I will start with my never ending surprise when a singer that I know to be excellent, beautiful, and quite capable, is auditioning for American Idol and doesn’t get past the first set of producer
Ellen DeGeneres is gone, i understand, having two shows must have been gruelling. Also, she was too nice to want to hurt anyone”s feelings.
I had the pleasure of seeing the “Just Imagine” John Lennon show, based at Planet Hollywood. I was the most animated person in the room. This was about a Beatle, this is John Lennon music. How can people sit still?
Ok, you are writing your own songs. Good for you. My student Dayna had her song “Livin’ A Lie ” played on the local radio today.
My student Torey and I were talking about age, and the business of getting too old to be marketable. To a degree, a lot of record execs do like them young.
OK, get ready, July 17th in Nashville, and August 19th in San Fransico, are the two locations that stand out. Los Angeles is on the map, but no date.
This weekend, the Suncoast Hotel booked the local vocal group Fifth Avenue as the showroom headliner.
I love that the TV show, Glee, has taken off. The musical numbers are beautifully crafted. The talent is endless. I find the adult content in a high school realistic and brutally honest.
In 1964, The Beatles came to America, Capitol Records, my record label was also the distributor. Capitol Records, suddenly distracted by The Beatles, left me, and other artists, high and dry
They said it tonight, on American Idol, and it is said over and over: “You were born to sing”. Well, yeah, thanks, but what do you do if you don’t have the contacts, or “Juice” TO GET STARTED.
