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Bands like "Beach House" who release albums every 5yrs. WTF do they do all day?

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Talented Hall Turdskin
  12/03/24
trust funds
vibrant emerald stock car
  12/03/24
these people have the talent to put out mind blowingly aweso...
Talented Hall Turdskin
  12/03/24
Biglaw
Sticky idiot
  12/03/24
Probably takes 1 year to make the next album, 2 years for a ...
Thriller Aquamarine Business Firm Twinkling Uncleanness
  12/03/24
it pisses me off when bands take Years to write and record a...
Talented Hall Turdskin
  12/03/24
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Appetizing hell national security agency
  12/03/24
I have written and recorded every instrument on many songs I...
Talented Hall Turdskin
  12/03/24
link?
ruinous phenotype
  12/03/24
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Appetizing hell national security agency
  12/03/24
They all have jobs on the side they never talk about. Michae...
arousing cruise ship sound barrier
  12/03/24
Cr one of the guys from Alt J owns a coffee shop or somethin...
Appetizing hell national security agency
  12/03/24
The job is mostly touring and the overwhelming majority of f...
slap-happy alcoholic bbw mental disorder
  12/03/24
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Appetizing hell national security agency
  12/03/24
sound check tp
Big at-the-ready base
  09/18/26
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Deranged Sickened Haunted Graveyard Skinny Woman
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greedy slate dysfunction
  09/18/26
music is dead. not sure why anyone bothers making records an...
vibrant emerald stock car
  09/18/26
quarter-note guy
Big at-the-ready base
  09/18/26
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greedy slate dysfunction
  09/19/26


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Date: December 3rd, 2024 11:30 AM
Author: Talented Hall Turdskin



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Date: December 3rd, 2024 11:31 AM
Author: vibrant emerald stock car

trust funds

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Date: December 3rd, 2024 4:28 PM
Author: Talented Hall Turdskin

these people have the talent to put out mind blowingly awesome indie music almost at will - probably have it coursing through their minds all day long. Why do they deprive us of these gifts for five years at a time? They have to get some sense of reward for their work, are they just lazy?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5643550&forum_id=2#48407244)



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Date: December 3rd, 2024 4:28 PM
Author: Sticky idiot

Biglaw

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Date: December 3rd, 2024 4:31 PM
Author: Thriller Aquamarine Business Firm Twinkling Uncleanness

Probably takes 1 year to make the next album, 2 years for a full world tour, another 1 year for various solo projects, films, collaborations, etc, and 1 year to rest up and answer all the fan mail. That's 5 years right there.

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Date: December 3rd, 2024 4:47 PM
Author: Talented Hall Turdskin

it pisses me off when bands take Years to write and record an album. Think about how much time that is to write 9-12 3:30 long songs.

Beach House's "world tour" is the US and some european dates and festivals, and probably how they make most of their money.

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Date: December 3rd, 2024 4:58 PM
Author: Appetizing hell national security agency



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Date: December 3rd, 2024 9:40 PM
Author: Talented Hall Turdskin

I have written and recorded every instrument on many songs IMO

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Date: December 3rd, 2024 9:47 PM
Author: ruinous phenotype

link?

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Date: December 3rd, 2024 10:08 PM
Author: Appetizing hell national security agency



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Date: December 3rd, 2024 4:53 PM
Author: arousing cruise ship sound barrier

They all have jobs on the side they never talk about. Michael Romeo & Michael LePond of Symphony X (a still active band that has released three albums in the last 20+ years) run a chain of fast casual restaurants named "X's" in Princeton and West Windsor Township.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5643550&forum_id=2#48407396)



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Date: December 3rd, 2024 4:55 PM
Author: Appetizing hell national security agency

Cr one of the guys from Alt J owns a coffee shop or something. Dat ADDITIONAL REVENUE. It's the same as pro athletes and actors who are slinging real estate on the side. Iirc Ving Rhames was the highest selling real estate agent in Los Angeles for many years. "Art" as a job is inconsistent for most people unless you are a turbo celebrity but I doubt "Beach House" made more than a few hundred grand at their peak but it opened up a ton of side opportunities.

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Date: December 3rd, 2024 10:57 PM
Author: slap-happy alcoholic bbw mental disorder

The job is mostly touring and the overwhelming majority of fans prefer that you play familiar songs rather than new ideas that you're working out. They play like 100+ shows/year after putting out an album. That is a lot of work when you consider planning, rehearsals, travel, sound checks, and doing press. Also if you want to make money sitting at home you need a megahit that will be in movies and commercials, be streamed billions of times. You will make approximately no extra money having 10 albums in your catalog rather than 5.

I prefer when artists put out a ton of work, write on the road and test new songs, etc., but it's still a hit-driven business and people respond to the prevailing model and what the median moronic fan wants. For example see all the 90s/2000s bands who reunite and tour on playing old albums start to finish, maybe encore with a cover, an OK song from a side project, or an unreleased track that should have remained unreleased. It is hard to write great new songs and the incentives are to not bother if you've already got something the audience likes.

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Date: December 3rd, 2024 11:42 PM
Author: Appetizing hell national security agency



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Date: September 18th, 2026 9:25 AM
Author: Big at-the-ready base

sound check tp

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Date: September 18th, 2026 1:53 AM
Author: Deranged Sickened Haunted Graveyard Skinny Woman



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Date: September 18th, 2026 1:54 AM
Author: greedy slate dysfunction



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Date: September 18th, 2026 9:23 AM
Author: vibrant emerald stock car

music is dead. not sure why anyone bothers making records anymore. there's a mountain of great stuff already out there and there's an unfathomable amount of AI slop on the way.

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Date: September 18th, 2026 9:27 AM
Author: Big at-the-ready base

quarter-note guy

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Date: September 19th, 2026 6:38 PM
Author: greedy slate dysfunction



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