Neil Diamond? Really?

 

Ok, I mean really… This is the one year I’ve really tried to get into American Idol.  I figure, I’m in the industry, and this is something that everyone talks about, I need to watch it.  After this last episode, I’m wondering if Idol producers even have a clue as to what their viewers want.  How can anyone complain about song choice when they are giving us entire shows dedicated to crap like Neil Diamond and Dolly Parton?  Sure they had a couple of decent songs, but an entire show dedicated to that?  It was so ridiculously boring that I couldn’t make it through the whole show, I had to turn it off.  Someone needs to fire the music supervisors for the show, this is terrible.

PS: Could the judges make it any more obvious that they want David Cook to win?  He’s good, but lets be fair here…

This is nuts…

Luckily no one was seriously hurt.

Is your boss a rock star?

Can your boss shred on the B3?  Does your boss’s Leslie scream so loud that it makes your ears bleed? Mine can. Last night I got the chance to go to the Dove Awards afterparty and it was unbelievable. For those that don’t know, my boss is Eddie DeGarmo. He was one of the pioneers of Christian Rock with a band called DeGarmo and Key. I knew this but from everything I had gathered, I expected it to be a little on the cheesey side. I was so WRONG. My ears still hurt from seeing one of the most rockin’ shows I’ve ever seen. Not only did these guys still have it, but they could easily run circles around a lot of todays pop acts. They were tight, technical, and flat out amazing. The musicianship was top notch, and I can’t wait to see them again. 

Its been an interesting week…

As most of you know, I work in the Music Business.  Specifically I’m at EMI in Publishing.  I’m quickly learning that job security is hard to come by in this industry.  If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve probably seen stories about EMI cutting 2000 jobs.  Well last week it hit us.  Publishing, myself included, managed to make it through unscathed.  Unfortnately, nearly thirty of my co-workers weren’t as lucky. 

With the state of the business the way it is, something had to be done.  Bottom line is that as a company, we just aren’t running as efficiently as we should be.  As a result, we needed to trim down.  Sadly, that meant getting rid of some really awesome people who for the most part, were great at their jobs.  Since we are reorganizing, 18 new jobs were posted.  We work for an amazing Christian company but it’s a tough time.  Please pray for all those involved.