huh?

Yeah, the EP was weak but The Sophtware Slump is an all time classic for me.

they've been coasting on the same sound for way too long.

farewell album is half decent

They would have made more money. Their last album was depressingly average. Maybe if they hadn't been trying to tailor their music to a record-buying public, their album would have been better and sold more copies. Maybe it was a self-destruct in the face of music commerce.

Maybe maybe maybe.

Yeah, I don't know many people at all who actually make a living at music. Even ones that are quite successful. There are a few though. But I always think maybe they have other schemes they just keep quiet about.

and I suspect that you have to sell a LOT more records than most people assume to be a full-time musician.

I would wager that many of your favourite bands have to work when they're not doing 'band stuff'.

It's a crime in my opinion, that musicians who are at (for example) Grandaddy's level of expertise simply cannot make a living from what they do - in my opinion, good musicians are terribly under-supported.

I never liked 22-20's, but their farewell statement on their Myspace page makes a lot of interesting points about the nature of being in a band, and the pressures therein.

How much money do they stil own their record company ?