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Band Signs Fine Artists To 360 Deal, Everybody Profits

GhostOfDuane — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:17:52 EDT

@Stafford: @Anthony Miccio: fair 'nough. that does sound pretty dramatic anthony. where do we draw the line though - is Tears In Heaven melodrama? what about Tonight's The Night?

GhostOfDuane

Band Signs Fine Artists To 360 Deal, Everybody Profits

Anthony Miccio — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:22:27 EDT

@GhostOfDuane: the dude repeatedly yells out his son's name on the track "your 8th birthday," released last year, which I think could be considered melodramatic.

Anthony Miccio

Band Signs Fine Artists To 360 Deal, Everybody Profits

Stafford — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:01:19 EDT

@GhostOfDuane: not necessarily. Having not really listened to these guys, but rather making a guess based on art, it's entirely possible that their songs can be melodramatic. The word itself has gotten a bad rap for some reason, but it just means to convey emotion by exaggerating or using relatable situations. Since people generally like to create a "hot" medium by making their songs, movies, etc. have a situational connection to the audience, creating melodrama is acceptable. Being melodramatic is ok, it just sounds inherently put-downish.

Or, another way to look at it is that 1 or 2 songs about a kid dying is dramatic perhaps, many albums-worth ventures into melodramatic.

Stafford

Band Signs Fine Artists To 360 Deal, Everybody Profits

GhostOfDuane — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:50:00 EDT

Wow, having spent 4 years boozing and occasionally grooving at High Noon Saloon I wouldn't have pegged it as the kind of scene where a patron would drop 2k on a painting.

On a side note, can a song be melodramatic if its about their child's death? Wouldn't it just be dramatic?

GhostOfDuane