New music from La La Superstar

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What does he play Paul?
Have they been together long?
Are they committed to trying to achieve commercial success?
There's a lot of creativity going on in these and other tracks that I've listened to.
They're a bit too raw, for me to make a prediction and I know in any case that your post isn't about that.
However, FWIW I'd stick my neck out and say that, if everything that I've heard is their own and they're not too derivative,
and if they're capable of deciding collectively what complexity of music, their individual abilities will support,
then I could envisage them distributing their own music and building up a following, to the point where a label might offer
a deal and take them to the next level.
It all depends what they want, themselves.
 

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He plays drums and sings some songs.

They are a little rough, but I think that’s part of the charm. They are a little different from the run of the mill too.

Yep, all songs written by the band. It’s so hard breaking into the industry. As for making money, I wonder if those days are gone for new bands. Any record company people on this forum?
 

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I think it's good being part of a band and working together, and it's always something they can carry on with as and when once learnt. Surprising the opportunities that can arise from playing music, they shouldn't aim to make a living at it, though but no harm in trying but always have a back up plan. I know loads of musicians but no rich ones lol. Do it for the music and the buzz you get from playing.
 

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Surprising the opportunities that can arise from playing music

Funny you should say that, a guy I kinda knew (friend of a friend) was the lead singer in a mates band, he was convinced he had what it took to become the next big thing.
He literally had it all, great voice, women were literally all over him and he could play the guitar and write songs.

He was approached after a gig by a bloke who did voice overs and asked him if he was interested.
Cut a long story short, I'll be watching something on the Discovery Channel and every now and again it'll be a guy narrating the fact that a bunch of Hyenas has just nicked a Leopards dinner and I'll think "that's Andy again....".

By all accounts he's made a very good living for himself, albeit not up on the stage.
 

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Funny you should say that, a guy I kinda knew (friend of a friend) was the lead singer in a mates band, he was convinced he had what it took to become the next big thing.
He literally had it all, great voice, women were literally all over him and he could play the guitar and write songs.

He was approached after a gig by a bloke who did voice overs and asked him if he was interested.
Cut a long story short, I'll be watching something on the Discovery Channel and every now and again it'll be a guy narrating the fact that a bunch of Hyenas has just nicked a Leopards dinner and I'll think "that's Andy again....".

By all accounts he's made a very good living for himself, albeit not up on the stage.
Similar story - childhood friend who was in a very popular band in Taiwan in the 80s before he had to do a moon light flit as he was working (ie the pop career) without a visa when he should have been studying! Became a music technician, sound engineer and once looked after Stings guitar while on tour. Now does voice overs.
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one of my brothers always wanted to make a success of being in a band but never made it, he did however manage a pop group who had a
#1 hit back in 1986 !
one of my other brothers in a film music orchestrator and arranger, has worked on some very famous film scores and with some very famous musician, his is a low profile role though, huge talent !
 

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one of my brothers always wanted to make a success of being in a band but never made it, he did however manage a pop group who had a
#1 hit back in 1986 !
one of my other brothers in a film music orchestrator and arranger, has worked on some very famous film scores and with some very famous musician, his is a low profile role though, huge talent !
My lad quite likes the idea of being a composer too. He’s done a couple of college films already.
 

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My brother does compose but has never had the big success that he has had with Arrangement and Orchestration. The big money of course is in composition and copyright :cool:
 

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On BBC’s Uncle about a musician and his nephew the nephew says ‘My dad says musician is just another word for unemployed’

I like it tho, I love the rawness, proper punk me
 
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Paul
Suggest they look at Leo Moracchioli and Mary Spender. Both are YouTubers as well as gigging musicians.
I'm not suggesting that either is the answer to the question of how your son's band makes it.
Only that they show different ways to leverage YouTube. A channel that nearly every unsigned band I know
is using to grow an audience etc. In particular, Mary is very open about the financials of her different channels
and that for now, she's aiming to follow her own path and not seek a deal with a label.
As to your son's band.
I think that some of the music that I heard in your post and elsewhere online wouldn't take much reworking to be quite commercial within the Indie space and even mainstream. Though UK / US mainstream right now is generally pretty risk averse elevator muzak.
A little rough is fine for gigs and B sides (showing my age) but it's semi-commercial songs that the A&R guys want to hear, so that they believe they can make early payback on their upfront costs.
I know a couple of guys in top labels who manage bands who are household names. But, as open as they are to hearing new music occasionally. It's not really their job and I think your son's band has some development to do, before approaching labels.
I don't think that you answered my question. Perhaps it's a conversation that you've not had. Whether the band wants commercial success and how committed they are to that goal. If this is a sideline for them and / or a part-time thing, then I'd say, enjoy it while it lasts.
 

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Paul
Suggest they look at Leo Moracchioli and Mary Spender. Both are YouTubers as well as gigging musicians.
I'm not suggesting that either is the answer to the question of how your son's band makes it.
Only that they show different ways to leverage YouTube. A channel that nearly every unsigned band I know
is using to grow an audience etc. In particular, Mary is very open about the financials of her different channels
and that for now, she's aiming to follow her own path and not seek a deal with a label.
As to your son's band.
I think that some of the music that I heard in your post and elsewhere online wouldn't take much reworking to be quite commercial within the Indie space and even mainstream. Though UK / US mainstream right now is generally pretty risk averse elevator muzak.
A little rough is fine for gigs and B sides (showing my age) but it's semi-commercial songs that the A&R guys want to hear, so that they believe they can make early payback on their upfront costs.
I know a couple of guys in top labels who manage bands who are household names. But, as open as they are to hearing new music occasionally. It's not really their job and I think your son's band has some development to do, before approaching labels.
I don't think that you answered my question. Perhaps it's a conversation that you've not had. Whether the band wants commercial success and how committed they are to that goal. If this is a sideline for them and / or a part-time thing, then I'd say, enjoy it while it lasts.
I think they are going to get a little more serious about the music. They’ve all decided to move 500km south to Stockholm in the new year and get a flat together and try and gig every week. They have all just left college and feel they need a few months work experience first so they can actually support themselves.

If you’re interested, you might also like his alternative duo with the guitarist so half of the band. They have a couple of very raw albums on SoundCloud. Here’s a link to one of my favorites

They have also done a rock opera in Swedish.
 
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Cheers Paul. I'll check them out.
Might give the rock opera a miss though.
That's one of the few genres I struggle with ;)
 

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Anybody listen to this? Apparently a music critic in sweden rated them as one of the top 10 bands last year.
 

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Anybody listen to this? Apparently a music critic in sweden rated them as one of the top 10 bands last year.
Yes. All good, energetic and reasonably produced. It's hard to tell what will sell these days, with so much choice across so many platforms. I wish them all the best with it.