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RE: [vocalists-151] MOnday night meeting

From: user 6.
Sent on: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 3:11 PM
Folks like Leonard Cohen are already established so it's not such an uphill battle for them. Leonard has a song in the Shrek film and suddenly he has a young following.
 
Unknowns like you and I don't have the built in celebrity status that he has. And I'm also a major fan of has and have been since the early '70s.
 
And yes, of course we've always had teen idols.  I'm still talking about fake live concerts, which we did not have in the past.
 
Milli Vanilli was destroyed for doing that very thing and that wasn't that long ago.
 
Now, it's accepted. And I find that sad.
 
And yes, I've played the places with younger audiences and they've been polite, but then this isn't supposed to be about my music in particular. I'm talking about the scene in general.
 
 
 
Dean Milano
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From: [address removed] [mailto:[address removed]] On Behalf Of John B
Sent: Thursday, March 01,[masked]:45 PM
To: [address removed]
Subject: Re: [vocalists-151] MOnday night meeting

I have two words to disprove all this negativity Leonard Cohen The man is 77 years old and his audience like some others are from 20's to 80...why? words matter, content matters and you know ...the idea that Katy Perry and Britney Spears is something new ..please we had teen idols in yhe 50's 60's 70's 80's and in fact some transformed themselves like Rick Nelson into great artists.... its easy to knock Katy Perry or anyone.....each generation has their guilty pleasures along with more introspective material...there's a place for both... Dylan never sold as many records as many teeney bopper bands....Dean your a talented songwriter and yur music is really good.....maybe walk the tightrope and play in place with similar music being done by very young songwriters ...you may be surprised the kids dig it too   

From: David Hartman <[address removed]>
To: [address removed]
Sent: Thursday, March 1,[masked]:39 PM
Subject: Re: [vocalists-151] MOnday night meeting

Dean,  How we got there can be answered in 3 letters: MTV.  As soon as songs became the background to a video. . .who cares what the words are.  I call it the Katy Perry effect.  I love her; she sings like she's been gargling with battery acid, but who really cares. . .


 
The young people were at the Newport folk festival in the '60s eating up that kind of music, but they wouldn't today.
 
How we got to this point is beyond me.
 
 




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