Erockomania
Studio Geek
I'm not yelling at anyone, it wasn't targeted at anyone specifically. But quite a few people were just being cynical for the hell of it and assuming what Keith's venture with Schecter will entail when, you guessed it. NO ONE KNOWS.
And here's a few comments I could direct myself at, but hey pointing fingers is apparently fair game since you asked.
^ This specifically, everything I bolded carries with them a LARGE number of assumptions and situations that most likely not more than a handful of people know about for each guitarist. Kinda just sounds like he's shitting on their parade for being good at something and being represented by organizations for it.
1. If it were really that easy, I wouldn't mind being endorsed by some of my favorite companies. But let's be honest here, it's actually not that easy to write something cool, build a fanbase from it, and take it further than others would.
2. Yes, you do in fact need to tour. Because as any major artist will tell you, they're either losing, or breaking even man. I don't think you understand that man, most of the dudes you mentioned and "insinuated" have day jobs and work/save to maintain their lifestyles. A lifestyle which is arguably at or slightly above the line of poverty for most musicians based on their musical wages alone.
3. And lastly, inflation. Most Gibsons used to cost 259 with a hardshell case in 1959 according to a price list. That is all
It's late man, I should be getting some sleep. But my point is that it's not worth shitting on Keith's success expecting him to sell out from doing this. And let's be honest here, to my knowledge Keith's working with SD, Mayones, Schecter, Chapman Guitars. He's got a lot on his plate as is, and that's all a musician could ever ask for. An idle musician is a broke musician.
Toodles!
Those are all from me and I stand by them. If it sounded like I was specifically targeting Keith, I didn't mean to. I was more referring to the WAY people get endorsed these days as opposed to old and the compensation(guitar wise) in relation. The are boutique companies selling $5k guitars and many of these guys have several of them whilst "barely paying the bills and having a day job". I think I can assume correctly that they get them free or at large discount in return for some facetime on youtube and at clinics. I like the business model, as I said.. I'd prefer it if I was an up and coming guitarist. Things have changed, that is all.
Are all these guys (Ola, Bulb, Keith, Fred, [insert wild card player here]) good at what they do... hell yes. The best at "new media" endorsements and promotion. They found a niche and ran with it. Good for them. Did I hear any of their names before joining SS.org... only Bulb... the first of the breed
It's sorta why I have a hard time thinking these types of endorsements and players are a big deal... I JUST heard their names a few months ago!--fwiw, I think Fred is definitely the shredder amongst them. Dude is definitely a badass player.
I hope more guys make it. I suspect new guys will figure out the formula and hit the virtual scene as well. I personally love watching the videos and seeing the cool pictures taken with nice cameras (they all have those too, haha). The guitar world is interesting and fun these days. Just.. a little ... odd to me still
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