Last week, Dan Gibson mused aloud about the success of one Corey Smith, whose $4.2 million annual income rated a bragging post from Hypebot. Who was this guy? How did he make so much money? Could he maybe give a little bit to us? Well, the answers have been flowing in! First, our own Lucas Jensen chimed in with some notes on Smith, the man: “He regularly sells out venues here in the South that big indie bands can’t sell out…and his music is the absolute pits. It’s the musical equivalent of an Ovation guitar. It’s just the worst. And people LOVE him. He wrote a song called “Every Dog Has Its Day”, which was about UGA losing to Florida”; its lyrics include the bit of football-inspired poetry “Just got my tickets in the mail / September’s coming fast and I can hardly wait / They say these guys they might take us all the way / And if they do I’ll be flying high.” (I’m sure you’re tearing up, too.) And now Smith’s manager has broken down his client’s success even further:
