Making the ends meet by playing the blues
I’m in a blues band that plays regionally. We have our own label and manage sell a fair amount of records. We see all types of small bands being on huge stages with lots of people in the crowd who aren’t very talented. We have been doing this twenty years and we are still driving around a van playing in bars for 40 and 50 people a night. We are a great blues band but can’t make ends meet on music alone. What should we do?
-Robby. New Orleans, LA
You’ve committed yourself to this genre of music. Sadly with the emergence of rap and other nonsense has lessened the need and want for blues music. This is an absolute national treasure that is disappearing due to apathy of young people to not associate with anything that doesn’t have bling and flashy cars. This is along with the failure of schools to teach any type of music history just makes things tougher. The majority of blues fans are middle aged, middle class, and live in towns where those blues bars you play are located. That’s the way it is and it’s your direction. Thanks for keeping the blues alive.
