Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller have single handedly changed the way Americans
watch television. The show that every network turned down is now the only show that makes a difference. If you’re a pop act and you have a record out and you get asked to appear, then you do it. That is of course if [...]
Archive for the ‘Insights Collection’ Category
On February - 4 - 2010
On February - 4 - 2010
Like a dream sized Circus
U2 360 Tour…. an amazing live experience.
Touring cannot go on at this level. We’ll have to see but a change is gonna come, of that I am sure. The few that care are more scarce than ever and Bruce and U2 must hope that when they take their new record to [...]
categories: Artist Development, Insights Collection
On February - 4 - 2010
The glorious days of radio and the pirates seem to come and go all too quickly, but what a memorable time it was for all of us that had the opportunity to experience those rebels at sea doing what they passionately believed in, giving us the chance to hear great music. All day every day.
Sadly [...]
On February - 4 - 2010
‘Tony, I need you to get them on the radio,’ Simon said. ‘I need to get who on the radio?’ I politely inquired. ‘Westlife, Westlife my new boy band. I couldn’t pretend to be excited, I’d heard he’d signed a band but another boy band? I needed to be convinced they had what it took [...]
On December - 27 - 2009
And so to the NME article. And let’s be totally honest here, written to get people to buy a paper they no longer care about. Because the nemesis is on the cover. Whatever you think of Simon… he is bigger than Swine Flu and far more contagious. He changed the way we watched television (we being a generalization) and he changed the way people bought records. He got them to watch his programs and to buy his records, whereas most recently they bought very few records and didn’t give a fuck about music on television. Arise M(MUSIC????) Televison??
On December - 6 - 2009
As the cult of celebrity thickens, it’s fast becoming an epidemic. I’m sitting in Orlando just down the road from the once squeeky clean Tiger Woods who’s now looking like he was a tiger after all. He only ever popped out for a round of golf but now he’s got to be feeling a little [...]
On November - 23 - 2009
Yet another awards show, I think now everyone has one at least something. Congratulations to Taylor Swift who quite frankly has has an astonishing year,can’t quite work why she chose to be in London, surely someone had an idea that it was going to be her year. Especially when all the people who voted for [...]
On November - 7 - 2009
Good job Rhianna spat out that plonker from under her Um ber rella. All week ABC TV had been trailing her appearance on last night’s 20/20 program. Every morning on ‘This Morning’ they were showing clips and building up to the climax. The first time SHE had spoken about it.( In case anyone has slept [...]
On November - 1 - 2009
It’s incredible to see the media go in to free fall when the U2 show comes to town. As an exercise in how to promote your show no one does it better and no one will ever do it better. It’s close to an invasion, no matter what may be going on in the world [...]
On October - 22 - 2009
Seeing the U2 show last week reminded me of how they became as huge as they are. They had a bunch of songs that helped but it was so much more than that. I’m using my blog to blatantly advertise how we’ll be looking at how artists become successful and what they do to get [...]
