(05-29-2013, 12:44 PM)rmd1064 Wrote: (05-29-2013, 07:06 AM)Himm2 Wrote: Someday an entire audience will be quietly spellbound by the power of Haley's Incredible voice enough to shut up and listen up with their full undivided attention instead of thinking their drunken chatter with friends is more important.
You are right, but here is another thing. One of these days Haley is going to have go on the road and have people show up and PAY to see her. Right now, I believe she has not been a headliner where people pay to see JUST her (or maybe on a handful of occasions--the HOB in Chicago maybe). She has done festivals, and malls, and bars, and Vegas, and this and that.
This next CD release to me is critical, and how she handles it. As noted, she needs to sign with a label that fully supports her and promotes her, but she also needs to get on the road and tour and tour and tour, hopefully with a kick-ass band.
Or maybe she does not want that life--maybe she wants to be writer, or maybe just a Hollywood/LA red carpet gal/socialite who just does things here and there. I am not sure. I do know if she wants to really have a long term music career, she needs to start thinking about whatever it takes that will get people to drive to a club/venue and pay to see her.
Sorry I got off on a rant on this, but...
It is what it is...and your opinion is really valid RMD.
I've really enjoyed watching "Live From Daryl's House"...and the thing that gets me is the organic, tightly produced music with real musicians and real vocals. It is excellent music. This writer sums up the Daryl Hall phenomenon, now that he is in his 60s:
http://variety.com/2013/music/news/daryl...200481169/
Quote:And one thing that’s staggering is it’s not on hard drive. They’re really playing. Remember when kids took lessons in school, practiced, studied? Now everything is instant, if you’re not famous on your first track, cut moments after you picked up your instrument, you figure someone else is to blame.
But Hall & Oates have got a big troupe. They’ve got a full sound. And that’s all a result of those damn hits. Like “Rich Girl,” “Kiss on My List,”
“Private Eyes” …
They go on and on.
...And the successful never stop working.
Those hits didn’t come by accident. Daryl Hall dedicated enough time to get there. Do you?
Daryl brings in guest vocalists on every show, and they sing from his songbook, with some of their songs too. The thing is, they all sound great because they are hits. Haley needs to keep working, keep writing, keep singing...but most of all she needs some
hits.
As Tony Bennet told her at the Idol Finale..."you've got to keep on singing, no matter what."
