Two Lights! They're a band! They worry about money!

Lord. However, if someone cares to supply a new backing arrangement...

this is the link to 'Two Lights in NME (New Musical Express)' on their own site's press page

http://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/8DsjzTfeQAc/search/two-lights

I wouldn't be surprised if many semi and fully-successful bands have had money put into them by their wealthy families. The fact is that music is largely a middle-class business, moreso than it was 20 years ago. Most bands wouldn't be so stupid as to blurt it across Time magazine though.

But granted, these guys make shitty music and have no sense of the value of money.

If your parents pump money into your vanity band project, and then you complain about how hard it is ... at least pretend to be poor. That's all we ask.

"You're going to Pulp, you guys?"

"Yeah, we tried to open for them. We hear they wrote a song about people just like us!"

Good thing they didn't move to Atlanta, no music ever gets big out of here.

that so so def deal fell through for them ;_;

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/400146_308805082503225_142682905782111_915758_1883687596_n.jpg

i have a very good feeling about where this is going

Hahaha!

https://www.facebook.com/TwoLightsMusic

The 'cost to date' thing is a little obscure. Calculating the lost wages it seems like it covers less than a year of time. 42 weeks I think. Anybody know how long they've been a band?

This is the biggest LOLz for me

What meets me backstage is nothing like what I pictured. No fountains of champagne, no elegant lounges. It's just as dingy as the venue itself, with a printed sign taped to the star's dressing room door. The band is hanging out on a couch that someone obviously found on the street, and there are some catered snacks that look like they could have come from the NYU dining hall I try to avoid.

What a couple of whining bitches. Welcome to the real world, not some VH-1 made-for-TV movie.

I feel a whole lot better about this if I imagine that it is an elaborate trolling operation. Not sure why, it just hurts my brain if I think about the reality of it.

I would sure like to introduce them to some musician friends of mine though.

haha wait is the whole akron/man is the bastard beef taking on two lights now? lol

i hope these guy find all the success they deserve

fucking snacks! we got snacks like 2 times, once opening for the futureheads (and also bottled water and some free beer) and i felt like robert plant!

^^why rock is a fucking racket. the only good part about playing in jazz bands is that you can gig at nice restaurants and get dope free dinners.

i like when you get a bar tab /braggin

the NYU dining hall I try to avoid.

it's so hard when all of the food is there laid out for you and there are people to serve it to you and clean up after you and someone else pays for it

avoid that at all costs!

They only time we've ever gotten backstage "snacks" it was off-brand Cheetos, popcorn and pretzels in a paperboat. At the end of the night the venue charged us a "rental fee" for using their PA.

Losing money playing music is like the easiest thing ever.

To be fair I have occassionally received an actual meal from a club.

Two Lights how's my ass taste?

the dining hall, just the hinting at it....god it's devastating stuff, it's like the missing lyric from 'tonight's the night'

Late at night when the people were gone they used to avoid the dining hall at all costs

"The Tweeting And the Damage Done"

Bruce Berry was a working man he used send out a 1000 emails of spam

'a man needs a maid'

"my dad pays the maid"

two lights, two lights

You know, I spend 20 hours a week doing music when I could be making $10/hr doing data processing, so I decided to figure that in. So now I can tell people I spent an extra $10k in the last year on my music career.

I could have invented facebook instead of posting on ilx so ilx has really cost me $100 billion dollars

it's called opportunity cost I learned about it at nyu

Losing money playing music is like the easiest thing ever.

― chr1sb3singer, Friday, January 27, 2012 2:08 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

This is true. The fact that we mostly broke even over the course of five years was a huge point of pride for my band.

Early in the mornin'
at the break of day
He used to go get a spinach scramble at the dining hall and also an orange juice

He didn't pay cash for that, and I guess he won't too soon

Then again, class can be a lot of fun, and some of the homework is pretty cool.

*Eddie Van Halen riff on a toy piano*

Abner Willis was a workin' man, he used to load that New York cab
Delusions were in his mind, but his money was his dad's.

Well, it wasn't supposed to go down that way.
But they burned his omelette, you know,
And they left it lying in on the plate.
They left him down with nothin' to eat.

lol irony of using bazillionaire Neil Young to ridicule thousandaires' sense of entitlement

If I had spent $100,000 on my music in the last year, I bet I'd be in a better spot than these jokers.

Isn't that the timeframe they're talking about here? This is all stuff that's happened in the past year, right?

At the end of the night the venue charged us a "rental fee" for using their PA.

^^this is awful but kind of amazing

"Here's $300. Also you owe us $150 for using the PA"

Now that I think about Two Lights brings up some good points

Namely: money! It's good!

LOL that reminds me of the time I was in a band and we didn't have a PA so we only played shows with a friend's band because he owned a PA. Why? because the venues we played at didn't provide amenities like "their own sound system." The trade-off was we always had to open.

This wasn't even in the gritty real world of NYC!

Over on the fake Facebook page:

Nicholas James Baker
hey guys.. was just thinkign about the name "two lights" and how it sums up your bright futures. thanks for the great music.
Like · · 19 minutes ago ·

Two Lights thanks bro!
17 minutes ago · Like

Nicholas James Baker ‎...HOLY FUCK, TWO LIGHTS REPLIED TO ME!!! thank you so much guys!! this made my day, seriously!! so glad that a band that puts as much time and effort into your music cares about your fans!
15 minutes ago · Like

Two Lights ok!
8 minutes ago · Like

Two Lights
were thinking of doing a kickstarter for our next EP. what would be some good prizes for donators? anything but copies of the cd, we cant give those away.

3 people like this.

Joe Stadler How about some expense reports? Or, starbucks receipts?
about an hour ago · Like · 1

Nicholas Rejack POSTCARDS
59 minutes ago · Like

Thomas Owens email blasts?
59 minutes ago · Like

Thomas Owens starbucks receipts with digital download codes on the back?
58 minutes ago · Like

Two Lights Maybe for like.... the $400 tier, I can write articles for people. I'm still a freelance.
58 minutes ago · Like

Nicholas Rejack taxi rides
57 minutes ago · Like

Hoang Trong Tran mcnuggets
44 minutes ago · Like

Michael T. Fournier Piano moving services.
28 minutes ago · Like

Mike Smail A handwritten guide to which cabbies are the best at handling gear.
15 minutes ago · Like

Seth Robert Babb Trying to raise $2,000 for your "just got out of bed" haircuts?
14 minutes ago · Like

Two Lights mike, the best cabbies are the mini vans. the trick is to call for one but tell them youre a family and you need the van, otherwise they dont want to bother with bands. little trick we learned.
13 minutes ago · Like

Two Lights come on, our haircuts arent THAT expensive. image is important.
11 minutes ago · Like

Two Lights its the JEANS that are expensive.
11 minutes ago · Like

Lorin Jones Freelance is New York Twenty-Something for unemployed.
9 minutes ago · Like

Two Lights our job is this band, so were employed by the tunes.
3 minutes ago · Like

Two Lights and business is good.
3 minutes ago · Like

I am now feeling better about things. "business is good"!

Losing money playing music is like the easiest thing ever.

― chr1sb3singer, Friday, January 27, 2012 2:08 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

This is why it's beneficial to think of your band as a hobby instead of a job. It's ok to spend money on hobbies.

did not read anything about this until norman weighed in, which, his thing about it is totally excellent http://nervousacid.org/post/16569305161/youre-doing-it-wrong

That is a fantastic read. I want to staple it to Abner's and whatshisfuck's foreheads.