skrew it ... here check it out .

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...m?bandID=90872

the blue music link is at the top.
please leave feed back ... i am curious now to see what transpires .
Although i will tell you now . Its nothing like RHCP or U2 .
The three with pics are goin on album ... the one on top was recorded live. two i am workin on ... just askin feedback on it ... i am not too comfy doin dance but it may turn out cool (?)
all the rest are not goin on album ... just songs i had alot of fun working on and decided to put up.

[Madame Adequate]

It's not selling out unless you change your art (Be it music, writing, whatever) to get more money. And even that's usually understandable - unless it changed the meaning of my book, I'd change a few things if it'd get me £50,000 more or something. So would most of us. And of course, it only actually matters if you change it if it becomes worse, which is a fairly subjective standard anyway.

Besides, if someone's making millions of dollars I really don't think they care if they're accused of being sellouts.

[Skogs]

Kettle. Pot. Black. 'nuff said.

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

Okay first off, it's very heard to correctly read and understand what you are typing when your sentence structure, grammar, etc is God-awful. You dont help me understand you when you type like a seventh-grade flukie. You talk all high and mighty about how we have no reading comprehention, when you have absolutly no writing skills at all. Your posts are confusing messes with sentences on different lines, ellipses coming out the ass, no structure at all. Please. Type normally so that I can understand what you're trying to say.

Sure it is ...

Second, now you're just trying to piss me off. I agree with you and you respond with a snot remark. How mature.

[/quote] or was it this point you've been struggling to drive home ?[/quote]
... don't get what you're trying to say here. Yes, that is a point I am struggling to make. Attaching your song or whatever to a product for money is a form of selling out.

"if you or your music sux then your selling out . (maybe)"
**The quality of the music has nothing to do with selling out. You can be the poster-child of suckitude, but if you believe in your music, you aren't a sell-out. --- Misquote
Thank you again . Also this is a perfect example of (at least the original post) Reading Comprehension - because "& NOT THAT YOU ARE MEDIOCRE MUSICIAN AND MAKING MONEY ... money doesn't give you talent ... but talent makes money ..." was the rest of it so I can't respond to half reasoned arguments based on half of what i actually said.

When you put a complete sentences on two different lines, I get confused, I'm sorry. I have this thing where I read like a normal person that screws with me everytime someone without typing skills comes onto the internet. In any case, the sentence "If you or your music suck then you're selling out, and not that you are a mediocre musician and making money. Money doesn't give you talent, but talent makes money." I agree with the second point, yes. That part is pretty obvious. But, I can't make heads or tails of your first point. From what I can infer through my reading comprehention, (Which I scored in the 96th percentile in High School, so shut up about that), you say in a litteral sense "If you are a bad musician, you are a sellout, and not that you are average and making money" I still don't get it. Can you please re-word this for me?

I can't reason out fragmented arguments based off two words i actually used.

I'm having a tough time fragmenting argument off any of the words you've used.

*** oh yea ... please don't check out my music because you wouldn't understand it. Or at the very least, Misquote me.***

I wouldn't understand it or misquote you. Okay.

EDIT:
I am listening to you music right now. I was intregued, specially since you label it as Industrial, which I love.
I promise you I am listening to it unbiased as I can possibly get. Before I start please remember the term contructive criticism. I'm not bagging on you. I'm giving you my honest opinion.

Dryf**k: I'm listening it it and it seem to be very disjointed and confusing. It is very hard hitting, which is great but it just sounds like a mess. It defiantly needs to be cleaned up and composed a little bit more, so that it flows. You're obviously NIN influenced, among others, and with Trent, his songs do at times go off an confusing tangents, but they always fall back in place to rock it out. Dryf**k sounds like a jumble of jams trying to fit together but not quite making it. I'm not too impressed by this one, I'm sorry to say.

Come Back Lunacy: This one flows a little better than the previous one, but again, nothing I'm too impressed by. It just seems lacking... something. I'm sorry I don't know what though. I can defiantly hear the sense of embedding madness you're trying to convey, but again it feels like it lacking something. I was thinking maybe some distorted guitar riffs in the background to complement the keyboard. Also, I think if you sped up the tempo a little it's give you more of that "I'm going smurfin' nuts here" feeling. Or perhaps progressively speed it up, y'know?

I skipped down a few. I'm not going to listen to them all, since I need sleep.

Knowledge: The beginning was a little slow, and I was thinking "Borrrrring", then the guitar riff came in, and I began to get into it. It was a good riff! Then it goes away. to more slow beats. Then picks up, then drops off. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, except it happens to quickly. As soon and I start getting into one part of the song, it stops and goes to something completely different, and it becomes very annoying. The trasitions don't flow that well either which bugged me a little. I think I liked this song best so far, but it's still pretty meh. The voices were pretty odd. I mean the far that they were so high and so low made them seem kind of comical and ultimatly took away from the overall song. Again, I feel this song could be a little bit more composed and cleaned up, and could be something good after that.

Metal Anarchy: Do you use a drum machine? I think if you used real drums, you could make these songs a lot better. This song would defiantly benefit from a ton more bass. Again the lowered and goofy mixing of the vocals and really took away from the song. I actually liked this one sans the drum machine and and vocals.

And that's all I want to listen to for now. It's not bad, but it's nothing I'd put on my iPod or anything.

[Fuego]

thank you for the feedback
i know some of the songs are rough still, i plan to go back and mix them down
BTW Dryf**K was recorded live and untouched since, also the name may be a hint for the impending doom of the song on your eardrums
(i will not post more on that subject because everything was already posted.)
Second, Grats on turning 21. So you're a leo. Hope you had fun and didn't end up in jail. i have seen it happen before (and not to me)
Finaly ... i wasn't trying to piss you off or be snotty. It was just an added bonus
(and grats on 96th percentile in High School)

[GhandiOwnsYou]

The big point here lies in what comes first, the music or the cash. Honestly, the best way i can explain is to not even use music in the example.

Miami Ink. Miami Ink is the epitomy of the "sell out" description. Oh, we love the tattoo culture, and we love art, and we respect our clients. Anyone that's in south florida get a picture, and take it to Miami Ink and ask for a price quote for it. Now walk out of the shop. Go two blocks down, to Mosh Pit tattoo and piercing. get a price quote. Now LAUGH. LAUGH hard at Miami Ink's absurd price quote, which i GUARANTEE will be at LEAST double, possibly as much as 10 times the quote from mosh pit. now, just to prove the point, go to Waldo's tattoo in Little Haiti. walk South Beach and get quotes. all of them will be fairly similar, except for Miami Ink's. Miami Ink's work is no better, and they should actually be cheaper IMO, they're getting paid an assload by TLC for that retarded show anyway, that should help bring down the fee's for average joe tattoo guy. bottom line is, Those guys tattoo to MAKE MONEY, not because they love the art. They opened a shop, and had lined up a TV show before it even opened. They've been in operation less than a Two Years, and they're all young bucks in the tattoo game, yet they act as if they can charge 10x more for a tat than anyone else regardless of age, talent, history, or shop reputation.


That's what makes a sell out. Money over art, or Art over Money. Roger Waters is a douche, but when he sold overpriced tickets to the Wall, it was because the show production cost that much, not because he wanted to line his pockets. When U2 or Madonna have these absurd ticket prices for a concert with little more than standard lights and pyrotechnics? Sell Outs.