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| From | "Bob" <segarini@sympatico.ca> |
| Subject | Fw: Frontline |
| Date | Sat, 29 May 2004 13:14:08 -0400 |
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Our boy Bob does it gain...Lefsetz on Frontline's "expose"...
bob
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Subject: Frontline
> SARAH HUDSON
>
>
> You're an artist and you're driven to get your message out and then you
> CO-WRITE??? Doesn't that mean INHERENTLY that it's somebody ELSE'S
message??
>
> You wouldn't even make it to the final twelve on "American Idol".
>
> You're not good-looking enough, your pipes aren't spectacular and you've
got
> almost nothing to say. So your father's in the business? Does that
entitle
> you to a free pass??
>
>
>
>
> THE S-CURVE A&R LADY
>
>
> So maybe that's why you work at S-Curve instead of a REAL label. Because
> you've got no fucking idea how the world works.
>
> A SET-UP track? HELLO! This is 2004. If you're playing the radio game,
> you've got to go out with both barrels BLASTING! You've got to go with
the BEST
> TRACK and hype/sell it to HELL! For if the first track stiffs, you've got
a
> stink on you and nobody wants to play the SECOND track. Just ask
ESTABLISHED
> bands. Puddle Of Mudd's first single, the set-up single from their SECOND
> record, stiffed and NOBODY wanted to hear the follow-up, the so-called
hit.
>
> As for you fawning over Sarah's hair...give me a fucking break. It's
> sycophants like you who give this business a bad name.
>
> Not that you're any worse than your brethren, it's just that you chose to
be
> on TV. And years of reality TV have taught us that all three dimensions
are
> NOT shown, you become iconized, usually as a JERK!!!
>
> Just one more thing. Listening on TV I knew "Woman On The Verge Of A
Nervous
> Breakdown" wasn't a hit. Didn't ANYBODY tell you this??? A hit record is
> not something you can quantify, it hits you VISCERALLY! This track
sounded like
> a marginally better Kelly Osbourne cut, and SHE didn't make it. Whereas
the
> so-called follow-up actually had some magic. But you're not worrying
about
> magic, you're just trying to second guess the public. Make me puke.
>
>
>
>
> MARK HUDSON
>
>
> You've come back from the dead. Worked with Aerosmith and others. Don't
you
> know that in the twenty first century there's such a thing as TOO MUCH
hype?
>
> And isn't it strange that you lament being pushed into being a t
> wo-dimensional cardboard cut-out in the seventies, agreeing to star in a
TV variety series,
> and now, you're playing the same TV exposure card AGAIN???
>
> You could NEVER have been John Lennon. Because it's in your DNA to sell
out.
>
>
>
>
> DAVID SIMONE
>
>
> The blathering hype you laid on Sarah Hudson was the kind of bullshit that
> gives this business a bad name.
>
> Make your money in obscurity, don't try and sell your crap to us with a
> straight face.
>
>
>
>
> DUFF McKAGAN
>
>
> Illustration why rock stars should be seen not heard.
>
> You appear brain-damaged. You can barely get it out.
>
> PLAY your music, but don't TALK! Because even sub-teens are laughing.
>
>
>
>
> MATT SORUM
>
>
> Quintessential drummer. Crazy, replaceable dude with a smile and nothing
to
> say.
>
>
>
>
> DAVE GOTTLIEB
>
>
> Do you really believe all that crap? Did you really get in the business to
do
> THIS? To play it safe whilst trying to convince yourself that you're
selling
> something good?
>
> Velvet Revolver is an amalgamation of has-beens trying to rip off the
public
> one more time. As evidenced by their decision to use a YOUNG, MODERN
> PRODUCER! If you're changing/tailoring your sound to the marketplace,
you're FUCKED!
> Real artists have a vision, they speak from the heart. "The Rising"
sounded
> like Bruce Springsteen. Van Morrison doesn't do a dance track. James
Taylor
> doesn't go country.
>
> Come on.
>
>
>
>
> LENNY BEER
>
>
> Shit, for someone on the take you certainly had some bright things to say.
> Couldn't you use some of your smarts to IMPROVE this business instead of
just
> taking money from labels to keep the status quo?
>
>
>
>
> MARC GUIDO
>
>
> You were impressive too. For most of the show, you spoke the truth.
>
>
>
>
> DAVID CODIKOW
>
>
> Completely jive. Ooh, I'm in business with half of Guns N' Roses! Aren't
I
> COOL??
>
> No, you're not. You're a lawyer who decided to jump ship and get closer
to
> the action who is inherently UNCOOL! For true entrepreneurs, like true
> artists, don't play it safe and come up through the legal ranks. Then
again, I went
> to law school!!
>
> But I've got my excuses. Do YOU??
>
>
>
>
> NIC HARCOURT
>
>
> Although you sometimes send me e-mail checking my judgment of hip poseurs
> like Beck, you were one of only two true voices of reason on this program.
You
> spoke to the reality of Velvet Revolver. You skewered the facade of the
jive
> music business. How come YOU can speak the truth and nobody else can??
>
> As for the influence of your station...
>
> Shouldn't music supervisors and A&R people be turning YOU on to things,
not
> VICE VERSA??
>
> But everybody's a follower.
>
>
>
>
> DAVID CROSBY
>
>
> How in the hell can it be that a recovered drug addict who first hit it
big
> forty years ago is more with it and more accurate than EVERYBODY ELSE ON
THIS
> PROGRAM!
>
> Crosby was uncompromised from the start. It got him kicked out of the
Byrds.
> It kept him on drugs when everybody tried to get him off them.
>
> But unlike the weasels in this business, he's got a BACKBONE. He's got a
> vision, and he's sticking with it. He's not putting his finger to the
wind,
> testing public opinion before he takes action.
>
>
>
>
> CONCLUSION
>
>
> For all the hype about this show, despite the serious tone it took, it
MISSED
> THE POINT!
>
> It was supposed to be an expose of the music industry, it was entitled
"The
> Way The Music Died", yet it didn't touch on almost ANY of the real issues.
>
> Where were the twentysomethings, with their DIY movements. Hell, couldn't
> you have at least interviewed somebody at Saddle Creek? Not to mention
every
> young act whose music is traded P2P and as a result can tour this great
country
> of ours WITHOUT any airplay?
>
> Yes, watching this show one would think the game is the same, that it's
all
> about radio.
>
> RADIO'S DONE! Music heads have GIVEN UP on radio. Only CASUAL music fans
> listen to the RADIO!!
>
> It's not about lamenting Clear Channelization, it's looking where the
> audience HAS GONE!
>
> Instead of talking about only one good track an album, and P2P impacting
> sales, how about talking how the younger generation has UTILIZED the
modern tools
> to build something NEW! That Dave Gottlieb wouldn't know if it bit him on
the
> ASS!!
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