What advice would you give to an a struggling artist or band from Black Rock Arkansas trying to get themselves signed to a major record label?
“Keep your day job”, is my favorite. It’s a tough, difficult business, and not made any easier by being in Black Rock. I think you probably have to get to Metropolis some place. Not necessarily L.A. anymore. But I think if you’re going to be a successful band, you need to be someplace that has enough venues that you can play several different rooms, and have all of the other elements around you. If that’s major radio stations and major acts coming through town, then you need to tap in to that community. You used to have to come to New York or L.A. You no longer have to do that. It’s a very healthy scene. There are managers and attorneys in a number of major cities all over America now. I find that I can’t just run up and down Sunset Blvd. looking for talent anymore. I’m on airplanes twice as much as I’ve ever been, because there’s a healthy scene going out there.
