So this week in the US Lamb of God's new album "Wrath" charted at #2 in the Billboard Charts.
Great for them and great for exposing heavy music to more of the mainstream crowd.
To get to #2 in the Bilboard charts in Feb. of 2009 the band sold 68,000 copies in one week.
I have to say any hard rock or metal band in the 1970's who went to #2 in the charts would have have probably sold about 2,000,000 copies or so
So cd and lps sales are a fraction of of what they were 30 years ago.
So what does that mean to you? Does it mean shouldn't bother trying to do anything more with your band then a simple hobby for ya?
Nah I don't think so .....Every day now there are new bands getting signed to record labels, writing and recording albums and getting to tour the world - if its in your blood then you have to DO IT.
If these guys can do it so can YOU
In fact Lamb of God started off as a bunch of buddies at College jamming in their dorm room.
When they first started they had no idea that they would be headlining stadiums and have Top 10 hit albums. In fact one of their first Independent label bosses - told them they would be huge they didn't believe him! They couldn't even see how they would make one dime playing music.
So whats the bottom line here?
The bottom line is if ya want to play and make music just get on with it and make a start.
The rest will fall into place in due course!
If you haven't already, pick up a copy of my 2 dvd course Metal Label Secrets today
All for now
Al
http://www.metallabelsecrets.com
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