4The comeback album could be the most important album in your band's career. It has a variety of purposes: It can seal your reputation as a legendary act. It may also be your doorway back into mainstream music. It could even be needed because your band has "sold out" and alienated its fans. This article will swiftly take you to the point in your career where a comeback album is necessary, then hand you the keys to making a great one.Voted "Best Comeback Album" by Rolling Stone magazineGoogle Image Search
- First, establish yourself. You can't have a comeback if you have nothing to come back to. It might take a couple of albums for your band to reach its peak. Just don't be sell-outs from the start, or you will never create a loyal fan base.Go out of style. Once you're successful, sell out and alienate your loyal fans. Be knocked off your pedestal by making one or even several albums the die-hards hate. Really listen to what your fans are saying. If they use the term "sellout," you know the time is right to make a comeback album.Take a break from the music scene for a little while. Your loyal fans will stay with you. During this period, you need to be finding yourself and figuring out why you got into music in the first place. Remember that your next album will be for your loyal fans who loved your older stuff and stayed with you through the bad.Do what it takes to work together with the rest of the band. You don't have to live the same lifestyle you did when you were at your peak.That's not as important as working together like you used to. By now, you have all moved on from being amateur musicians. You have established yourselves as creative individuals.Perform a lot of research into your old music. Study it. You want to sound the same without making it obvious that re-creation is your goal. If you played fast at your peak, don't simply play some fast songs for your comeback album. Remember that there's much more to it. You have to create these songs from your heart with your loyal fans in mind.Forget what the critics say. Once you've released your album and your fans are saying it's the best one since your peak, you're on your way to a legendary comeback.
