Comments on: A Music-Industry Captain Drops Some Science For The Masses http://idolator.com/358681/a-music-industry-captain-drops-some-science-for-the-masses Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:18:30 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: CarsmileSteve http://idolator.com/358681/a-music-industry-captain-drops-some-science-for-the-masses/comment-page-1#comment-468212 CarsmileSteve Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:32:53 +0000 605c89a07bf661b6c599323e7f49bc19#comment-468212 <P>"A lot of times, the music's stupid."</P> <P>i would like this on a t-shirt please.</P> “A lot of times, the music’s stupid.”

i would like this on a t-shirt please.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/358681/a-music-industry-captain-drops-some-science-for-the-masses/comment-page-1#comment-468232 Anonymous Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:46:39 +0000 605c89a07bf661b6c599323e7f49bc19#comment-468232 <p>You think Jimmy Iovine is bad? He's one of the hippest, smartest, most in-touch record executive's around. Check out this interview with his boss, Doug Morris<br> <a href="http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/15-12/mf_morris?currentPage=all">[www.wired.com]</a></p> You think Jimmy Iovine is bad? He’s one of the hippest, smartest, most in-touch record executive’s around. Check out this interview with his boss, Doug Morris
[www.wired.com]

]]> By: Fennessey http://idolator.com/358681/a-music-industry-captain-drops-some-science-for-the-masses/comment-page-1#comment-468222 Fennessey Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:10:21 +0000 605c89a07bf661b6c599323e7f49bc19#comment-468222 <p>Actually sounds fairly bright to me - he understands the wide and long view on the problem. But, like everyone else, he has no viable solutions. Not that a multi-millionaire like Iovine needs anyone's sympathy, but everything he's ever done is in utter shambles.</p> Actually sounds fairly bright to me – he understands the wide and long view on the problem. But, like everyone else, he has no viable solutions. Not that a multi-millionaire like Iovine needs anyone’s sympathy, but everything he’s ever done is in utter shambles.

]]> By: Chris N. http://idolator.com/358681/a-music-industry-captain-drops-some-science-for-the-masses/comment-page-1#comment-468242 Chris N. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:16:08 +0000 605c89a07bf661b6c599323e7f49bc19#comment-468242 <p>"It's not hard to get a record deal."</p> <p>Hot damn, I'm gonna get a record deal! So long, suckers!</p> “It’s not hard to get a record deal.”

Hot damn, I’m gonna get a record deal! So long, suckers!

]]> By: mike a http://idolator.com/358681/a-music-industry-captain-drops-some-science-for-the-masses/comment-page-1#comment-468252 mike a Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:21:56 +0000 605c89a07bf661b6c599323e7f49bc19#comment-468252 <P>Oh wait, the "emulate Shaggy" comment is a sly reference to Shaggy's '90s hit single, "It Wasn't Me." Very up on the times, Jimmy.</P> Oh wait, the “emulate Shaggy” comment is a sly reference to Shaggy’s ’90s hit single, “It Wasn’t Me.” Very up on the times, Jimmy.

]]> By: righteousmaelstrom http://idolator.com/358681/a-music-industry-captain-drops-some-science-for-the-masses/comment-page-1#comment-468262 righteousmaelstrom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:17:37 +0000 605c89a07bf661b6c599323e7f49bc19#comment-468262 <P>A healthy A&R Department can be a good hedge against "soul-crushing sameness."</P> A healthy A&R Department can be a good hedge against “soul-crushing sameness.”

]]> By: beta.rogan http://idolator.com/358681/a-music-industry-captain-drops-some-science-for-the-masses/comment-page-1#comment-468272 beta.rogan Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:55:39 +0000 605c89a07bf661b6c599323e7f49bc19#comment-468272 <p><i>"People like to hear themselves talk alot." </i> Yeah tell me about it.</p> “People like to hear themselves talk alot.” Yeah tell me about it.

]]> By: Poubelle http://idolator.com/358681/a-music-industry-captain-drops-some-science-for-the-masses/comment-page-1#comment-468282 Poubelle Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:42:25 +0000 605c89a07bf661b6c599323e7f49bc19#comment-468282 <p><i>"A lot of times, the music's stupid."</i><br> This explains hits just as well as flops.</p> “A lot of times, the music’s stupid.”
This explains hits just as well as flops.

]]> By: Dickdogfood http://idolator.com/358681/a-music-industry-captain-drops-some-science-for-the-masses/comment-page-1#comment-468292 Dickdogfood Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:39:00 +0000 605c89a07bf661b6c599323e7f49bc19#comment-468292 <P>Also! Jimmy, if you really think the "kids" are at fault for samey-sameness of guitar rock sound, OK fine, whatever. But I have a suggestion, one that would help you and the biz be a little more, ah, what's the word? Oh yes--"proactive." This suggestion: DON'T SIGN/PROMOTE THE SAMEY-SAME ACTS/RECORDS. K? I thought so.</P> Also! Jimmy, if you really think the “kids” are at fault for samey-sameness of guitar rock sound, OK fine, whatever. But I have a suggestion, one that would help you and the biz be a little more, ah, what’s the word? Oh yes–”proactive.” This suggestion: DON’T SIGN/PROMOTE THE SAMEY-SAME ACTS/RECORDS. K? I thought so.

]]> By: Dickdogfood http://idolator.com/358681/a-music-industry-captain-drops-some-science-for-the-masses/comment-page-1#comment-468302 Dickdogfood Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:32:46 +0000 605c89a07bf661b6c599323e7f49bc19#comment-468302 <P>Anybody who thinks of will.i.am as a genius probably needs a good long talk with Rick Ross (the deprogrammer, not the rapper).</P> Anybody who thinks of will.i.am as a genius probably needs a good long talk with Rick Ross (the deprogrammer, not the rapper).

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