Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) reflects how difficult it is to live from having a band: “You can use the best years of your life trying and not getting it”

The case of a band like Iron Maidenthat each follower who goes to their concerts and every album that has sold with work, talent and constancy has been won, always far from the fashions and large media, it could be considered as one of the outstanding exceptions in the industry at the highest level, since it is truly complicated to live from having a band. One of the members of the maiden, as is Adrian Smithit is very clear, and ensures that you can get to “Use the best years of your life trying and not getting it” as notice to those who are already struggling to succeed in music.

These words have come during the interview that the guitarist, who is doubly currently, with the imminent gira “Run For Your Life” de Iron Maidenwhich will reach Madrid on July 5as with your project with Richie puke and his new disco, ‘Black Light / White Noise’, there AMFM Magazinein which they are asked for advice for young musicians who begin to shape their bands: “They touch everything they want. You can have fun, have a band. If you want to dedicate yourself to it throughout your life, that’s something else. You have to really dedicate yourself. And you can spend what some would say that they are the best years of your life, since the end of adolescence through the twenties, trying to succeed and not get it. ”

Despite the apparently discouraging advice, Smith continues to enter detail about how complicated it is to live from music: “It depends on how you understand” succeed. “If you understand how to earn money, very few people do it, unless you are going to be in a band of Top 40. But if you just want to be an active musician, you can learn to read music and work in sessions. But being in a band, just a small percentage of people who are in a band are successful and earn money.”

Smith does not hide that there are based bands that have complications to get ahead: “Even the groups that have success albums struggle to earn money, because nobody buys albums. And the money is scarce. So it is very, very difficult. But I suppose it is a process, and the process makes or undoes those who stay. You almost have to have a sponsor too, because it costs money to get a group to the market. Before, the recordings sponsored the groups and advanced money until money began to earn money.”

The last words on the subject contain a slight hope for those talented and workers called to reach the top: “It’s difficult. But if you’re going to do it, nothing will stop you, I guess.”

Iron Maiden will bring his tour “Run For Your Lives” he July 5 to the Metropolitan Stadium of Madrid With the interpretation of themes of their first nine albums: from ‘Iron Maiden’ until ‘Fear of the Dark’. Entries are still for this concert which will fill the capital with decibels. If you want to approach you by car, You can book Parking Squarebut there is an outstanding way to go to the event con bus forefun y mariskal rock.

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