You had to get on the phone or show up in person to connect. That was more hassle, but a much more personal way of creating a relationship. Maybe you did an audition or sent in a cassette. Now you can send a link to a YouTube video, your Bandcamp page or website. If they like you, you’re in. You can make your own show flyers and post on Facebook and Instagram. When we’re broadcasting a live show on


ElectraLand Radio, I can contact the bands and venue in the comfort of my home-office chair. I also create a full-color, glossy flyer for the show there, and post it on as much social media as I can. Click, click, click.


some industry or social model, with limited de- grees of success, hoping it will work for them like they see it work for others. It appears that anyone who “makes it big” is found by some corporate source, molded into what they want and put on display in a very contrived way. My friend, who has been in touring bands


almost since we were in high school marching band together, talked about one hair-metal band he worked for that told him what to wear, what expression to have and how and when to shake his ass on stage. He was with three bands at the time. That one made the most money, but he fi- nally quit because it sucked to be their robot. What happens when you finally get


ElectraLandRadio.net is listened to locally,


regionally and across the planet. If we record and broadcast a message or show, tens of thousands hear it. I can’t imagine how we would have achieved that with the limited income, output of energy and time we have available. Back in the day, we would have had to buy a terrestrial radio station or advertising time on one. Way out of the question for regular folks, so big points there for the Internet! I still have to wonder, do you ever wish


you could just focus on creating, instead of book- ing gigs, driving here and there, posting on social media and all the other little parts that add up to big users of your time? One of our bands said it took them five years to get 5,000 followers! That seems insane, but considering we have tens of thousands of total listeners after only a year and a half and my streaming health show after two years, but only a couple hundred following us, I get it


Mr. Jimmy always says the music industry


is the Wild West! No one has fully figured out the new deal and how to make it work. Many follow


“there,” wherever “there” is? They say be careful what you wish for. Maybe the actual path to fame, whatever that is, isn’t important and maybe just being “there” is better than not. I am convinced your soul is lost in the social media/corporate arrangement. The whole reason to create and the flow of your chi can get squashed by the constant hamster-wheel of demands to be something you’re not. Then there’s the constant awareness that you are a commodity and are acutely aware of the pressure to come up with the next huge hit today, or you’re yesterday and forgotten. There are plenty of “stars” who talk about losing their way, because getting “there” and staying “there” became overwhelming and sucked. Some turned to vices to escape. Some couldn’t keep up the en- ergy or got disgusted and quit. They did all that work and finally reached their summit, but their top wasn’t what they thought or hoped it would be, and the aftermath didn’t make for pretty scenery. Steve Perry was a guest on The Big Inter-


view with Dan Rather. Of course Dan asked why he walked away at the top of his game. Like so many, Steve turned to drugs and fell into the trappings of fame. He realized he had lost his way and didn’t find joy in the ride, so he left. To me, Journey was at the top, and it isn’t Journey with- out that amazing voice, but good for him for sav- ing himself. Some just check out altogether instead, and we’re left with that heartbreak. The music industry and social scenes are


nothing like they used to be. They are changing so quickly that it’s difficult to keep up. The music in- dustry sold the soul it may have never had. There


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