>Let me say this in my own defense;it is not
>easy when your trying to please everyone at the same time.
>When I say everyone I mean the listeners, the record
>companys, and myself. What the listeners want to hear is
>generally always different than what the record companys
>want to sell. So being an artist who loves music isn't
>always the easiest of jobs. When I go into the studio and
>create with who ever I'm working with I have to try to
>please everybody at the same time.

Why not just do what YOU want to do, and not try to make a mix of every possible person involved. In the end, I'm buying a Jaguar Wright record, so all I'm expecting is YOUR vision.

In the long run, doing what YOU want/need to express is the only option IMHO ... otherwise you always end up with some sort of compromise, and people are gonna blame YOU for whatever's wrong with that, since you're the artist.

So, since you're going to take the blame and criticism anyway, you might as well go all out and do your thing 100%.

And find a record company willing to support your vision AFTER completing a record. That way you don't have to use 'the label' as an excuse.

That's my main criticism of a lot of artists today ... I wish artists wouldn't be so preoccupied with the label's view, but do their thing and have the courage to tell their label to fuck off if they don't like it. No artist is married to a label, and it's an illusion to think that you'll vanish once a label drops you.

In a worst case scenario this means keeping a half time job to pay the rent and food ... so what ?

By the way, I liked your first album a lot, and your new single sounds great too. And forgive my rant, it's not directed at you, but something in your post triggered this reaction.



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