Compared to practicing your instruments for 5+ years, getting along with a bunch of people, touring, etc, taking the piss for a few days in a studio is easy.
Perhaps most importantly the Manual explains that you won't get fame and fortune by this route.
Indeed, you almost certainly won't get fame and fortune by any route. Hence Steve Albini's treatise on a similar subject, often called by its last line: "Some of your friends are probably already this fucked".
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 43.8 ms ] threadIndeed, you almost certainly won't get fame and fortune by any route. Hence Steve Albini's treatise on a similar subject, often called by its last line: "Some of your friends are probably already this fucked".
A concise and provocative perspective on the value of understanding and projecting cash flow and revenue in new enterprise with experienced suppliers.
And, of course, Doctorin' The Tardis, the number one which formed the basis for The Manual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTELokKfCk
Great read for anyone seeking to make the next "killer app".
It's also amusing to youtube clips from the time they burnt a million British pounds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Qu...