Poll: If You Were In A Band, Would You Sell-Out?

bogey_j · 07-07-2010, 03:30 PM

Let's say you were in an underground band that's being courted by a big corporate label. If you signed with them you'll be promised fame, fortune, and a fleet of supermodels. Instead of playing hole-in-the-wall clubs, you'll be playing stadiums. All you have to do is change your sound to more commercial viable pop music. Sign away your artistic integrity and all this could be yours..

would you sign?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-07-2010, 03:31 PM

Hell yes

Then I'll release all my proper stuff on some obscure label under an alias.

Goblin Tears · 07-07-2010, 03:37 PM

I might ''sell out'', but I would be an absolute bitch to my record company. It wouldn't be such a compromise for me considering I like a lot of commercially successful pop.

midnight rain · 07-07-2010, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Hell yes

Then I'll release all my proper stuff on some obscure label under an alias.

I was going to say precisely this. With new found fortunes I'd be free to finance my own creative explorations without interference after a couple of years banging out commercial ****.

TheCunningStunt · 07-07-2010, 03:43 PM

I've never tried drugs or any shit like that, but I've always wanted to be rich. So yeah, sell out - why not.

However I'd realise that money and fame is overrated and take heroin and then shoot my brains out. *I SO wouldn't copy someone..

*

I don't actually think there's an exact formula to selling out.. just a bit of luck for the most part, maybe changing your style so it's a little bit more 'middle of the road'. Make sure your singles are just that, singles.

bannister · 07-07-2010, 03:44 PM

I'd do it. I'd throw down enough albums to live comfortably for the rest of my life, and use whatever surplus I have to start a record store/company. And that's it. I wouldn't dabble in my own fashion line, I wouldn't start advertising hot dogs. I'd basically retire. And if I felt like putting things out with substance again, I've got my own damn record company to do it. :P

bogey_j · 07-07-2010, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuna

I was going to say precisely this. With new found fortunes I'd be free to finance my own creative explorations without interference after a couple of years banging out commercial ****.

but do you honestly think anybody would take you seriously as an artist if you and your band had been pumping out generic guitar pop for years?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-07-2010, 03:50 PM

So what's the quickest ways of selling out...

Record a single for exclusive use in an ad campaign.
Release your album in about 10 different formats with different *bonus* songs.
Record an R&B album in a bid to show how eclectic you are.
Record a single with a really catchy chorus & just repeat that 100 times during the song.
Release 7 singles from your album.
Have a tour sponsored by Coke.
Appear on kids TV shows.
Make comments such as 'We felt our music should be accessible to anybody, and if people don't like it that's up to them'
Totally ignore your entire discography at live shows other than the one that sold a lot.

midnight rain · 07-07-2010, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bogey_j

but do you honestly think anybody would take you seriously as an artist if you and your band had been pumping out generic guitar pop for years?

Well I wouldn't be asking of anything from the public. Personally, if Chad Kroeger broke up Nickelback and put out OK Computer I would take his music seriously (as a person he'll always be a world class twat, though). Or, like Urban said, release it under a pseudonym

TheCunningStunt · 07-07-2010, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Make comments such as 'We felt our music should be accessible to anybody, and if people don't like it that's up to them'

That's what you do AFTER you sell out

View Poll Results: would you sell-out?
Money, fame, supermodels? **** yeah I would. sign me up	7	21.21%
No, my band would try and make it on our own. Never selling out	10	30.30%
LOL@artistic integrity.Only reason I'd wannna be a rockstar is for money and sex	2	6.06%
Dont need models and limos; I'm happy with hookers and taxi cabs	6	18.18%
Yeah I would..but i'd probably get depressed and start a drug habit	8	24.24%
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07-07-2010, 03:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
bogey_j Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 95	Poll: If You Were In A Band, Would You Sell-Out? Let's say you were in an underground band that's being courted by a big corporate label. If you signed with them you'll be promised fame, fortune, and a fleet of supermodels. Instead of playing hole-in-the-wall clubs, you'll be playing stadiums. All you have to do is change your sound to more commercial viable pop music. Sign away your artistic integrity and all this could be yours.. would you sign? Last edited by bogey_j; 07-07-2010 at 03:44 PM.

07-07-2010, 03:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Hell yes Then I'll release all my proper stuff on some obscure label under an alias. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

07-07-2010, 03:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	I've never tried drugs or any shit like that, but I've always wanted to be rich. So yeah, sell out - why not. However I'd realise that money and fame is overrated and take heroin and then shoot my brains out. I SO wouldn't copy someone.. I don't actually think there's an exact formula to selling out.. just a bit of luck for the most part, maybe changing your style so it's a little bit more 'middle of the road'. Make sure your singles are just that, singles. __________________ I don't feel and I feel great. Last FM

07-07-2010, 03:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
bannister Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: East Bay, CA Posts: 127	I'd do it. I'd throw down enough albums to live comfortably for the rest of my life, and use whatever surplus I have to start a record store/company. And that's it. I wouldn't dabble in my own fashion line, I wouldn't start advertising hot dogs. I'd basically retire. And if I felt like putting things out with substance again, I've got my own damn record company to do it. :P __________________ You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone. ____ last.fm ____ "Give a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. But, set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett

07-07-2010, 03:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Goblin Tears Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ireland Posts: 337	I might ''sell out'', but I would be an absolute bitch to my record company. It wouldn't be such a compromise for me considering I like a lot of commercially successful pop.

07-07-2010, 03:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	So what's the quickest ways of selling out... Record a single for exclusive use in an ad campaign. Release your album in about 10 different formats with different bonus songs. Record an R&B album in a bid to show how eclectic you are. Record a single with a really catchy chorus & just repeat that 100 times during the song. Release 7 singles from your album. Have a tour sponsored by Coke. Appear on kids TV shows. Make comments such as 'We felt our music should be accessible to anybody, and if people don't like it that's up to them' Totally ignore your entire discography at live shows other than the one that sold a lot. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.