Here is a unique article that appears in Nashville News via The Daily Swarm about the demise of the indie band Be Your Own Pet. Unlike this indie act, most artists would never admit that they are not worthy of a major recording deal, even though it’s extremely common.

“Looking back, Stein says, it was impossible for a bunch of teenagers to fathom the level of commitment required to the industry, and that shortsightedness made them take for granted a deal that most bands would kill for.

“We were treated like a major-label band, but we were 16-year-old punks,” says Stein. “We were so well taken care of. We’d go to New York, and we’d get three or four hotel rooms.”

And their experience with the label was overwhelmingly good for the most part. Nobody lost their A&R guy to a merger. The label never told the band how to dress.

“The people we worked with were great, but I think there’s a lot of outdated morons at major labels spending too much money on young bands,” he says. “And we were fortunate enough to be one of them.”