Hello Everyone,I just wanted to unveil my teeny, tiny new blog that features one awesome thing per day:http://www.onesmallgoodthing.comStill hard at work on my book of essays about the tragic-comic struggle to make it in the indie rock world.xoxoalina
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Alina Simone
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a small, good thing
My So-Called Indie Rock Blog: Who Says No One Is Listening?
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I'll just come out and say it: my MOG posts got me a book deal from a major publisher. I am not claiming I deserve it and I certainly wasn't expecting it. It is, in fact, more than a little embarrassing that years of hard work in the indie rock trenches haven't even earned me as much money as my (small) book advance, nor the kind of stability that a well-established publisher can offer.It start...
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My So-Called Indie Rock Blog #26
It was the fall of 2004 when I became the singer for another guy's band. The echo of my sameness reverberating in my head was driving me crazy and I was sick of my solo self. Making music by yourself is...lonely.So I started singing for the Brooklyn band, Emma La Reina. We practiced in this hulking warehouse on the lip of the East River and at night the Brooklyn Bridge glittered in our industri...
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