Thursday, July 29th, 2010

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?

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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I have a new student from Israel. Her name is Rinat.. She has barely a trace of an accent.

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When I was in my twenties, I traveled for 85% of the decade. When we were “Commonwealth”, we toured the Playboy Clubs and Marriotts.

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I have a student who asked me what kind of money a singer can make. It is a very tough question.It is all over the board. I will start with my life and my career, but many people do better, or not nearly as well.

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I always thought you had to be a great singer to make it in this crazy business. Perhaps that is because when I grew up in the 50′s and 60′s, there were few bad singers

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In the 70′s I worked in many local bands in the hotel lounges. This was before I formed my own band, Jessica and Fantasy.

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