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Ongoing History of New Music

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Music History, History, Music, Music Interviews, Music Commentary

4.8 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Here's the thing. As a musician you can spend thousands and thousands of hours, days, weeks working to be a success. You know, make enough money to pay the bills, have a living, and make a career...provide for yourself and the family. And maybe if you work hard enough, catch the right breaks, make the right moves...you will make that happen. You'll be successful and it will all seem worth it. Other times...just when you are on the way up, about to have that big break...or maybe you already have...you end up dying. And that sucks... But...weirdly, in some cases you end up being up more successful in death then you were in life. You end up making far more money after you shuffled off this mortal coil then you did on it. And that's not really fair now is it? Here's a look at some cases where death turns out to be an interesting career move. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing
0:04.3	history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.
0:09.3	Before we begin, I want to let you know about a new show from Curious Cast that I think
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0:52.3	at curiouscast.ca.ca. Or wherever you're enjoying the ongoing
0:56.3	history of new music. Do it. Trust me. You'll love it. A career in rock music isn't exactly the
1:02.3	most secure or the most safe. You know, the long hours, the rough travel, the bad food, the smoke,
1:07.6	the drink, the drugs. And even after you subject yourself to all this
1:11.5	bad living and torture, you still might find yourself dirt poor in failing health and with no
1:16.3	benefits or pension. And if you're really unlucky or stupid, you'll end up dead. And to add further
1:22.5	insult, you may find that your death was actually your best career move. The moment you shuffled off this mortal
1:29.0	coil and joined the choir invisible, your record sales spiked and your fame skyrocketed. Great.
1:36.6	So much for enjoying the fruits of your labor. Well, at least you wouldn't be alone. The afterlife
1:42.1	is crowded with guys who are more famous dead than
1:44.8	they were when they were alive. Now here, let me show you. Wow, this is, uh, hey, hey, look,
1:53.7	it's Elvis. He's making more money now than when he was alive. Oh, and then there's John and
1:59.2	George. George is happy now, but just wait till
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