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How to make it in music… NOT!

June 9th 2008 01:32
Cash in on your good looks… NOT!

She has cheekbones to die for. Her other cheeks could open a jam jar. The boys are all downloading her pics. The video is piping hot. And, of course, the discount bin is waiting.

Cash in on your Dad’s musical fame… NOT!

Bob Marley’s kid, John Lennon’s kids, Phil Collins’ kid, Frank Zappa’s kid, George Harrison’s kid, Ozzy Osbourne’s kids… not hugely successful, are they?

But Entertainment Tonight did feature pieces on their inherited talent! Was it all a lie, ET?!

Cash in on your success in a previous band… NOT!

Jimmy Page didn’t really take Black Crowes to the next level. Zwan wasn’t really a (ahem) smashing success. Public Image Ltd didn’t really continue Johnny Rotten’s golden run. Porno for Pyros wasn’t really the success that Perry Farrell might have hoped. Pattern emerging?

Cash in on your sporting fame… NOT!
Did Shaquille O’Neal or Anthony Mundine really fulfil their potential as the ‘ultimate brands’?

But Naomi Klein said that their success in sport made them universally potent brands in a way that ‘non-sport stars’ could never become! Is it possible that Naomi Klein’s anti-corporate ‘No Logo’ was actually a sensationalist piece of drivel? No, no, couldn’t be… after all, they teach from that book in universities.


Cash in on your cash… NOT!
Australian Idol = spend enormous amount on advertising = money flushed down toilet.
Hey, Idol, how about we cut out the middle man and I just flush it down the toilet for you?
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Comment by RubySoho

June 12th 2008 11:45
A sensationalist piece of drivel? Hmmm. Have to disagree.


As for cashing in on previous bands...worked well for Dave Grohl.


Comment by Anonymous

June 20th 2008 10:29
No way! If that was the case then Novoselic would have been a post-Nirvana success too!


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