Пост N: 1017
Мысля дня: сила вспыхнувшей любви прямо пропорциональна величине породившего её невроза. (?)
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Отправлено: 15.01.08 21:08. Заголовок: а мне больше вот эта..
Пост N: 2391
Зарегистрирован: 24.05.05
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Отправлено: 16.01.08 07:14. Заголовок: Leyla пишет: a gde ..
Leyla пишет:
цитата:
a gde eta?
ya ne nashla
я спостила ссылку на альбом в теме новых фот Дуси альбом называется Various Pics by Myrna Suarez тока я так поняла Стив часть фот снес или сделал приватными - я сохранила себе 18 фот оттуда (одну не сохраняла), позже зашла, там кажется было 13 что ли
на оф форуме в теме про Стива есть почти все фоты из этого альбома
The Times They Are A Changing Current mood: Meh Category: Meh Music
Annie Lennox was dropped by Sony BMG it was announced this week. But apparently it wasn't true. For I moment I believed it to be fact - as let's face it a similar and equally dysfunctional thing happened to me a while ago. Apparently her deal just expired and she's yet to re-sign. I'm still gasping over the fact that a label that was once so great could lose an artist like Annie Lennox. She's in my opinion the finest voice of our generation. To me, and millions of others she is an essential songwriter/artist/performer/poet/ I could go on and on and on.
But apparently Sony BMG couldn't.
It's a joke isn't it? How the dying record companies can't see the forest for the trees. I don't suppose to know the ins and outs of Annie's career or negotiations with Sony. I suspect, much like all the dinosaurs, Sony are just being cheap.
When I first felt the insulting brush off from a major label my first instinct was to just go and get another deal as quickly as I could. After all, A RECORD DEAL meant something right? A TEAM behind me. MONEY. PRESTIGE.
It's a joke isn't it?
It's no secret that I decided to not even try to get another deal. Literally didn't ask for one meeting. I just started my own label.
At the time it was considered to be a scary thing. Crazy even. I'd had a decade under the apparently 'safe' umbrella of a label and for the first time in my career I was about to be without one.
Forming my own label didn't get the same kinds of headlines that Radiohead did. But I did it first. And when I did it, it was a day to day learning process. I can't deny I have found it financially difficult and challenging to try to compete with the bundles of money that record companies throw at 'priorities'. And radio, to be honest, rarely pays attention to records that don't come with one hand in the pocket. And a link to the evil empire.
But I have soldiered on - often at great cost - to maintain a sense of dignity and rebellion against what I consider to be the ugliest time in the history of popular music.
What's my point?
Well - my point is how lucky Annie should feel. Because she, me and all those artists who the record companies bled dry of profits are now in the enviable position of holding in our hands the goose and the golden eggs. The record companies have got rooms full of nothing to sell now. Scrambling to make ends meet they've forgotten what you, the public want : Music.
And a career. Through it's ups and downs.
EMI is sacking 2000 staff this week. How many more bands do you think will get the axe? And do you know that the new policy is to now do 'research' on albums before they even release them. Just like Hollywood uses test audiences to decide if a film is worthy. Or if they need to change the ending! Can you imagine how much more terrible the radio is going to sound now - now that Phony, EMI and the rest of the dinosaurs are deciding what you listen to even before you've had a chance to decide for yourself? I imagine we can expect new releases that are the music equivalent of Basic Instinct 2.
Do you know, at the end of my record deal, it got so bad that the record company refused to even pay for the transport for my band to get to and from major television shows to perform on them. We're talking Top Of the Pops and Popworld. They suggested the band could 'get the tube' at their own expense! Yeah with their amps, guitars, drumkits. Just pop on the tube and front on up and perform for free!
Shame on you, Sony. Shame on all of you. The amazing artists are all going it alone.
Whatever Annie decides to do I hope she uses her freedom wisely. I hope she realizes that the millions of souls around the world who connect with her pain, sorrow, peace and joy are still here. And this time, perhaps, we'll be able to get to the music without all the bullshit.
Eh Just wrote this whole rant about Annie Lennox and realized I got suckered into believing a false story.. So here's my amended thoughts Just goes to show - even if a friend sends me a link I should think twice before believing everything you read in the papers!
What I will say is that regardless of Annie Lennox and her future recording plans, I feel sad that I probably believed the tabloid story to be true because we are in an era where AMAZING artists are often having to choose to be independent just to get their music out there. . But a larger part of me feels excited by the prospect.
I know when I decided not to get another major record deal people thought I was crazy.
I didn't get the kind of press that Radio Head did.. but I feel proud that I've been at the front of a pack of once major selling recording artists who are choosing to go it alone...
It ain't easy. But god it satisfying.
Right. I need sleep. And to stop believing in gossip! (Don't I always say that! Shame on ME!) xD
Пост N: 1021
Мысля дня: сила вспыхнувшей любви прямо пропорциональна величине породившего её невроза. (?)
Зарегистрирован: 21.09.07
Откуда: Neverland
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Отправлено: 16.01.08 10:53. Заголовок: nemo пишет: эта уже..
nemo пишет:
цитата:
эта уже не новая
я знаю, просто не нашла, в какую тему ещё их спостить, очень уж понравились...
Пост N: 1980
Зарегистрирован: 02.06.05
Откуда: Россия, Чебоксары
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Отправлено: 17.01.08 00:49. Заголовок: Даррен убивает всяку..
Даррен убивает всякую надежду своим новым постом..
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
U.S dates - last live shows this year Current mood: accomplished
I'll be announcing news soon about North Amercian dates. They'll be my last live shows anywhere in the world for 2008. At this stage, it's just 6 cities. NEW YORK. TORONOTO. BOSTON. DC. LOS ANGELES. CHICAGO.
*These could change prior to an official announcement, but just wanted to give a heads up.
The proposed start date is March 14. The proposed last show March 22.
When it's done, I'm off to take a well deserved break and dream about the next thing.
I'm letting you know because lots of people have been asking me about other cities, countries, planets. And whilst I'm very touched and moved by your kind requests, I don't want anyone expecting me to come somehwere I'm not able to.
It's been an incredible time and when the shows conclude I will have played live for 12 months in support of 'This Delicate Thing We've Made'.
I can guarantee you I'll enjoy these shows more than any of you! And I know, as always, I only have you to thank for making it all possible.
More news (probably next week) when it's official.
Ya tak pon'ala,on zdes govorit o svoih poslednih show v etom godu...a chto on tam govorit o drugih stranah,gde ego jdut?
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I'm letting you know because lots of people have been asking me about other cities, countries, planets. And whilst I'm very touched and moved by your kind requests, I don't want anyone expecting me to come somehwere I'm not able to.
Пост N: 1024
Мысля дня: сила вспыхнувшей любви прямо пропорциональна величине породившего её невроза. (?)
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Откуда: Neverland
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Пост N: 1028
Мысля дня: сила вспыхнувшей любви прямо пропорциональна величине породившего её невроза. (?)
Зарегистрирован: 21.09.07
Откуда: Neverland
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Отправлено: 17.01.08 09:10. Заголовок: dazzzy пишет: к сле..
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