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Welcome to the Fog Blog #8
Revolutionising the music industry.... some time this week....
Everyone is entitled to my opinion...
Wandering around Melbourne over the weekend I couldn't help but think "Why is Melbourne so much better than Sydney?" Somehow Melbourne seems to actually think about things like architecture, public space and how people will actually use them. Whereas Sydney just seems to think if you build a steel and glass tower with some sort of view people will flock to live there. To a certain extent, this has been proven true in the past, with real estate agents making the equivalent of a small African country's GDP from sales of harbour front property. But where does everyone in Sydney go once they have their fabulous house? Some nights of the week you can see tumbleweeds rolling down the middle of Sydney's CBD. On a bone-chilling Friday night in Melbourne last week, the city was alive with people eating, drinking, going to the football and getting ready for a night of clubbing in some laneway somewhere. Sydney has got a lovely harbour to play around in during the day, but its nightlife is virtually non-existant.
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You Can't Spell Star Without A&R
Remember the Spice Girls? Remember girl power?
As horrible as they were, there was nothing more appalling than the myriad of wannabe (no pun intended) acts that tried to follow in their foot steps. Overnight it seemed that every talent school in the country was churning out pre-pubescent copy-cat singing and dancing acts with supposedly "empowering" lyrics and "cool" dance routines. And they all got on the phone and harassed A&R people to come and sign them.
This in itself is no big deal. You never know which one of these acts (if any) will be a hit. So you troop off to their dance studio in Baulkham Hills or Camperdown or, in my case, Mascot. I can't remember the name of the act, I can't remember the name of the school but I can remember the sheer horror of finding myself alone on a chair in the middle of a dance studio with five 12 year old girls gyrating around in front of me like the Pussycat Dolls when they were in primary school. All I could think of was "how quickly can I get out of here?"
Online Report Card
If you are involved with selling music online, whether you work for a label or if you're in a band (or two), navigating the ocean of possibilities that the internet offers can be confusing. So many possibilities, so many ways to do the same thing... and of course, so many ways to stuff things up. So in the interest of helping everyone to at least get the basics right, have a look at this link to see if you've ticked all the right boxes. Eeek, I only scored a C!
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What's on the Gramophone Grandad?
Karl Broadie "Branches"
Karl is one of our favourite acts here at Foghorn, in fact we've been following him for years. His latest album Branches is a winner and if you like acoustic alt/country you should grab a copy. Frankly we could listen to Karl's raspy Dylan-esque vocals till the cows come home.
Bob Evans "Goodnight Bull Creek"
Whether you were like me and didn't really get the Jebediah thing, you shouldn't hold that against the new album from their former lead singer/songwriter Kevin Mitchell. Now performing as Bob Evans, his new album "Goodnight Bull Creek" has some of the catchiest songs we've heard in recent memory. Where did he get these melodies from? I want to go and live there.
Georgia Potter "Living The Grey"
She's young, cool, talented and into philosophy. That's not something you hear everyday about a singer/songwriter from Brisbane. Georgia Potter is one of our favourite new acts who not only has her own career but also performs in the cleverly named reggae band the Cool Calm Collective.
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Any comments, suggestions, hilarious stories about the
absurdity of rock n' roll... please send them to:
fogblog@foghornrecords.net
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This week's gratuitous photo of
David Lee Roth.....
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