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<<I do think that there is a real similarity between what began happening several years ago in the way many musicians make and market their music, whether it is because they couldn't get a recording contract, or because they just wanted to have more control over their own careers, and the options opening up for writers and readers.>>
Definitely a similarity. We just got back from a neighbor's house where Swedish country band was playing. They all have day jobs but were making a quick tour in L.A. It was a "free, just drop by" thing though we did end up buying two CDs.
Tonight we'll hear our friend Ernest Troost play at a small coffee shop within bicycling distance. He's a professional composer, won an Emmy for his soundtrack to a Hallmark production of The Canterville Ghost, but he plays folk music as his passion. He isn't with any label, sells his own CDs.
I like major artists, too, but they aren't the only people making pro-quality music.
The parallel with what I'm doing is there. I've made a living as a writer, though I'm semi-retired from that field, and now I'm pimping my first published novel, much as Ernest and the Swedish country band (The Long gone Smiles Band) are doing with their music.
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