Right where to start. I was bought up on a diet of rock n roll guitar bands like Wishbone Ash, someone earlier obviously noticed the flying V on my avatar, I play that exact guitar because the first lead guitarist I was influenced by was Andy Powell. I love heavy rock bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zepplelin and Deep Purple, as well as more modern bands like Alter Bridge Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown.
My band Lost In Vegas are signed to Plastic Head distribution and we have a management & record deal with Lycan Media group. Our first release came out in Nov last year and is available from all the usual outlets like Itunes, Play.com, HMV etc.. Were also on things like spotify. myspace etc....
If you want to see a sample our music video is on You Tube here:
[video=youtube;MDcuxvHTcFU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDcuxvHTcFU[/video]
I wish the band was my full time job but alas the music industry has changed a lot in the last 10 years and its very rare that anyone earns a full time living by just being in a band. My main job now is as a sound engineer and production manager for live events. I have done sound for all sorts of acts, my favourite have been people like Michael Schenker, CKY and The Lightning Seeds but ive done loads of well known bands, in fact someone mentioned the Edgar Broughton band who I worked with about 18 months ago.
Although I love rock music I am also a big dance music fan as well and earn a big chunk of my money DJ'ing and I have a residency at a large club every Friday and Sat night. This is why getting to games is difficult because I work over 200 miles away from the SOL so getting there and back on a sat is impossible. I love midweek games
I guess I might be a bit younger than some people on here, but music really does span generations and great music is timeless. The big problem in the industy is money (or lack of it) has killed it. The record labels don't have any so they just keep re-releasing safe bets like "Queens greatest hits" or "the best rock album in the world etc"... new acts usually have to be self funded to a point which is why we now have a generation on rich kids with wealthy or famous parents bank rolling them. The days of a working class band getting signed by a big label and being famous all round the world are over. In my opinion its stifeling the talent. It will change but the problem with the Internet is their is so much out there its very difficult to separate the good acts from the thousands of poor ones.
Wow I have ranted on for a while now, sorry about that. As you can tell I am very passionate about music. I personally think SAFC need a bit more of an anthem for when the players come out to build the atmosphere. Ace of spades by moterhead maybe? something to wind the crowd and players up....