Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> writes:

> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:01:09 -0800, Neeum Zawan wrote:
>
>>>> Because with ebooks, it's easier to self publish than it is for
>>>> musicians to do so.
>>>
>>> It is easier to write a book than to record a demo or album, but the
>>> publishing is just as easy.
>> 
>> True - I meant the whole process.
>
> Anybody can write a crap book (or song).  Writing a good one?  I'd argue 
> that writing a book and writing a song are about equally the same.  I did 
> music theory and composition once upon a time, and I've published at 
> least a couple books (not self-published, but through a publisher), and I 
> can tell you that the process of writing a book is not any harder or 
> easier than writing a song.

Well, I'd think having access to a studio really helps when you're
recording a song...

> To do so well, you have to know the proper syntaxes and structures to 
> use.  Write a book using incomprehensible language or grammar, and it'll 
> be crap.  Write a song that doesn't at least in some fundamental way 
> follow basic musical structure, and it'll be nothing more than noise.

I was thinking more about stuff like recording equipment, etc.

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