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Re: (TV) Re: Whatever happened to artist development?



Interesting that you use this example, because isn't this what Clive Davis (of
Arista) just did for Carlos Santana and The Artist Formerly Known as Prince -
load their albums with loads of contemporary artists in the hopes of getting a
hit single out of antiquated or semi-antiquated (you're welcome, Prince) acts?
The strategy worked, esp. for Santana (good work, Matchbox 20), but the idea of
Beck being brought in to produce the next Tom Verlaine album with a Shirley
Manson duet isn't *so* far-fetched...

--Philip

--- Michael Olcsvary <olcsvary@erols.com> wrote:
> And imagine some bean counter hearing the tapes of the next Verlaine
> effort and saying:  "Gosh, Tom, we like it a lot, but I don't hear a single.
> Now we could bring in Britney Spears on this track and overdub some hip-hop
> beats..."

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