What's one thing that Sarah PROUDLY DIYs, and what's something she thinks you shouldn't DIY? Watch the full, hour+ long interview on either of our patreon pages: www.Patreon.com/LordsOfTheTrident www.Patreon.com/SarahLongfield

@umpygoodness2369

5 жыл бұрын

PLEASE LET ME HELP YOU teach all musicians how to make an EASY living with GOOD CASH, and no middlemen or hassles. EX: no smart musician plays venues, as you are AT THE MERCY of skeevy people and it's illogical to make the audience come to you. (You play OUTDOORS and go to the public. Ask for more details.) (Look up FRIENDS FOREVER from Colorado [RIP] who toured america and played out of... their van!) EX: THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION A BAND WILL EVER MAKE? THE NAME OF THEIR BAND. (Imagine a restaurant called "Puke and Diarrhea" and you get the idea.) WHEN LED ZEPPELIN CAME OUT, they were mocked as a total rip-off of THE JEFF BECK GROUP. GUESS WHICH BAND WON. GUESS WHY. (BOTH had a Yardbirds guitar legend and an iconic singer! JBG had a 20 year old... ROD STEWART!! So WHY did they fail? Because "LED ZEPPELIN" is much cooler than "JEFF BECK GROUP" (ZZZZZZ)) SARAH IS SUGGESTING THE SAME PATH THAT A ZILLION BANDS TRIED. IT'S NOT EFFICIENT. IT'S NOT SMART. WHY would you waste time with a booking agent? I've toured the world effortlessly and profitably over and over. Didn't book even ONE show! Didn't have to deal with plane tix etc. THERE ARE MUCH SMARTER WAYS than the "conventional wisdom". LET ME HELP SHARE MY SECRETS!

@umpygoodness2369

5 жыл бұрын

My profit margin is FAR better than a U2 or Taylor Swift! NOTHING IS EASIER THAN MAKING A COMFY LIVING MAKING MUSIC. (You just have to NOT follow tradition. MAKE LOGIC YOUR GOD.) Ask me for extensive details.

@umpygoodness2369

5 жыл бұрын

FESTIVALS ARE DUMB AND HORRIFIC. BETTER IDEA: shows in local clubs where it's 20 BANDS in one day (saturday). No one needs to make money by charging a high fee, b/c it's about NETWORKING / COMMUNITY. (Then, if your band rises above, ppl will buy your merch and CD.) $5 or pay what you want admission. Young people are STARVED for culture / adventure. MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM.

Great convo. Sarah rules.

@LordsoftheTrident

5 жыл бұрын

First Fluff, now Andrew Huang comments on my video!? Damn - dreams DO come true! :-D Love your videos, Andrew! Thanks for the comment!! :)

she’s very smart. spot on about everything the industry and the archetype of being a musician has changed

This isn't just the music industry. The entire world is like this.

so much maturity and wisdom in Sarah's view about the music industry. Great interview! I wish many many more people watch this. Wish you the best for the future young lady

My perception, as a child of the 90s where there wasn't the constant fan/artist interaction of now, is that if an artist goes silent for a while is that they haven't given up, binned it etc. Just that they're off workshopping something new.

Sarah is Real Honest here, we all need the grace to notice when we reach the point of diminishing returns-in what ever we take on in Life !!!!

I hope this channel gets a chance to grow more...I love all the content that has been coming out.

@LordsoftheTrident

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

The worst part about music is.... the people. - Mike Patton.

@raprometheus3051

5 жыл бұрын

Ironic, if you know about some of the shit Mike Patton has done to people. Hahahahah! Just pointing that out. I'm a cunt, too. Shit happens. Sometimes it's done in fun and misunderstood and sometimes it's done in hatred. Hahahahah!

@kdogg7882

5 жыл бұрын

@@raprometheus3051 I don't think Mike Patton really cares. TBH he usually only acts like that if someone else prompts it. I met him almost 20 years ago after a Mr. Bungle show and he was fine until someone there started being a tool.

@russellzauner

5 жыл бұрын

How was NAMM 2019? "One hundred thousand people you hate and 75 of your most favorite people in the world" - Devin Townsend

@CreativeMindsAudio

5 жыл бұрын

russell zauner exactly my experience in the music industry lol. NAMM is fun if you just hang around the people you like. For me it was incredible and euphoric to be able to see so many of my friends I haven’t in ages.

