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An open letter to President Donald Trump: I want to be the Brian Epstein (for those who have never heard of a musical and movie act called The Beatles, he was their manager and created their fame) for your son Barron Trump. He's the correct age for launching his music career as well as having a show on either Disney or Nickelodeon. All I need, President Trump, is your signature on this document. Great. Let's make Barron a famous tween star! Remember Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez? Never hurt them being famous from a young age, correct?
In case you weren't paying attention, end of May, 2015, Demi Lovato followed Selena Gomez and said so long to Hollywood Records. Lovato created her own label Safehouse Records and is expected to release a new CD/album in time for the 2015 winter holiday fray. Taylor Swift also reportedly has left Big Machine Records. Will she join Gomez at Interscope? Reports are Apple Corporation, the computer, not Beatles records, is courting her for a label it wants to establish. Hey, how about Apple Records? Hollywood Records is skating on thin ice when it comes to talent on its label. R5 is its biggest act with Lovato leaving.
In case you missed it, Selena Gomez jumped from Hollywood Records over the weekend, where she signed in 2008, to Interscope Records (why do these companies still call themselves "record" instead of entertainment companies?). The split was totally expected for most of 2014, with the release of a greatest hits CD, "The Heart Wants What It Wants," fulfilling her contract with Hollywood. Gomez joins artists like Madonna, Eminem, U2, Dr. Dre and more at Interscope. Hollywood is left with only two prominent acts, Demi Lovato and R5. "1989" is also expected to be Taylor Swift's last CD for Big Machine label. It is possible/probable she too is in discussion with Interscope.
Watching Bridgit Mendler in Tempe on her Mayan Apocalypse Eve show 12-20-12 was next to impossible. Someone had a table mobile device about 14 x 12 inches placed right in front of Ms. Mendler. Parents were putting children on their shoulders to see over this obstruction. Ms. Mender didn't say anything. Yet she went off to the side of the crowd to accept a drawing of herself. After keeping the crowd waiting, making the fantastic opening band, Weird is the New Cool, cut its set to three songs (they finished with Taylor Swift's We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together - sort of ska meets Flo Rida meets Swift). There's a word for Mender, who does have a fantastic voice, Diva!
May not have been able to see her onstage, but did get to get up close with her limo.
Rather than sending out a Twitter or Facebook comment, 78violet Aly & AJ sent this email, we can tell you we’re no longer a part of Hollywood Records. What does that mean exactly??? Now we have the freedom to take 78violet in the direction we want. We’re writing and recording new music and are really excited on what’s next.
They added, We’re going to be taking the Aly & AJ website down. That pretty much means they were dumped by their label, Hollywood Records and their CDs are headed to the cutout bin.
Finalizing the fiasco, they added, As for the album we recorded for Hollywood, honestly, we don’t foresee it ever being released. But…we are continuing to write and record new songs that we hope you’ll love as much as we do. That pretty much means Hollywood saw no commercial value to the stuff they've done since their last album, Insomniatics (released in 2007 - three years ago).
A year ago I blogged Whatever happened to Aly & AJ. The advice was to tour. In the forthcoming book, Building the Band Brand: Becoming famous in the 21st Century, there's a whole chapter (one of the longest in the book) on the need to tour.
Another point that may have contributed to the demise of 78violet’s association with Hollywood was a lack of focus (goal setting, again in the book). Like so many girls who want to be musicians, they go off on an acting tangent and forget the music (seems to have happened to Vampire Diaries Malese Jow, plus many more that won’t be mentioned. Jow is realizing more success in acting than she was with music, but I love her voice.).
Best of luck to Aly and AJ for several years you were my favs. On stage, you were in the David Bowie quality. Going to miss you.
