It’s pretty safe to say that Perez Hilton is not going to bring A&R talent to WMG. What he will offer is effortless and cheap (in more ways than one!) marketing.
Perez Hilton is one of the loudest bloggers out there, but that doesn’t make his opinions valid or relevant. Just loud.
The guy’s got good taste – taste that mirrors popular culture. He’ll sign some uber-poppy Mika-sounding guy, and hopefully let the very-connected Top 40 Promo team at WB drive it home at radio.
He can’t do any worse than the so called A&R “experts” at the major labels.The majors only profit from 5% of the artists they sign,and it’s ALWAYS been that way.A chimp with darts can hit the target 5% of the time. The majors have NEVER known what they were doing,they just had monopolistic control of distribution and airplay.With the advent of the internet,music fans now have more choices and don’t have to listen to only major label product. When fans started seeing what else was available,they ran to it.The major labels are full of incredible arrogance,and their A&R choices based on who they know and refusing to listen to artists that aren’t controlled by their friends are showing just how stupid their business model is.They can’t force their product down people’s throats anymore,and instead of stepping up their game,they want to whine about it.I pray they’re out of business soon,’cause they aren’t helping anyone but themselves,and that spells bankruptcy. GOOD RIDDANCE.
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It’s pretty safe to say that Perez Hilton is not going to bring A&R talent to WMG. What he will offer is effortless and cheap (in more ways than one!) marketing.
Perez Hilton is one of the loudest bloggers out there, but that doesn’t make his opinions valid or relevant. Just loud.
The guy’s got good taste – taste that mirrors popular culture. He’ll sign some uber-poppy Mika-sounding guy, and hopefully let the very-connected Top 40 Promo team at WB drive it home at radio.
He can’t do any worse than the so called A&R “experts” at the major labels.The majors only profit from 5% of the artists they sign,and it’s ALWAYS been that way.A chimp with darts can hit the target 5% of the time. The majors have NEVER known what they were doing,they just had monopolistic control of distribution and airplay.With the advent of the internet,music fans now have more choices and don’t have to listen to only major label product. When fans started seeing what else was available,they ran to it.The major labels are full of incredible arrogance,and their A&R choices based on who they know and refusing to listen to artists that aren’t controlled by their friends are showing just how stupid their business model is.They can’t force their product down people’s throats anymore,and instead of stepping up their game,they want to whine about it.I pray they’re out of business soon,’cause they aren’t helping anyone but themselves,and that spells bankruptcy. GOOD RIDDANCE.