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Current mood:  animated
I have'nt done this in a minute to here goes nothing .
I miss Michael Jackson. Unlike the celebrity sniffing muckrakers I choose to celebrate his talent and what he left behind. Someone was qouted as saying " he had so much more to give". Had'nt he given enough? How greedy are we anyway? The man RULED from 1969-1991. On top. No breaks. No fading from the spotlight and resurrecting herself like Aretha Franklin. Continous success. 750 million records sold. Isnt that more than McDonalds has sold hamburgers? A truly mindboggling achievement. And dont mention todays "superstars" that owe thier entire existence to Michael Jackson. Paging Usher and Justin Timberlake. Micheal Jackson was bigger than ELvis. Bigger than the Beatles, People today are crying from Beijing to Sydney. He intergrated MTV when there were no black artists on the channel. The story with that is that Sony was goin to refuse to give MTV artsits like Springsteen if MTV didnt put Michael Jackson is its rotation. Speaking of which - I wish there still existed a music channel that would seek out and talk to the people he collaborated with on his music. Like Q, Siedah Garrett, Rod Temperton {wrote alot of the songs on Off The Wall} or Lionel Richie. Thats the story I want to read and hear about. How his creative genius flowed. The late Michael Peters talked about the untrained Michael Jackson bein the greatest dancer he had ever worked with. Leave all the salacious details to the TMZ crowd. Its boring and uninteresting. I am 2 years younger than Michael Jackson. I grew up with him and his music changed my life. I will be forever grateful. RIP Michael Jackson.
I got into a debate {read "arguement" with some younger people over the state of todays R&B music. I maintain R&B is dead. Deader than Julius Ceaser. It absolutely kills me to write that, If were to go all Law and Order in here P Diddy {or whatever he is calling himself these days} and Jermaine Dupri would be prime suspects currently out on bail. Is it me or as someone once said about baseball, can anyone sing anymore? Becuase Neyo, Chris Brown, Bobby Valentino et all are not it. What has happened? More importantly why and how did it happen? How did actual talent and singing ability become passe? Moreover, why are we so passive about it? I have long maintained in abscence of water people will drink anything and that is exactly what is happening right now. When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has inductions in 2025 there wont be anyone from the R&B world to put in there. Nada. Sqaut. Diddly, I will accept bein labeled a "hater' {I will resist the orge to digress on how stupid and lame that phrase really is} all day long if it will change things and allow talent to once again be celebrated.
I finallly finished watching the John Mayer DVD my wife got me for my bday 6 months ago. Stunning. Riveting. Mayer is this generations James Taylor. No greater praise can I offer than that. Additionally, if you are not on the Sarah Bereilles bandwagon yet get on it before all the seats are gone. She is this generations Carole King, Both of these immensely talented artists I believe will be tranformative, Feel free to leave and Google now.
Lastly, when music sales are cratering, falling off the table adults 40+ are the only segment of buyers that actually INCREASED their buying last year. According to the RIAA, buyers 40-44 increased 37%, buyers 45+ increased 36%, combined buyers 40+accounted for 45% of ALL music sold last year, Buyers 45+ bought 1 out of 3 of all music sold in 2008. Wny is the entire music industry geared towards adult 15-29? Record labels, Tv stations, radio all geared towards a group that bought only 29% of music sold in 2008, If these geniused were in a Harvard Business School with a plan like that they would get an F. People that market thier music products towards adults with the money and passion for music will win. Period,
3:04 PM
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