dreaming of Greenbelt....
Monday, July 21, 2008
so music wise it sounds quite cool
Friday - Micheal Franti & Spearhead, Emmanuel Jal.
Saturday - José González, Seth Lakeman
Sunday - 1Giant Leap, Roll Jordan Roll - with Abram Wilson & The Delta Blues Project,
feat. Kingdom Choir, Matthew Herbert Big Band
Monday - Fightstar.
with indoor gigs from the excellent Iain Archer and Martyn Joseph. And a new venue, Ethel's Tent, which seems to have booked a wide range of world music, it looks fun.
The speakers look good with in particular,
- Brian MacLaren
- Robert Beckford
- David Dark
Other highlights for me will be the Stewart Henderson, Paul Cookson and Ian MacMillan family poetry triple header.
Ian Macmillan.
yes him off the radio.
it all seems quite good.
the only thing I am unsure about is fightstar really. charlie from busted's band. the greenbelt website reports that the band split from their last record label after the label asked them to make their last album "more pop". I am not sure asking for a bands new album to be more popular is really that offensive.
anyway perhaps i am missing the point!
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2 comments:
Hi anonymous
I dunno.
If you are a band you make money by selling records.
If people do not buy the record (Somehow), then you don't make money.
By signing for a record company you are given an advance based on future income (from sales).
In essence the record company is paying you to be more pop with every record.
If you take the money from someone to do a job and they ask you to do the job you do it.
I do not think it is actually that wrong for a record comany to ask for something more pop.
I think their is an issue with a general perception of what pop is (doesn't it mean popular after all). I think trendy critics and bands have tried to distance themselves from Pop music. seeing it as hollow and vacuous. I would argue that Foo Fighters are a rock band who have become more pop without losing integrity. The same argument applies to Kings of Leon.
Being popular should not afect the ethos of a band unless they don't want to be liked, or popular (or pop.)
The music industry is based on people liking your music and buying it. if you don't want to be pop, then by definition you don't want people to buy your record and give you money.
but i am also aware that i could be (and probably are) totally wrong.
i suppose that asking any band to write "More Pop" songs when they are not a pop band could be completely against there ethos as a band... all respect to Fightstar i say!!! They obviously care about what they're doing!! Makes a nice change in the music industry...