(01-29-2013, 08:26 AM)buzzenator Wrote: (01-29-2013, 12:19 AM)Tusk Wrote: (01-29-2013, 12:14 AM)midnightblues Wrote: How many times has Hales sang with a full band? a few It has bin John courtney and keth. ANd I think she will blossom as a singer, but with what musicans will she have? a full band , or just a GuitarIMO she can do well in any musical situation
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So, Haley doesn't need to improve by gaining experience touring with her band because she's complete as is? To continue playing in small bars with one or two of her band? I don't believe that's where Haley's goals for herself end. The point is to grow a career, not stay as you are...
All we're saying is she needs touring experience (that she didn't get last year), and if she's going to stay with the same band, they can only improve by playing more together.... I don't get what you don't get....
IMHO...why an assumption that she needs a band to become complete?
The premise that she will grow if she puts a band together may be misguided for a solo artist. She has sung with a variety of musicians...Ali's 70th birthday, Carnegie Hall, IHeart radio, Allen Stone, etc. 2012 was an excellent first year for Haley's journey. The only thing, and I'm serious, that she lacked was a hit song. We wouldn't be having this discussion about growing if she had had a hit song.
Haley has never stated she was in this to create a new band. Usually, we see the opposite, where the lead singer of a band breaks off and becomes a solo artist. If anything, we all viewed Haley as a solo artist from the get-go.
Yes, playing more gigs (touring) is helpful for any artist. I just don't see something inadequate about her first year on the journey to a long and promising career. But then that's just me...
Reread my post, I said
IF she is going to stay with the same band, she could benefit more from touring and gelling with them. The band or who she performs with is incidental to the point that Haley missed out on touring experience that would have greatly benefitted her... No one said she needs to be part of a band, just that she could benefit from touring the way James and Casey did. A 'hit song' does her no good if people don't get to hear it
Getting to tour with a headliner exposes her to new fans, maybe selling more albums...are we so satisfied with the underwhelming sales and being dropped by her label, that we can say that a tour would not have benefitted or enhanced her 'journey to a long promising career'? I can't accept that what has occured is 'good enough', that there is no better scenario the way things turned out. Haley and LU deserved better, and a tour would have definitely helped...Sorry, I can't be satisfied with how it played out. She desrved better.
I don't recall stating anything 'inadequate' about Haley other than agreeing that I wished she had the same opportunity to tour....
