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Current mood:  argumentative Category: Blogging
Back
in the 70's there was this thing called "Artist Development," which
meant a record label would sign an artist or band to their record label
and nurture their career until they had reached their full potential.
Bands like The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers or
Fleetwood Mac all started as complete unknowns but with the help, or
development, of their respective record labels they became superstars.
Of course, good songs helped, but the reality is that without the
record label taking the time to help their artists with their songs,
their look, their promotion and giving them major financial support, no
one reading this (or anyone else on the planet for that matter) would
have ever heard of these bands. That is because none of these bands
would have ever made it past playing in the garage. Mick Jagger may
have ended up a gas station attendant. Tom Petty may have ended up a
guitar teacher in his hometown of Gainesville, Florida.
The
point is that without a full staff of people helping a band or artist,
the chances are slim to none that anyone will ever hear them. This is
because today, a record label will sign 50 bands that all sound
similar, send their single to radio (which you might hear once) and see
how many people call in to request that song again. If lots of people
(you) call in to hear it again the record company gives all their money
to promoting that one band. The other 49 usually get dropped by the
label and go back to their day jobs (waiters).
Luckily,
however, their are a small number of people out there who realize that
Artist Development actually worked and are going back to the way things
used to be done. You haven't seen or heard from me in a while because
I've been spending quite a bit of time in Nashville, TN (or on a plane
every weekend flying between LA and Nashville) to work with a new
Artist Development company that has taken me on as a client to help
develop my career as a solo artist. I've been working with Nashville
producer, Paul Reeves, in developing my songs, vocals, and overall vibe
as an artist. In two weeks I'll be recording my third album in
Nashville, TN at Johnny Cash's house/studio, The Cash Cabin, with an array of Nashville studio musicians, recording engineers, producers and Johnny Cash's own son, John Carter Cash.
It
will be a full length, 9 song album, that will go to radio in the
spring. I'll be doing live radio performances and music video shoots
this winter to promote the album before its release and hopefully
touring the country. I'll keep you posted on the progress. Thanks to
all of you who have stuck around to see this thing through.
Patrick
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