@alanorange9376

5 жыл бұрын

Patton was/is ahead of the curb. Whether he knows or cares is a different story.

Thank you Sarah for bringing to light merch cuts! You open my eyes! Thank you!

This is such an awesome interview! Lots of great insight :)

btw, the reason the concerts were so awesome in the day is that those concerts was the ONLY exposure to our favorite bands so when they came to town, it was HUGE. there were trade rags and LP's/CD's and that is it. A live album was as awesome as a studio album. Now> I just watched many hours of Coachella and I watch new music videos non-stop. So ya, the internet has destroyed the old mystique of the "concert". I am so glad I got to see the old bands in big arenas and the party in the parking lot before and after and just the craziness of rock'n'roll before the ultra PC police state happened (70's and 80's). I have no motivation to see shows any longer.

This is saddening. I personally don’t know this musician but I know many talented musicians and I am a player too and the fact that an act would make a band “buy on” to a tour is repugnant . If I had tickets to an act and found out that the headliners practiced this, I would not attend. The music industry has consumed itself and left talent, thoughtful artists on the curb side.

@Cp2020_animations

4 жыл бұрын

It's absolutely not worth the restrictions

@creetan9997

4 жыл бұрын

That's because with every new generation people are being dumbed down and simplified when it comes to individualism, originality, uniqueness. So those same people decide what's good music and what isn't and then you'll just see the same people again and again.

I love playing music but honestly I'm glad I just stuck with geology. Thanks to you all who put your all into your music careers so I have something to listen to, I know it is not easy for the vast majority of people. Great interview.

Love her honesty, super transparent she seems. I sincerely appreciate this video and will check out her music. Thanks youtube for suggesting and subscribed to this channel.

Great job guys!!!......from a guy in mid 50z who played in hardcore punk bands in the early 80z.....keep moving forward - put the work in - this is ur passion Dont let anyone talk u out of it or take it away!!!.....I as severely injured in my 9-5 job that changed my life forever - now music is a hobby ....keep ur safety as ur #1 priority when ur out there in the world - cuz for all the people who love u - there are people also who want to destroy u ...........stay in tune!!! Keep moving forward!!!!!...do ur own merch !!!!!.......good luck with everything!!!...... Sarah - ur someone special , listen to ur gut!!!!.....ur gonna b on top of the mountain soon enough!!!...... fingers crossed!!!!........my 11 yrold daughter has cut all ur pictures out of the current magazines and covered her bedroom door....she wants to b the 'piano version' of u.......she is a great piano player - lessons and shows already .....any advice for her ??????

Great interview. I got to see Sarah live when she opened for Wintersun. She’s an amazing musician and puts on a awesome show. If you have an opportunity to see her live don’t miss it.

thank you both

This interview is perfect. Definitely showcases the struggles a musician/artist has to go through to be able to express their creativity.

So glad KZread showed me this. Great interview guys! so honest and shocking at the same time. I'll listen to some of Sarah's songs now. Cheers from Brazil! Take care.

This is a super good interview from both ends. Super great convo. Also super eye opening and real af. Mad respect to Sarah Longfield, honestly seems like the perfect person to say this about the world of music.

Such a lovely person. Her music gives me that nostalgic videogames vibes (if that makes sense). Nice flow on the interview. Sounded like a legit talk.

What an amazing interview, you guys are right holy shit we're devaluating music (or art in general) like crazy! :(

wow this interview just got so much wisdom about how not only the music industry works but almost every entertainment field moves around these days

Pursued music since I was 15. Im 29 now and experienced a lot, lots of lessons learned. I worked tons of shitty jobs to support this expensive hobby. I recently quit and haven’t touched my guitar in about a year and a half. Im in a point now in my life where I need a career. Ever since I quit there has been a huge void and I have nothing because I identified with music so much. Hoping to get back out on stage one day.

been following sarah for a few years now. this is an amazing interview and every musician (or potential youtubician) should watch this. some really important lessons from a modern artist who is living the life in this "new" environment for music. I just went and signed up as a patreon because of the fact that it's her best revenue stream - which kills me, she such a good musician. being an artist now is super weird. best to you sarah.

best youtube talkshow ever, both people rocked this, the raw honesty was so fucking awesome, and how funny Sarah is "noises happen" omfg, nearly spat drink everywhere...

