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11-09-2008, 04:05 AM
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...your new album is leaked onto the web before it even comes out. 
anyone else want to add?
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11-09-2008, 10:04 PM
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11-09-2008, 10:05 PM
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How about : When Weird Al has covered one of your songs? 
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11-10-2008, 12:26 PM
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My (now ex-) wife never let that one die.
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11-10-2008, 12:55 PM
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11-10-2008, 01:17 PM
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11-10-2008, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by baztard ...your new album is leaked onto the web before it even comes out.
anyone else want to add? | ...when you're happy with your ability, people you're performing with, in places you want to perform in, etc...
"Success" can be defined/measured by more than X albums sold, X kinds of people coming to your gigs, X dollar received for performance, etc...
While these are not my only benchmarks for success, I think it is important to think of "success" on larger, broader terms, and even more importantly, to not judge yourself as a "failure" if you don't meet someone else's definition of "success."
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11-10-2008, 01:34 PM
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- some record exec. from Atlantic (i think).
i'm with you, Thunderthumbs73.
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11-10-2008, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by The BurgerMeister "just because you sell a million copies of your record doesn't mean you're good. McDonald's sells a million hamburgers a day."
- some record exec. from Atlantic (i think).
i'm with you, Thunderthumbs73. | It doesn't mean you're bad either... depends who's listening.
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11-11-2008, 01:01 AM
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11-11-2008, 01:19 AM
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11-11-2008, 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by baztard ...your new album is leaked onto the web before it even comes out.
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Unless the band leaks the album themselves. You know you're lame when...
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11-13-2008, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by baztard anyone else want to add? | You know you are successful when...success no longer matters to you. Attachment 108783
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11-14-2008, 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by CatfishStudios When your happy. | My Dad used to say "If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life".
Sounds like a workable definition of success to me.
You know, when I was 18 my Dad was completely clueless! But he sure had learned a lot by the time I was 25! 
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11-14-2008, 12:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: niles, mi | | | when people you have never met before congratulate you on upstaging and outplaying the headlining band.
when people drive long distances just to see your band ...
on the other hand... if people come out to see you at all...
there's some success in that alone.
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11-18-2008, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike11121 My Dad used to say "If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life".
Sounds like a workable definition of success to me.
You know, when I was 18 my Dad was completely clueless! But he sure had learned a lot by the time I was 25! | sig'd
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11-18-2008, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Thunderthumbs73 ...when you're happy with your ability, people you're performing with, in places you want to perform in, etc...
"Success" can be defined/measured by more than X albums sold, X kinds of people coming to your gigs, X dollar received for performance, etc...
While these are not my only benchmarks for success, I think it is important to think of "success" on larger, broader terms, and even more importantly, to not judge yourself as a "failure" if you don't meet someone else's definition of "success." |  I don't think this is that serious of a thread.
How about when your fans ask you about tickets for shows you didn't even know you booked?
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11-18-2008, 06:35 PM
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When someone stops you on the street and says "Hey! you guys are playing the (insert name here) fest coming up!" and you have no idea what they are talking about.
And you are the one who books the band.
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11-18-2008, 06:48 PM
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(sure it happens a lot, but why not succeed a lot?)
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11-20-2008, 03:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike11121 My Dad used to say "If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life". | erm... wasn't that the philosopher Confucius?
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