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Steve Brown
American
Musician
About the author
Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Worth
I think people are sick and tired of all the abuse songs, and drug addiction, we want to bring to world a big fat smile.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Want
#Songs
#People
#World
#Smile
#Abuse
#Addiction
No it wasn't at the time cause you have to remember, I had been playing clubs since I was 13.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Time
#Cause
It's in the vein, somewhere in a cross between The Beatles, Cheap Trick, The Stones, Badfinger, you know, but it's not retro at all. But it is very pop.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
It's a bummer sometimes but I always believe that great bands and great music always prevail.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Music
It's a big shame, because 'Trixter' in my mind were what a real rock n' roll band is all about.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Mind
#Shame
The music is fun and all that, but first and foremost it is a business, it's about money.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Fun
#First
#Money
#Music
#Business
I think there is always room for a timeless sounding rock band like us.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
One of my friends is Snake from Skid Row.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Friends
But either way you cannot deny the sales and what we did.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Sales
I have known from the beginning one thing you need to know. That is, the music business is a business.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Music
#Business
#Beginning
I also have a recording studio that I use to produce bands.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
But we did the best we could and in the end some of us had to get day jobs and start fresh.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Day
#End
#Jobs
I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Old
#Fame
I think we were always humble.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
We can get airplay all across the board, from CHR to Active rock.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
We did not have anyone like a manager, who could guide us and make it happen.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Manager
We had gone out on the road in 94 and 95 for a three month American tour, and we realised, as did our manager and booking agent at the time, that we have really exhausted it, and we can't make money at this anymore.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Time
#American
#Money
#Road
#Manager
We have an amazing fan base all around the world that love 40FT.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Love
#World
We really put together a great band, and have a great time.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Time
Yeah, man I am going to be writing a book soon. The reality of being in a rock band in the music business'.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Being
#Man
#Writing
#Music
#Business
#Reality
You know, with bands like Kiss back out on the road and Aerosmith coming out, we are going to be a band like that, in the sense that it's a big rock band.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Sense
#Road
#Kiss
Always gotta keep busy or the voices start telling me to do wild things.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
Too many people get lost in the game of having a good time and being naive about things.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#Time
#People
#Being
Just tasking a team to be creative won't get you to be innovative. It's having a corporate climate that gives people the space to experiment and take risks. Only then can you truly sustain it.
Steve Brown,
American
Musician
#People
#Space
#Climate
#Corporate