Love this! Super inspiring! I'd love to see more of these!

I just started doing the solo thing last fall and this helped put things into perspective. It's definitely not friggin easy so, thanks guys, this information is absolutely crucial.

Fang has really great questions and I like how he interviews well, and doesn’t cut off his subject.

Amazing interview. Best of 2019 so far.

So great! Great questions and great answers!

Great interview. Very real and down to earth - quite helpful. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. :)

The best Sarah's interview I've seen so far. Super interesting

This is SUCH a great interview! Sarah's an incredible talent and super cool. I hope she overcomes the challenges of the music industry and is here for a long time.

Great perspective from Sarah! You’re an awesome interviewer dude, you got a new subscriber. Keep up the content 🤘🏻

Great interview Ty and Sarah!

This is going to be my new fav show, excellent vibe on conversation and questions. Love it.

Smart lady. I'm rooting for her. Keep going Sarah!

Great interview, thanks. Sarah's music is fantastic.

I totally agree with Sarah about Merch Cut.

@jericosha2842

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't even know this is a thing. Pisses me off, but it doesn't surprise me. People suck.

Nice video, glad that you're both open and frank about life. Thanks for sharing

This might be the best interview on KZread!👍 Seriously it's the most honest and real I've seen about a musicians life. I'm going to show this vid to my mom as soon as I can to hopefully help her better understand what I'm up against -thank you both for doing this, I really appreciate it! Have a beautiful day!!! 🌞 Subbed

This is great. Ever since I discovered her through Scallon, I've really been intrigued by her. She so pretty in every way. I've really wanted to get in her head more in depth, and this video accomplished just that. Awesome content here. Thankyou!

I didn't know Sara Longfield is from Madison! That's cool! Greetings from Winona, MN \m/

Very insightful! Sarah here in Santa Fe this Friday! Can't wait!!

I hope you do read this, LOVE what you are doing. Thanks for sharing what you hear in your head, it inspires me to do something with the 50 years of noises I have been performing in my practice space. Keep making the beautiful brutalz, very nice!

Super insightful, real, and interesting interview!

Great interview, from both sides.

I really appreciated this video. The advice is invaluable. \m/

fantastic interview!

Wow. One of the most insightful interviews into the mind and thought processes of an artist that I'm a fan of.

Fantastic interview and very honest. Great questions :)

I'm happy to say my GF and I bought a Sarah shirt when she opened for Wintersun in SF.

@js-gt8zu

5 жыл бұрын

Smilie6669 ha! yes me too, in north carolina, only thing i bought at the show was their/her shirt! & i left during wintersun 😂I came for her and Ne obliviscaris

what a great interview 10/10

Great interview and interview-ie'..she's very much in the know. ..and awesome!

Had no idea about merch cuts and opening bands being limited to how much they can sell at what price. Definitely sounds like an archaic aspect of touring that needs to be updated for the modern musician.

Great interview!

Excellent interview! She is so smart and so honest!

I think the best part of music now..is we don't need a full band to release music. You don't have to put up with those who are emotionally draining you down or not on the same page..

Nice work on the interview. It's a tough gig. Glad she puts so much work in... I hope later it will pay off.

great perspective from Sarah. This was great a->z.

I learned a lot from this thanks you guys.

If you are using a promoter they get the merch cut not the the venue. In their eyes the promoter is paying to rent the place. So they want a portion of your sales to make up for the area you occupy that could have been used to put more fans in or rent to a vendor. Its all about the money. Your negotiation skills will get you where you want. Good luck. Awesome interview.

Sarah is the reason that I started taking tapping more seriously. She's a brilliant player, one of my favorite KZreadrs.

Best interview with Sarah or anybody recently.

Guess i'm the 25.000th view on this. What a great format man!! best from germany - sascha

The King of Fighters 97 arcade machine in the back, sweet

@LordsoftheTrident

5 жыл бұрын

THIS guy knows what's up. :)

Really good video and insights. I hate to add more pressure, but ... Being a creative at Sarah's level is a foreign process to most humans. We are often more task oriented and our stream of consciousness is directed by a project or other folks. So, with the 'Net we can try to look into the creative process a bit, and often be amazed at how it works... The extra pressure I refer to is seeing creatives collaborate on a project. That chemistry is double unique. Each creative and the synergy. I hope to see more of Sarah and maybe her collaborating to do another of her ethereal pieces :) Any look at how it works and what comes from seemingly almost nothing is joy to behold. Keep on keepin on !!!

