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Craig Lord of the Manor
Joined: 26 Dec 2009 Posts: 748 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 7:25 pm Post subject: You know there's something wrong when.... |
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Glam pop singer Lady Gaga is on the brink of becoming the first living person to have 10 million fans on a single social networking site, having already overtaken U.S. President Barack Obama on Facebook, a British group that measures online popularity said on Friday.
http://new.music.yahoo.com/lady-gaga/news/lady-gaga-heads-for-10-million-facebook-fan-record--61986737
This is a sad indicator of what the lemmings consider "talent" nowadays. And here we have all these talented musicians laboring in obscurity... all you've gotta do is change your hairstyle and clothes hourly, shamelessly whore... er, promote yourself in any way possible while conveniently skirting the issue of whether you have any actual talent, and voila! instant fame! _________________ ᛊᛈᚨᚱᚨ ᛟᚲᚢᚱ ᚠᚱᚨ ᚦᛖ ᛟᚠᛊᚨᛒᚱᛇᛞᛁ ᚨᚠ ᚦᛖ ᚾᛟᚱᚦᚢᚱ |
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HendrixFan85239 Playing Club Dates
Joined: 09 Feb 2010 Posts: 175 Location: Maricopa, Arizona
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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That's why I like the new indie scene, there's pretty much any kind of music in that genre, but most of the bands are discovered via YouTube. _________________ Gear:
MIM Fender HSS Strat
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Craig Lord of the Manor
Joined: 26 Dec 2009 Posts: 748 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Youtube is where I look a lot of the time now for interesting/educational/artistic things, including music. Since I (voluntarily) don't have a TV anymore, it has opened new channels for me in that way. A few years ago, I would have thought I'd miss TV, but I really don't aside from PBS... _________________ ᛊᛈᚨᚱᚨ ᛟᚲᚢᚱ ᚠᚱᚨ ᚦᛖ ᛟᚠᛊᚨᛒᚱᛇᛞᛁ ᚨᚠ ᚦᛖ ᚾᛟᚱᚦᚢᚱ |
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Phantomotaku Moderator
Joined: 28 Dec 2009 Posts: 670 Location: Colton So Cal
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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Ah PBS - The only channel where I can find "The Red Green Show" - good stuff.
About the lady gaga thing - its no sweat off my back. Its a proven fact that teenage girls will only listen to crappy music (until they get a musician boyfriend) and since they live on facebook and myspace anyway something like this is inevitable.
However, until facebook fans/friends translate into record sales its a completely arbitrary statistic.
After reading about her background its clear that she could have taken a road that was less paved in gold (non-pop music) and put her song writing skills to work - but alas all we are left with is a Ziggy Stardust fashion inspired maddona like creature that creates 3 chord electronica dance music aimed at the MTV demographic (13-24 year old women who suffer from ADD)
Let them have their pop queen - We have Orianthi on our side...Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7b-_YcACuQ&feature=related _________________ When someone asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."~ Jack Burton |
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Craig Lord of the Manor
Joined: 26 Dec 2009 Posts: 748 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:58 am Post subject: |
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Well, that was completely unexpected. A breath of fresh air. I gotta admit I had a grin on my face the whole time! At first I thought she was sort of a female Vai, but she has her own style, which although influenced by Vai obviously, is very unique. And I admit she can kick my butt up and down the fretboard
Thanks for sharing that with us, very cool! _________________ ᛊᛈᚨᚱᚨ ᛟᚲᚢᚱ ᚠᚱᚨ ᚦᛖ ᛟᚠᛊᚨᛒᚱᛇᛞᛁ ᚨᚠ ᚦᛖ ᚾᛟᚱᚦᚢᚱ |
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