The Hours Are Long, but the Pay Is Low: A Curious Life in Independent Music

di Rob Miller (Autore)

University of Illinois Press, 2025

The hard-won pleasures of putting heart over brains, conviction over caution, and madness over market share"The music business is not a meritocracy: it is a crapshoot taking place in a septic tank balanced on the prow of the Titanic, a venal snake pit where innovation, creativity, and honest business practices are actively discouraged." Rob Miller arrived in Chicago wanting to escape the music industry. In short order, he co-founded a trailblazing record label revered for its artist-first approach and punk take on country, roots, and so much else. Miller's gonzo memoir follows a music fan's odyssey through a singular account of Bloodshot Records, the Chicago scene, and thirty years as part of a community sustaining independent artists and businesses. Hilarious and hundred-proof, The Hours Are Long, But the Pay Is Low delivers a warm-hearted yet clear-eyed account of loving and living music on the edge, in the trenches, and without apologies.

• Autore: Rob Miller
• Editore: University of Illinois Press
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 304 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 156 mm
• Peso: 454 gr.
• EAN: 9780252088964

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