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The Death of the Middle-Class Musician

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300 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 28 Jun 25 22:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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WarOnPrivacy ◴[29 Jun 25 07:20 UTC] No.44410951[source]▶
In Jan, my son ordered a mystery box from ... I dunno who. It just showed up. Evidently it was someone connected with King Gizzard because it was recently released KG vinyl, inc a test pressing. Also a sealed cassette of another band that we don't recognize. Also stickers.

Connect with fans, treat them well and stay creative - and they'll buy your stuff. Often a lot of it.

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1. SlowTao ◴[29 Jun 25 07:45 UTC] No.44411068[source]▶
Yeah King Gizzard have basically done the complete opposite of what is considered good advice on making it in the music business and made it work.

Rapid release schedule (except the last year or so), inconsistent genre choices, questionable aesthetic choices, not much marketing, and just some generally goofy stuff and it just works. I think part of it is folks just tired of the packaged crap and see it for what it is. Pure authentic stuff.