The CD you could never get has a new sibling. Ironically, All Wrapped Up, released as a Target exclusive last year, reached #10 on the Billboard 200, selling 40,000 units. I could never find it online or at a Target store. The set list was:
1. Joyful Kings Jonas Brothers
2. Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town Miley Cyrus
3. "Christmas Won’t Be The Same Without You" Plain White T's
Now we have All Wrapped Up, Volume 2, reportedly available at Target stores – but out of stock online, with no price listed. Good luck on finding Volume 2. The set list:
1. This Christmas - Jordan Pruitt;
2. Please Come Home for Christmas - Jesse McCartney;
3. Summertime Anthem - Jonas Brothers;
4. White Christmas - Honor Society;
5. Winter Wonderland - Selena Gomez;
6. Gotta Get Back by Christmas - Steve Rushton;
7. Let It Snow - Anna Margaret
just noticed YouTube video says download. Do not condone illicit copying of copyrighted material. No association with this video or its owner. Found it on YouTube. Maybe All Wrapped Up record label should put up their own video of this song.
Selena Gomez' debut, Kiss and Tell, landed at #9 on Billboards Top 200 "albums" today. Not bad for a debut album. She passed Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus.
How many artists can PROUDLY say, I got my ass kicked by Barbara Streisand, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Paramore and Jay-Z, but I topped Miley and Taylor? Great showing, Ms. Gomez.
Emily Osment steered clear of Disney and Hollywood records, choosing Wind-Up for her label. Maybe not a great choice, but the days of a record label behind you are long gone (see Building the Band Brand: Becoming famous in 21st Century at TweenMarketing.blogspot.com). You need your own publicist and handle your own career.
The thing that bothers me is she went for an EP (extended play) rather than a full CD. This killed even Miley Cyrus on The Time of Our Lives, which languished at #3 on the Billboard charts instead of going to #1.
Yes, I do believe Osment is one of the greatest new Hollywood stars, and they all seem to be coming out of Disney. Look at the video with Mitchell Musso or Hero In Me. No indication she’d turn into the Hollywood Hottie she is today. Same with Alyson Michalka (here). Believe Osment will be the second decade of 21st Century equivalent to Heather Locklear or Molly Ringwald; 21st Century Liz Taylor or Bridgette Bardot?
By the way, Amazon is smartly offering All the Right (should be Wright) Wrongs for $5.98, more accurate pricing than The Time of Our Lives $8.
O1. Kiss & Tell O2. I Won't Apologize O3. Falling Down O4. I Promise You O5. Crush O6. Naturally O7. The Way I Loved You O8. More O9. As a Blonde 1O. I Don't Miss You At All 11. Stop and Erase 12. I Got You 13. Tell Me Something I Don't Know (New Version)
Miley Cyrus has admitted on Twitter her musical preference is emo. For the past few days I've surrounded myself with Joe Satriani's Anthology CD. I invite Ms. Cyrus to add this to her iPod. She'll forget those emo bands in a moment.
Wouldn't it be fantastic to see Hollywood Records evolve and add Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen and Dweezil Zappa as backing musicians for groups like 78violet (Aly & AJ) or Demi Lovato? You'd have the world's top four living guitar players. Come on, argue with that on comments!
Recently I read a music review, possibly from Philadelphia, that Ashley Tisdale was channeling Kelly Clarkson. It wasn't until I heard the first two songs of Here We Go Again that I believed in that review. I love Lovato's voice, but that review and the first two songs ruined the whole CD for me. That's why Hollywood Records needs to evolve. Its Hilary Duff formula - which includes High School Musical, Aly & AJ to Lovato - is growing stale.
So it is my dream (is that a Blue Dream?) to combine the slick production of Disney with the world's greatest rock musicians. Maybe even Pete Townshend! Let me produce the next generation of Tween Music. It will change how you listen to music forever - much like Jimi Hendrix did!
Heard this song, Bang a Drum, on Internet radio. It’s in my collection, but it hit me when I heard it while working on the computer. Selena Gomez says we shouldn’t listen to this stuff, that her upcoming Kiss and Tell CD (scheduled for end of September - sure) will be much better. I thought this song was off Ashley Tisdale’s new Guilty Pleasure. What a shock when I looked down and it was the most popular girl in Hollywood.