Respect to Sarah!

Good shit! Thanks for this \m/ Subbed

Cool stuff!

Liked Sarah's perspective on how it'd be better if musicians worked together. Because it is really crazy how pretty much everyone but the musicians profit the most from the music they make and it's sorta always been that way that labels, venues and now Spotify take such a huge cut from the money that's being made. Musicians should really work together and scandalize this or protest/strike together to finally demand a fair pay for their work. I mean the venues are only able to make their money because musicians work hard on their songs and bring people to the venue. Though it's kind of hard to make a strike when you depend on the money. There should be something like a union for musicians where they can organize and strike for better regulation of this stuff so they don't get exploited as much as they do..

So articulate and insightful... but knowing her music, i'm not surprised in the least. Keep doing what u do, Sarah!!!

I played full time for ten years in a a few DC bands. Made a decent living. No real touring but we would play hundreds of miles away but most of the far away gigs were resort gigs that you played the same room for two weeks often for the same people. The good part was one set-up one tear-down one free meal per day, three free drinks and the pay was pretty good. It did make me ka-rayzee.

Clear mind and wise words from a really humble young woman .... and amazingly talented on top of that ;)

the merch cut conversation was eye opening

Great interview! The number #1 thing that kills the music industry is no longer artist development. The Industry wants bands prepacked with a #1 hit ready to go before they'll sign them,and then the label wants the bands to sign a 360 deal. When before they would let an artist grow. Prince for example took a couple of failing albums before he hit big.

Lords of the Trident are so great, you need to make a movie of Fang's Worlds

I am an old musician. I learned the stuff when there was no tube, not even music videos or anything like that. I stayed that way, even I have some of my songs on the tube I havent done videos. To me my music either must work by itself or it doesnt anyway. But I am not that succesful at all and I dont do that professionally but when I play people appreciate it. I like Sarahs music a lot even its not at all "my thing". Respect for that. Shes great and a much better musician than I am.

I'm really impressed by her.

Sarah's eyes pierce my soul.

This is soooo true, spend way too many times in the car doing professional shows, playing a lot of fun gigs, but very little $$$, & yes, the buy on tours, it takes $ to make $, great video guys !!!

The answer to every question of "I don't know why they do that" is THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP YOU DOWN. IT'S ABOUT PROFIT AND CONTROL.

@umpygoodness2369

5 жыл бұрын

it's worse than anyone suspects. EX: W. BUSH DEREGULATED THE MEDIA, so the GOP could buy up ALL ROCK STATIONS IN AMERICA, to push their RIGHT WING AGENDA. NOW, I have to listen to Bon Jovi every hour (!) and other TOOTHLESS bands, b/c the GOP HAS WANTED TO STOP ROCK MUSIC SINCE IT BEGAN (b/c it made kids hate religion and authority). NOW, the MSM forces SPORTS down our throats and don't cover MUSIC, b/c SPORTS teaches OBEDIENCE TO RULES AND AUTHORITY, while music does the opposite. MUSIC WAS KILLED BY THE GOP AND WALL ST, deliberately.

As an artist, asking a favorite color is an outreach for inspiration. Nothing to be weirded out by. As a fan, you're music has rewritten history and influenced countless, keep your heady approach. And as a friend/ complete stranger, you're one of the most talented girls in guitar driven music. Hope to see you live one o these days \m/

@SarahLongfield

5 жыл бұрын

Sure, but scouring the internet to figure out the artists grandmother’a phone number and give her a call to inquire about specifics regarding the artist is a bit invasive😉 it was just an example of things I’ve experienced. Nothing more. But thanks for the support!🙏✨

this is inspiring

I've been a musician since the 80's, doing industrial music and experimental music/sound collage and all kind of tape music, experimental music, and guitar music. In all these years, I've never once published my work, shared my work, or posted my stuff online. I've built up this huge mass of just.. personal recordings, just for myself (I'm really the only one I know who enjoys the kind of music I make) over the years in boxes of tape cassettes. Now I'm getting older. My equipment is showing it's age, a lot of it is breaking down and I can't afford to repair most of it, and even the tape players needed to play my tape recordings are breaking down. My 20 year old Tascam multitrack recorder finally bit the dust and actually caught fire last month when I turned it on, haha! I have a couple of synths that need to go to the shop for repairs now because they're old and started malfunctioning. Slowly, I've been losing my hobby because all my hardware that I've relied on all these years just... is getting old and I can't afford to replace or repair stuff now. I'm not a teenager any more and there's just too many other bills. Being a musician, unfortunately is expensive.

