This was so interesting to read! And I'm so glad a book like this exists to shed light on the realities of being a "band person." It's also amazing to think about all the things that have to go right for a band to even be moderately successful.
This is so interesting. The economics of "cool" jobs are fascinating. I wonder, too, if the demise of bands is also, to a lesser extent, related to the decline of collective action and the rise of "main-character syndrome"--we are all the stars now, and no one is the sideman anymore.
This was so interesting to read! And I'm so glad a book like this exists to shed light on the realities of being a "band person." It's also amazing to think about all the things that have to go right for a band to even be moderately successful.
This is so interesting. The economics of "cool" jobs are fascinating. I wonder, too, if the demise of bands is also, to a lesser extent, related to the decline of collective action and the rise of "main-character syndrome"--we are all the stars now, and no one is the sideman anymore.
Franz is both a former and also current member of The Hold Steady, leaving in 2010 and rejoining in 2016