The legendary rockers reunited for a massive concert tour in 2008, and now release a hugely anticipated self-titled album on May 25. UG’s Joe Matera called Dean DeLeo to discuss the LP, and his thoughts on the music industry.
While your average street musician can upload a few tracks onto MySpace and get a few more people coming down to watch them bang the drum, the bigger guys still have the contacts to fill a venue on that alone.
I learned a lesson last year when I was playing my first stadium gig. Visibility, be it literally, such as highway safety colored guitars, or from a multitude of positive interactions with people, is something worth boosting.
Guitarist of John Lydon’s experimental act reveals what have been the most important lessons he have learned from being in the music business.
The Canadian rock/metal band Hail The Villain have unleashed what they called “the most creative and technologically advanced website ever built for a band.”
In a soon to be published UG interview with Sevendust, guitarist Clint Lowery talks about surviving in the music business of our days (among other interesting topics, of course).
