I found this article and thought it was a great example of what can happen in the music industry. Often times bands start out as a bunch of people getting together…. friends. At least it’s been my experience several times that I’m playing in a band with great friends.
But once you get into the business side of things it becomes much more then a friendship. It’s like any other business. Recording contracts, managers, agents….etc.
I thought this was a great article about a drummer who had joined a band with a contract and a great future ahead of them, but things didn’t turn out as he’d hoped.
Here’s “A short-lived fairytale with the band Cinderella” by Ryan Cormier