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I was the Owner of the SMALL Label. My friend from college I worked at is a professional acoustic guitar musician. He makes 100% of his money playing guitar. He
by baldfat 11y ago
I was the Owner of the SMALL Label. My friend from college I worked at is a professional acoustic guitar musician. He makes 100% of his money playing guitar. He makes next to nothing from streaming, he says 1% from Pandora, Spotify and others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo9kGHYn_bI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo9kGHYn_bI
- williamcotton 11y agoWhoa, this dude is rad! Sort of reminds me of 70s classic rock jams like Heart or Yes or something. Great melodies, great performance.
- halotrope 11y agoWow, that must be one if the best guitar performances I have ever seen.
- 6stringmerc 11y agoThen you may like Kaki King and/or Stanley Jordan as well. As a multi-decade player I can appreciate the technique and talent on display, I really can. However, the reason you haven't heard of him before, and others of a similar level of musicianship, is something that my Dad once told me: "Audiences don't like it when the music goes over their head." His point was that impressing other musicians is a very limited market - not trying to insult it, just being pragmatic.
- baldfat 11y agoI don't know if I totally agree about that. Seeing his live concerts there is plenty of Musicians self love AKA He was a feature artist with Martin Guitars several times and music contest. Also in his concert are a ton of people who don't even know how to play guitar. The melody is strong enough to follow.
- 6stringmerc 11y agoThat's fine, I just have a bit of instinct about markets and the overlap with technically flamboyant playing. Sure I've seen Tommy Emmanuel a couple times in sold out venues, but he's basically the 1% of that market. Buckethead also sort of fits too. I'm happy for your friend's success for sure, making a living is incredibly difficult in the business and the demands and travel I don't envy at all, so much respect indeed.
- B1FF_PSUVM 11y ago> impressing other musicians is a very limited market Bingo. It's not so much that "the music goes over their head", it's that the musicians are entertaining themselves. Audience feels surplus.
- allannienhuis 11y agoThanks for sharing that. Awesome!