Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

Not yet. I haven't even decided if I like it yet.

I tend to write little pen sketches first, then if I decide I like the piece, or at least don't detest the piece, then I might start trying to add some music to it.

Often at that point the words get 100% revised and end up bearing no resemblance to ...

A crash of thunder crossed my mind and I wondered, hey, am I blind, or..., and all the time the slowly slipping torment of the night would lick upon the windows of my mind, until the final curtain call, or some other call, a phone call, or a market stall, would slip me from my mental stream, and ...

orphic, what a beautiful read...well, 'cept for the skin sewing bit! :shock: You need to post this on creative writing so that more can enjoy it. I loved it.

oh, and welcome! :)

Thanks, it was the lyrics to the songs I was listening to at the time, not so keen on the skin sewing bit myself, but ...

tinkerjack wrote:
Have you ever considered a career in politics?

lol, I've actually worked in politics for my sins!

It does rub off

hi a,

not a goblin, but orphic. okay.
so, orphic, what did you call yourself at litkicks?

take your time, no rush. life is slowly turning over.

I'm afraid I really can't recall.

For the last four or five years I've done the majority of my work on the internet, sales and promotions, for my ...

Most often, rejection slips are business decisions, not artistic decisions.

100% correct, I've seen some fantastic work rejected, and some absolute dross accepted, so I would implore anyone who is rejected to try and not take it to heart.

I know that is harder than it sounds but please be aware ...

Yes, a blind person "experiances" color.

A blind person does not see a black nothing, even someone with total blindness (which is rarer than people realize, most registered blind people being between 90 && 99% blind, which is as good as having no sight), see's and experiances things.

Close your ...

As a footnote to the article "the problem with music" by steve albini, I should point out that steve albini is a well known and succesful person in the music industry, both as a performer, writer and producer, perhaps his most notable work was as the producer for the Nirvana album "In Utero" Nirvana ...

Above are some of the problems with the music industry, lack of interest in artists who havent already done the ground work, && a much to greedy cut of things most of the time.

Here at Orphic Records, being all ex, or existing artists, our first priority is to the artists first, && only after that ...

by the power of satan...lee diamond

(almost) everything you ever wanted to know about major labels that they never told you

Most people live under the mistaken assumption that the only real way to make money off of music is to sign a contract with a major label. This is an attempt to prove how ...

The Truth About Major Labels
by David Hooper - Kathode Ray Music

The Pinnacle of a Music Career....
When I was growing up, I always thought that being signed to a major label was the pinnacle of a music career. It was my dream at the time to one day get a record deal, play arenas throughout the ...

the problem with music
by steve albini
excerpted from Baffler No. 5
(with permissions)

Whenever I talk to a band who are about to sign with a major label, I always end up thinking of them in a particular context. I imagine a trench, about four feet wide and five feet deep, maybe sixty yards long ...

Heyy, for those who don't know, which is probably just about everyone, I run Oprhic Records, a small independant record Label in England.

Woot, woot, so I'm a millionaire who drives a ferarri and will pay all musical artists $500,000 advances and sign them to my label right?

Oh, how I wish that ...

universal language.


thank you for this one.

Music is the universal language of babel, one mans meat on a poisonous table, deafening insanity, or soothing refrains, touching the heart, or ripping at viens.
Blood on the carpet, or flowers from the ground, sometimes it's just there, no answers are ...

Happy New Year. I was wondering if anyone here makes films or videos? It is my hobby (for now).

I've just finished a re-cut of "Le Chien Andalou" using soundtrack from bands on my label, ok, so the movie itself was made by Dali && Buñuel, && not by me, but it was a fun excersise.

I've had the ...