TAKING THE POWER BACK – Artist Of The Year – Musicoz Awards 2010 – By GOAT BOY

TAKING THE POWER BACK

Lets start by saying that Goat is happy as a one legged lesbian on a pogo stick!!! Dallas Frasca and team are very proud to have won ‘Artist Of The Year’ and also best Blues and Roots song, ‘Thank you For Making Me Who I am.” at the 2010 Musicoz Awards this year..

It’s so exciting to part of this movment that is growing and will never be taken back! Thanks to all the bands and music lovers that make this possible for Independent bands you put the  RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRWWWWW  .. in RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROCK

FESTIVALS AND INTERNET

The face of music is changing and we are taking the power back! Festivals are the new radio, they are starting everywere and support live big and small artist! Ozz bands are shredding live and not miming, or put there because of the control of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Independent bands teaming with other bands sharing and helping each other on myspace, facebook, twitter, removing the money factor! A force that is bringing freedom of uncontrolled music straight to your door step, we cant be stopped or controlled, not even you Britney, you cant stop them!

Venues are full of Independent bands that are selling large rooms out even without support from radio or record companies. It’s yours go and get ‘em you can do it!   :]

INDEPENDENT ?

Someone asked Goat  ”Do you think independent acts are B grade to record Label hahahahahaha…Let’s start with….. “As if chook dick!”…………

Your band mates are vibeing together to your hock your prized Gibson guitar to pay $900 worth of parking fines in your 5 and a half cylinder rusted ass, bum tour juiced, fly blown, monkey vomit, yellow home made paint job… But really you are loving that your unregistered 1978 HZ Holden panel van was given to you by supporters to help your dream come true :]

I’m sure all those true independent artists out there understand about pan handling together in places like Fiztroy to buy 15 cent mi goreng noodles to share with a dash of garlic (don’t forget the garlic, it keeps the immune system up and helps with scurvy kids). Buying the ‘ole clean skin wine next to the cop shop in carlton to help with inspiration on your next home record… (OH YEAH KIDS THE CLEAN SKIN IS BETTER THAN THE BIG LABEL SHIT, ONLY 5 BUCKS!…GO TRY IT ! STAY AWAY FROM THE SCOTCH THOUGH ITS NOT WORTH HORSE SHIT ! and we’ve all at one stage or another begged our parents for 3 months on the rent you owe for the seedy crusty maggot couch you have been living on in Newtown. Sometimes a Independent band is even lucky to make it to their own show!

So next time you see your favorite band, look deep into their eyes and see if there playing as if it’s their last show ever.. with so much passion they don’t care about all the crap it took to get there, they are the beautiful times with fellow band mates and music lovers we cherish and our determination to not let the struggle get in our way of what we want to do without creative control by no-one!!!!!

THANK YOU’S

So thanks to all the supporters of live & independent music! To all the crew who have kept our band alive, the bands who supported us & the crew who let us couch surf & fed us, The people who travel miles 2 watch us play & bought our record & voted for us ! To Independent music, it’s freedom & total uncontrolled Art, without ur support music would b left up to major labels. It’s called, taking the power back

To the Musicoz awards for developing and nurturing our music industry in such a great way….all the community radio stations…Roots n’ All….the Espy in St Kilda…All the wonderful large and small Aussie music festivals…..all the live venues… and Faraday St Calton for the Maggot spewed on couch were goat hangs his hat up on tour.

HELL BLESS MELBOURNE

Artist Of The Year at the 2010 Musicoz Awards at Sydney

Goat Boy

GOAY BOY….. :]