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i like what jus-ed had to say about it in his interview with RA
| quote: | You just let go?
Yeah, I just said, "This is what it is, this is my sentence, my story, my words. If you get what I'm saying or the music that I'm making, then you get it. If you don't, that's alright." I think people make records with the intent that it's going to be the bomb or it's going to blow up and they're going to be the next Masters At Work, or Larry Heard or the next whatever. You know what I'm saying? I think people ought to lower their....
Expectations?
Exactly. Keep it real. The mark of success is that I finished a track and I actually got it into production. If you want to help the vinyl community, stop waiting in line. Go press your own records. If you want to know a mastering place or a place to go, I'll tell you a place you can press 525 records for under $1300. And that’s with the mastering. [laughs]
Stop waiting for Jus-Ed or Kerri Chandler or any other artist or label to press your music, because we have an agenda and we have a limited budget and there is too much music for me to throw my money at. I can't do it. If you believe in your music, sometimes you got to take a risk. Take your own risk. Once it's on vinyl, it's there forever! You do that and there is the empowerment in just that success and you’ll be surprised...
The message...
Yeah, I mean there are about 8 billion people in the world and all you want is 0.05% to buy your music [laughs] so that you can go press another record. That's the way I approached it, and that’s the way I still do it. It may not make sense to everyone else, but it's that simple. And, fortunately, people like what I'm doing and it's growing. More people are finding out about it and it's growing gradually. I'm not an overnight… |
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