sashki

Do you feel less inclined to check out someone's music if it's just one person making music in their bedroom, compared to a touring band of professional musicians?

Or, on the contrary, do you listen to a lot of music made by amateur musicians, or even prefer it to professionals?
When I say "amateur" I mean that music is not their primary source of income, as opposed to a "professional".

I don't really expect anything good from amateur musicians. A band needs to achieve some standard of quality in order to be able to make a living from playing music. An amateur can do whatever, with no standards of quality. Maybe I'm just [insert descriminatory term here].

What about you, Pit?

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ErikLensherr

You mean like midgets, no.

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Bob_Sacamano

I feel less inclined if I haven't heard anything about it but if I've heard good things I don't care. I actually prefer amateur if anything because I feel like I'm helping them out and it makes me feel all unique and indie.

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sashki

They just aren't as resonant.

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gabcd86

Pretty much, yeah. I hardly listen to anything that's even close to underground.

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Tsar66

i don't have a preference. i prefer amateur sounding music though

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blake1221

Not a fan of bedroom heroes that make everything, I prefer a band, but there are some really good dudes out there that can do a lot with a little.


As far as "professional" musicians, no. I'll go with the unsigned/smaller label band any day.

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sashki

Even if they're unsigned, they're still professionals if they make a living from making music.

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ali.guitarkid7

If I enjoy the music, I'll listen to it.

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sashki

But how will you know before hearing it? You'll have to discover it for yourself somehow.

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ali.guitarkid7

...isn't that how everyone finds out about music? Either through the internet, through gigs or word of mouth.


I won't know whether I'll like something or not if I haven't heard it.

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sashki

Well, that's kind of the entire point of this thread.
Do you feel any more or less inclined to check out an amateur musician than you do a professional one? Do you click links to people's Soundcloud pages in their signatures, or skip right over them? Do you have lower expectations for a guy in his bedroom than from a band that's on tour?

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blake1221

Most of the bands I listen to have other jobs outside of being in a band.

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WCPhils

Yea, I don't think anything I listen to really counts as underground at all

blake1221

Snowing's pretty low key. I mean, they blew up on the emo scene, but they weren't huge or anything like that.

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WCPhils

Oh yea, didn't even think of them.

kratos379

I'm more inclined to buy an album of a band if they're smaller than just listening to them on spotify. Most of the bands I listen to have made it big already. I do try being open minded, though I discover a lot of music by word of mouth, so I'm more likely to hear about them if they already have a decent number of fans.

ali.guitarkid7

Nope, not really. Music is music.

No, I don't click any SC links in the pit, because I'm not into metal and other similar stuff (unless I know the genre, I won't click). I listen to a lot of stuff on SC, though. There are some people there whose music I absolutely love more than "professional" musicians.

No, I don't. You can make a professional quality album from your bedroom if you have a little to invest in equipment.

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Ian_the_fox

No.


If they write good quality, well mixed, well written songs, whether they're amateur or professional, I'll listen.

If they suck, then they suck. I won't listen.


Though generally, yes, amateur musicians really don't put a whole lot of effort into their stuff and often times are doing it just "for the fun of it" and have horrendous mixing skills. I'm no engineer, but seriously: it's not astronomically difficult to make things sound at least half decent, even on the weakest of equipment.

I've also come to find a lot of non-pro musicians tend to rip off well known songs when creating their own. Some non-pros have great songwriting skills but I've heard far too many who just blatantly steal from others.

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