Ignite Show: Zoe Keating - "Should you quit your tech job and join a rock band?", Ep21.
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Uploaded by iGNiTe on Jul 6, 2009
Cellist Zoe Keating used to be in tech before taking on the "glamorous" life of a touring musician. In this week's Ignite Show Episode, she talks about the pizza, the long bus rides, odd work hours and making a living when you're just getting started. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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What I'd like to know is: how popular do you need to be to make a living at it? By 'living' I mean netting (at least) $500 a week.
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this is sooo true!! And then, Zoe has a management behind her. We're doing all the bookings ourselves too. Only seeing our friends when they come to a gig also sucks. Having to drive, to repair the car and bus to be able to drive. Zoe had some money from her tech job to record her cd. If you don't have that, you'll never make enough money with gigging to record a cd, and exactly for that reason our Freewheeler band still hasn't one. Sleeping at festival terrains also is pretty hard...
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The gospel truth Zoe! Brilliant presentation!
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LAWL Waffle House !
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I'm sure that even with free tickets, people are not going to travel from their home towns to see a sixteen-year old's band play while insulting their dead relatives.
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@SuperTruth77 Sounds awesome and the initial gimmick will probably work but can't see the concept of "MURDERBAND" working out longterm UNLESS they do something different & 'outside of the box'.
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When you hear the magic that comes out of Zoe's cello, you will understand how amazing she really is.
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What exactly tech job means? She was informatician?
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My 16YO son is starting a band- I’ve heard them rehearsing & they sound amazing!
However, I was disgusted to learn they are calling themselves ‘MURDERBAND’ & all wearing facemasks of Peter Sutcliffe, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ian Huntley, John Wayne Gacy, Fred West & others. Worse- he’s going to offer free tickets to victims’ families as a PR stunt.
He reckons it will all be a popular gimmick, but I’m trying to persuade him it would be a tasteless, horrible mistake…
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It's true... Waffle House or if you're really lucky, Cracker Barrel. I always bring a stash of dried fruits and nuts cause I hate fast food.
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thanks for making this show, instead of making just shows like america's got talent and pop idol
jamesvla 2 years ago 9
Great Job Zoey!! I heard from Twitter you were a little nervous about speaking in front of large groups. I agree. BUT you did a fantastic job!! Thanks for sharing your insight!
mcperc3 2 years ago 5