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Posted October 24, 2007 — in Music News
Do consumers blame artist for overblown hype leaving them hopeless? Check out this column that discusses instant stars like CMJ acts Black Kids, Vampire Weekend aren’t given the chance to evolve into greater bands.
You can now stream Avenged Sevenfold’s new self-titled and self produced album in its entirety. The album will hit streets next Tuesday.
After listening to Coheed’s latest album, ‘No World For Tomorrow,’ we believe this could put them on the map. Coheed has always been slightly left of mainstream but this time they trimmed the fat and delivered well crafted choruses without abandoning the prog rock. The dreadful rock format needs a boost of creativity and Coheed could be part of the solution of getting consumers excited about rock again. Time will tell….
Radiohead is on the verge of signing a deal to release the CD version of the album in the US with ATO Records, which is headed by Coran Capshaw, Dave Matthews Band’s manager. Major labels including Warner Brothers, Columbia and Starbucks were engaged in a bidding war but the band decided to embrace the indie model. (NYT)
This Week Sales….
Springsteen (77k)
Kid Rock (77k)
Jimmy Eat World (62k)
Santana (56k)
Cobie Caillat (50k)
Foo Fighters (29k)
Thrice (27k)
J Lo (18k)
James Blunt (16k)
Paramore (14k)
Atreyu (5k)
Business Week is getting all text book on us with the column “Leaving Record Labels Behind” Musicians are looking for an alternative, Their managers may be the answer…They tell us to keep an eye on the relationship between a band and its management. Business Week cites Madonna and Radiohead as indicators of a possible future trend.
The Bottom Line: Lets stop the madness. Madonna is living in the old system but pretending to live in the new system. She is use to big cash advances and wont have it any other way. If Toys ‘R’ Us would have guaranteed Madonna a 200 million dollar advance we would be reading a press release the next day that may have looked liked this..
Who knows how my albums will be distributed in the future? That’s what’s exciting about this Toys ‘R’ Us deal…everything is possible. Toys ‘R’ Us has offered me a true partnership and after 25 years in the business, I feel that I deserve that.” - Madonna
Nobody forced Black Kids to sign a deal. The majority of the public has no clue who they are. There’s no reason why they wouldnt have been able to develop themselves over the next couple years, tour the country 12 times and write 200 songs.
It just gets complicated when bands who arent ready buy into their own hype, and sign a deal too soon. In that case, the only one who’s to blame is the band themselves and their management.
Comment by anonymous — October 24, 2007 @ 10:03 am
Black Kids are still unknown and have plenty of room to develop. Bands have to learn the “build-from-the-ground-up” strategy themselves. You can still do that when you sign a deal.
Bands have to market themselves and not rely on the label to handle that. Most of the time, it doesn’t work and the bands are frustrated as to why they aren’t bigger. I’ve seen it a million times with bands that I personally know.
Empower yourself, realize how important these social networking sites are (myspace, virb, buzznet, etc) and build a fanbase the right way.
Comment by Tim Towner — October 24, 2007 @ 11:54 am
Is that Thrice record as good as they say it is?
Comment by Bart Nijssen — October 24, 2007 @ 1:12 pm
Havent heard the thrice record yet, but the new Coheed is amazing.
Comment by lilly — October 24, 2007 @ 1:16 pm
I actually like the Thrice record a lot. It’s a lot more rock and a lot less scene than the rest of their catalog. Very dark stuff.
Comment by Keith Freund — October 24, 2007 @ 4:00 pm
The new Thrice album is amazing. It kicked my ass…
Go get it now.
Comment by p.ros — October 24, 2007 @ 5:33 pm
Can’t wait to see Thrice & brand New next sat. down in L.A.
new album is edgy and I like it.
Comment by Dallas — October 24, 2007 @ 10:29 pm
The first half of the Thrice album (Fire) is more along the lines of modern rock like Deftones and Chevelle.
The second half (Water) is very ambient like Radiohead.
I’m still in the middle with the album.
Comment by Tim Towner — October 25, 2007 @ 6:29 am