Haley reportedly splits with Interscope

[john]

Billboard (June 2012):

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"If somebody has a huge online following it means that my competitors already know about them," he explains. "I want to be there early to develop, and I want to build slowly. We prefer to foster them, water and give them sunshine so that they can grow. Malcolm Gladwell says that you have to put in the hours, and nothing is better for development than rolling up your sleeves and working and gigging to make something great. There's a reason we don't hand doctors a scalpel right out of medical school and say "have at it!"

I thought able Galdwell when I commented recently that I was glad Haley was getting out there and performing in clubs and other venues. In his book Outliers Gladwell contends that it takes about 10,000 hours to become a master at what you do. One example he discusses in the book is that of the Beatles working in Hamburg. They played daily for hours at seedy strip clubs and when they returned to England, they were good at what they did.

I would love to see Haley play small clubs for a while (and sprinkle in other venues) and hone her performance skills. One problem with AI is that it short circuits the climb to stardom but in most cases it does not, and can not substitute for putting in the work.