@bethoveen3

5 жыл бұрын

Dont loose your music ,its part of you. Find a way to transfer it to digital/mp3 and put it on youtube. At least "ITS OUT THERE", for people to listen or just for you as an archive. My equipment is failling too after a while, you think the preamp trim-pot doesn't work anymore until you wiggle it about 30 times and find out it was just dirty from not using it for many years lol what i dont need anymore , i'm selling

@BlackburnBigdragon

5 жыл бұрын

@@bethoveen3 Yeah. My Yamaha DX7 for some reason keeps switching to patch 8 and patch 13 all by itself. ALL the pots are scratchy on my Sequential Circuits Split 8 and my amp. My SY35, the volume is entirely scratchy. My old Tascam multitrack recorder that I used to use as a mixer caught fire last month, haha (you couldn't imagine what that made the room smell like. Even when I unplugged it, it wouldn't stop producing smoke and I had to put it outside. The thing was smoking for a good 15 minutes or so. I have no clue what went on that thing... but MAN did it stink... and the room just smelled like burning...whatever it was that was burning in it for days after, no matter how I cleaned the desktop where it was and no matter how much Fabreez I used.). My only tape player also decided to crap out as well. It made a loud "POP!* and now only makes clicking sounds. I'm going to be opening that one up to see if it's anything I can fix. I think the thing that impacted me most was that mixer fire. It surprised the hell out of me. I was NOT expecting THAT to happen.

@bethoveen3

5 жыл бұрын

@@BlackburnBigdragon Good thing you were home when it happened hehe i checked with Tascam and they said after 25 years you didnt released anything to the public they activate that smoke bomb right away lol

@BlackburnBigdragon

5 жыл бұрын

@@bethoveen3 Well I replaced it with a modern Mackie mixer. Hopefully, they don't have the same type of mechanism installed. Haha!

Don´t know her music (yet) - but this is a wonderful and interesting interview! Thanx! :)

This feels like Music Big Sis pulling me aside to inject a fuckton of pure wisdom into me. Thanks!

Damn this was good, I usually hate these types of comments, but I’m legit astonished this only has 4.9k views.

my music practitioners teacher sent me your video to watch and answer questions on, thats how i found it :p

@LordsoftheTrident

4 жыл бұрын

Woah! That's awesome that we're in a curriculum now! What sort of questions?

I don't get into the gender equality issue but she doesn't use her identity to get anywhere. She does her homework of being an artist and being humble about. That's a mind of a leading woman. Very down to earth

Ok 250 comments it's possible to read them all... I don't know what to write... Tomorrow comes my Sarah Longfield Vinyl and it will get the special place over my record player, because it has a beautiful Cover. 😁

Did you read this one? Great format and smoothly done.

This video needs more views. It’s so sad to see that the people who are supposed to drive the industry are getting screwed over the worst. I would like to be a touring musician but this video makes my dream so discouraging to carry out. It seemed so much easier back then to be a touring artist but it seems like you have to be a generic rap artist to make it by. Please someone fix this industry haha.

@westmus

5 жыл бұрын

The music industy have never been the good guys.

Completely agreed from a to z with her

First 15 sec sums it up.

Great guitar player, love to see here play live.

it’s really sad that some buskers make more than some touring musicians

@umpygoodness2369

5 жыл бұрын

BINGO!! MY PROFIT MARGINS are FAR superior to Taylor Swift or U2. NO Pro act is SMART or logical or efficient. WHEN U2 MAKES A BILLION ON TOUR... everyone forgets their EXPENSES are $999,999,999! Busking is THE greatest thing ever. (Too bad the word "busk" is horrible!) I take my guitar, one Boss pedal, and battery amp and go out and practice and strangers throw money at me! (It helps that I'm not doing anything ORDINARY, like singing folk songs.)

Clever girl. Many good, and true, things said.