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From Canadian singer Dan Mangan’s<\/a> website, \u00a0back in April. Love the detail about the level of work that had to be invested before he could get even a tiny break. He’s replying to a blogger who was critical of FACTOR, an organization that grants money to musicians, almost all of whom these days are struggling for ways to make money:<\/p>\n

You\u2019re painting a picture where the ratty punk bars your band plays are the only places where truth can live. Sometimes it does live there. But for god sakes, man, open your eyes.<\/p>\n

As for FACTOR \u201cinsiders\u201d, I\u2019d like to tell you a story. It\u2019s my story. This isn\u2019t meant to be a \u201cLOOK WHAT I DID\u201d story, it\u2019s meant to be a reality check on \u201cknowing the right people\u201d.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s about a musician from Vancouver (approx. 4,381km away from the FACTOR office) who applied twice to FACTOR for support on his first album, and was denied both times. That same musician applied for touring support at the time and was denied. That same musician spent four years flogging that shitty first album to anyone who would listen.<\/p>\n

This musician wasn\u2019t very good at the time. But he played hundreds and hundreds and HUNDREDS of gigs, trying to become a better writer, a better performer, a better person, a better singer and a better guitar player. Then he applied two more times for support on his second album, and was denied. Magically, on his third attempt, he got a grant for about $10K, which was a lot of money. It was well timed, also, because he was about $35K in debt at this point, having racked up various credit cards and bank loans on the costs of touring, recording, etc. over the span of about four years. It was the beginning of the tipping point, and once that second album was released, this musician\u2019s audience started to grow and he now has a reasonably stable career in music.<\/p>\n

For whatever reason, I had so much blind, na\u00efve optimism in those early days that I was able to look past my well-acknowledged limitations and keep trying despite the fact that the odds were stacked against me. I\u2019m not special, Paul. I didn\u2019t have insider connections. What I did have was a large serving of gratitude for the opportunities that came my way, and an appetite to become a better musician. I wanted (and want) a life in music \u2013 to work tirelessly at a thoughtful and relevant body of work, and to assume that it could always grow and be better.<\/p>\n

Since my second album was released, FACTOR has been wonderfully supportive. I wasn\u2019t in your top ten hit list of FACTOR recipients, but had you continued, I probably would have been in the top twenty. Do you know why? Because I kept fucking applying and I showed them that I was serious and worth investing in.<\/p>\n

Getting FACTOR funding is HARD. That\u2019s frustrating to young bands. But in a miracle measure of karma, generally by the time a band has played enough gigs to stop being so shitty, they\u2019ve probably gotten their ducks in a row enough to properly fill out a stupid application. There should be a Chinese proverb about delusional young bands who think they\u2019re the god-damned Sex Pistols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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