Posted on 05/23/2015 11:50:45 AM PDT by drewh
Maybe it’s just me but she comes across as cold and mechanical. I’m not a fan but that doesn’t mean I don’t wish her success. I haven’t seen one ounce of passion in anything she does,,all pop. Yes, there’s a market for that,,just seems disconnected and cold.
Then again, I’m not a teenager.
As I was reading your reply I was thinking, “But you are not a 13 year old girl.”
Of course if you are a 13 year old girl, I should not be communicating with you on the internet.
But seriously, I am not a huge fan of hers. My daughter was a big fan when she was in high school. Not so much now, four years later. But...TSWIFT writes, records, performs, and manages the product. She designs the tour and the staging. She does stuff that is way, way beyond her years.
The more my daughter would tell me about her, the more I was impressed with her abilities. Her music? I can take it or leave it. Generally, not my taste. But I CAN stand to look at her. She could have been a super model if the singing thing didn’t work.
I would also hate to BE her. Everyone is just waiting for her to implode—drugs or legal trouble. I think she is too smart for that. However, her choice of men is abysmal.
LOL.
ping ;-)
No, the record industry is finally getting it's long deserved payback.
They were all controlling greedy bastards for years and it finally bit them in the ass.
The business model is simply shifting towards "stream on demand."
Purchasing music on a physical media (i.e. compact disc) is quickly becoming an oddity.
My two daughters are grown but they love Miss Swift. I consider her's to be a relatively clean act compared to all the nonsense that pretends to be music entertainment. I like her.
So does Kellie Pickler. From big bucks. Leg up you betcha. But add in talent, drive and oh yes I happen to know she works her butt off. And low and behold sucess.
I’m not a fan. But I know.
That’s hilarious. The market cost of all music worldwide is now zero. Streaming companies paid Lady GaGa roughly $15 for a billion some odd downloads. The industry is toast. Therefore up and coming artists do not exist. The public will get nothing but records from one of Rod Stewart’s 300 illegitimate children for the next decade.
As a former musician, I can’t wait till it happens to Spielberg and all of Hollywood. Complete utter destruction.
BS. Dollar sales tell the story. Dollar sales have dropped in half since 2003 and CDs are still the single largest portion of music sales revenue.
Streaming Isn’t Saving the Music Industry After All, Data Shows…
The thievery of copyrighted music is massive.
Because Swift’s parents loved her she had an unfair advantage against her peers while growing up.
That would ruin the underground markets in 3rd world Asian countries.
That’s because the music industry is too dumb to adapt their business model to the new technologies. The revenues and profits are there if they want them.
Nobody downloads illegal MP3s anymore. Theft of music is not the problem here.
Not that I give a rat’s ass but photo ops like the one you posted are used by celebs to spin a thought into potential fan’s minds and eventually their pocketbooks.
Swift locked up the lesbian crowd with that one.
Reminds me the time Ryan Seacrest was being hammered with the gay rumors and suddenly there appear photos of him playing patty-cake with Terri Hatcher.
Massive even falls short. It is complete. That is all there is of music. Record companies now exist to try and land their talent Sprite commercials. Music is free. Musicians threw in the towel, it’s over!
Lower level acts have stopped touring because there isn’t enough big money acts to fund the production companies year round. No one to drive the bus, no one to run the sound, no one to run the lights. These people threw in the towel too. The kind of guys that ran sound for Motorhead for twenty years have all quit.
If you see music now, it’s a hobby and they are broke or its one of Rod Stewart’s kids.
In Kelly Pickler’s case you also have to factor in a store bought set.
Not to mention she does really nice things for her fans.
There was a viral video this Christmas on how Swifty secretly selected several fans on social media and bought them Christmas gifts. She and her assistants researched each recipient to get them something they really wanted. Fans got a box via UPS with the stuff and a hand-written card from Taylor.
She also bought several pizzas for fans in London who were waiting outside her hotel.
I don’t care for much of her music, but I respect her for how she treats her fans.
And that she’s drop-dead gorgeous.
Actually it is the problem. Prior to your internet service provider charging you $60 a month for the tools to steal from me, you actually had to steal my record yourself physically.
Ten years later, all music is free and we are all out of business. I’m not whining, I’m just telling you that you are wrong.
All this new technology you keep talking about has provided thieves with numerous ways to acquire music without paying for it. Ever heard of youtube.com? Theft of music is absolutely the problem in the US and around the world.
The revenues and profits are there if they want them.
So, the music industry just lost almost half its revenue over ten years and they don't care? They could get the revenues and profits back "if they want them"? I guess they just don't want that other six or seven billion a years they once realized.
Lol, you really don't know what you're talking about.
That's about what I've thought for a few years. If an act hasn't become popular enough to make money touring, they have few other ways to make money. You probably have the local talent playing gigs in their area and hoping for a break, and then the big acts who can fill large arenas, and not much in between.
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