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Rock Star Nation: Chasing Fame, Success, Glory, Money and Fans in the Music Industry
by Thomas, Nick
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Overview
Overview
Everyone wants to be a rock star. The music industry - with its lure of money, power and fame - is a precarious career choice. Despite their efforts, only a small percentage of musical acts ever hear their songs on the radio, get to perform for 30,000 cheering fans in large arenas or are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Fame.
However, rock stardom comes at a huge cost - whether living as a wandering nomad, losing all your privacy, abusing your body on the concert road or spending months away from your family. As singer Charlie Daniels lamented, "You work while everybody else plays. You travel while everyone else sleeps. You miss your family birthdays and anniversaries, and your kids grow and change while you're gone. Yes, there's a price to be paid. I've seen strong grown men come apart on the road."
However, as long as there's the demand and the machinery to manufacture stardom, there's never a shortage of rock stars or the fans who adore them. Many fans will go to great lengths to show their loyalty to a musical performer, whether building small shrines in their homes, purchasing pricey artifacts or attending hundreds of concerts over a lifetime. And what exactly do musical artists owe to their fans? Do they have any responsibility other than recording music and touring?
This book is an inside look at the music business - warts and all. On the rock and roll highway, life in the fast lane is often accompanied by speed bumps, detours and crashes. Recognizing both the perks and pitfalls of fame, hopeful musicians all over the world still attempt to achieve rock star status, whether through years of hard work in small, gritty clubs or by jump-starting a career as a contestant on a television singing competition.
However, in the music world, recording artists find themselves the targets of con artists, yes-men, shady businessmen and various characters whose goals are to somehow finagle their way into the star's action, wealth or fame. Consequently, even superstar acts like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones struggled financially during the apexes of their careers in the 1960s. It wasn't until after the Beatles disbanded that the four Mop Tops finally became millionaires.
This book is packed with personal accounts of hit musicians revealing how they dealt with fame, success, newfound wealth, their own egos, fan worship, personal relationships, mental health issues and the many temptations of the road and roll road.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Thomas, Nick
- ISBN: 9781735152301
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.58
- Number Of Pages: 274
- Publication Year: 2020
Language:
English