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> 4 albums a year And that would be an incredibly productive artist. Most artists release something like 1 album every 1-2 years, at best.
by w4 11y ago
> 4 albums a year
And that would be an incredibly productive artist. Most artists release something like 1 album every 1-2 years, at best.
- busterarm 11y agoMaybe in genres of music that you're accustomed to. There are a few where high output is the norm. The output of a lot of producers and (especially) ghost-writers is pretty hard to fathom. I have a great story about Japanese record labels that's pretty long for here though. Many well-known artists have released multiple hit records in the same year before though and many more are releasing their own albums and producing other peoples. In the early 60s popular artists sometimes put out two hit records a year (Bob Dylan, The Beatles '63-'65)...Led Zeppelin did that once in '68. David Bowie put out two hit records AND co-wrote and produced two Iggy Pop records in '77. CCR put out three LPs one year... It happens a lot more than you realize.
- Cthulhu_ 11y agoAnother thing to note is that artists often (can) produce far more music than ends up on their albums; they, or their producers / publishers, realize that not everything they produce is good music. Just like code / software. So while you can produce thousands of lines of code a day if you churn out enough, only ten or so will actually be worth keeping.
- busterarm 11y agoAgreed...but I hope my (or anyone's) useful output as a programmer is significantly more than 1%. I really want to drive home the "you're going to work just as hard, but for less money" argument to get people thinking about it the right way. It's no different than music piracy, which actually I don't care about, just don't be dishonest about doing it as a business.