milkman Basic Member Posts:119  
| 2/10/2006 10:03 PM |
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holy god.
is this a golden age? is it a freak time?
with the blizzards, director, the marshall, the flaws, the immediate, humanzi, royseven, the chalets, morello, republic of loose, and more i've forgot being signed.. is this a golden age?
i if one of these bands produces a classic album or even a classic single it could heap even more interest in the next crop of bands on the way up.
so how did this happen? who are your main tips?
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| 2/10/2006 10:41 PM |
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Well, I'm gonna come back to this topic in two years time and then make a comment
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Gar Veteran Member Posts:1676
| 2/10/2006 10:46 PM |
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About time it started to happen. The majority of the one's mentioned above should go on to become well established acts. So hopefully more Irish acts will work harder at producing better music and the Irish scene profits.
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| 2/10/2006 10:48 PM |
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who are royseven?
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GarVeteran Member Posts:1676
| 2/10/2006 10:55 PM |
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They are Jove - name change.
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kierryBasic Member Posts:244
| 2/11/2006 2:55 PM |
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and mainline, channel one, and the things also all have some kind of deals...
seems like a mad time alright.
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Pilchard Advanced Member Posts:699
| 2/11/2006 4:27 PM |
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seanc's comment is the one to note. we've been here before and it all went south. give it time and see where it is in 2008 or 2009
am i alone in thinking that it doesnt matter whether acts are "signed" or not? surely we've had the like sof Damien Rice (a couple of million sales), The Frames (jumping from label to label without taking a nosedive at any stage) and others doing very well indeed beyond here WITHOUT any help from a big label?
It really comes down to the band themselves, the people they decide to allign themselves with and how hard everyone is prepared to work.
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deraBasic Member Posts:163
| 2/11/2006 6:04 PM |
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Originally posted by milkman
i if one of these bands produces a classic album or even a classic single it could heap even more interest in the next crop of bands on the way up.
do you mean if any of them ever write a good song?
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| 2/12/2006 4:32 PM |
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Well, I'm gonna come back to this topic in two years time and then make a comment
I don't wanna come across as negative or bitchy here, I wish em all the best of luck, and I actually like some of them bands.
bands get signed all the time, its not a golden age for signing. And there's no way to tell how these bands will do over the next cupla years |
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jaypers New Member Posts:95
| 2/12/2006 8:36 PM |
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its seems to be universal who are signin everyone aswell. any other labels not gettin in om the action?
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| 2/14/2006 11:21 AM |
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Originally posted by milkman
holy god.
is this a golden age? is it a freak time?
There was a whole clatter of bands signed after U2 went interstellar too and what became of most if not all of them ? |
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PilchardAdvanced Member Posts:699
| 2/14/2006 2:38 PM |
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apparently Juno Falls have just signed to V2 as well.
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Norman SchwarzkopfBasic Member Posts:427
| 2/14/2006 3:07 PM |
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In the words of Bill S. Preston Esq., "strange things afoot at the circled K..."
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wyldstallynNew Member Posts:15
| 2/15/2006 1:28 AM |
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Originally posted by Norman Schwarzkopf
In the words of Bill S. Preston Esq., "strange things afoot at the circled K..."
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| 2/15/2006 10:20 AM |
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All those bands are s**t except for the Chalets. So a golden age for s**t bands - indeed.
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CarlsbergBasic Member Posts:215
| 2/15/2006 10:29 AM |
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Originally posted by monkey
All those bands are s**t except for the Chalets. So a golden age for s**t bands - indeed.
The art of argument, case and substance really is unique on certain threads. |
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milkmanBasic Member Posts:119
| 2/15/2006 1:00 PM |
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apparently, *APPARENTLY*, only half the bands that get signed actually get to release an album. hopefully 5 or so of those will (by that token), and hopefully one or more of them is good.
its funny, they're probably 20 (for example) manchester bands been signed in the same time, but they probably don't get as much exposure and critical build up and knock downs as these will get from their own local scene.
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DromedAdvanced Member Posts:900
| 2/15/2006 2:04 PM |
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Originally posted by monkey
All those bands are s**t except for the Chalets. So a golden age for s**t bands - indeed.
You're joking right? |
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kierryBasic Member Posts:244
| 2/16/2006 11:36 AM |
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Originally posted by milkman
apparently, *APPARENTLY*, only half the bands that get signed actually get to release an album. hopefully 5 or so of those will (by that token), and hopefully one or more of them is good.
its funny, they're probably 20 (for example) manchester bands been signed in the same time, but they probably don't get as much exposure and critical build up and knock downs as these will get from their own local scene.
also, a deal is a vague term. the difference between some of those deals is probably vast. some will be small deals on small labels for a small period, and others would be the opposite.
the deal isn't essential, as pilchard said, but it is a kind of recognition of the talent in ireland at the mo. |
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