 Re: When do you think you're too old to "make it"?
"Making it" in the alternative / indie scene requires strong convictions and original ideas more than anything. The indie crowd is certainly more open to a 40 year old bald dude dressed like Ronald McDonald wailing away on an oboe in front of a drum machine while shouting anti-corporate slogans.
All of four or five people will lay down their hard earned bread to witness that.
I think that most indie / alt people who have "made it" are the ones who worked hard at their craft, realized that everybody would rather listen to Matchbox 20 and watch re-runs of Eight is Enough, got smart and started working behind the scenes in positions that are guaranteed X number of dollars (soundboard, rigging, lighting, producing et al) and are now gainfully employed by Brooks and Dunn.
There has never been a punk record that sold a million copies.
Lump
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Why don't you guys try playin' something the drummer knows?
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