After the starbucks (Glen, Glen, Glen) commercial, I came across this about Survivor's lead singer…I cannot even speak it is so off the charts hilarious.
http://www.jimijamison.com/bio.html
Pay special consideration to this rousing endorsement…
Give Jimi the mic and he's in his element... he uses the talent that God gave him and can work a crowd better than a preacher at Sunday morning services. He'll have your grandmother onstage singing "Eye Of The Tiger" or he'll hold your toddler while he's doing "High On You". Audience participation is almost a requirement at a concert with Jimi.Now the question is this: Who is the target market for this. Am I supposed to feel compelled to go to a Survivor concert. If I am a songwriter, do I want them to sing my songs? This is the tough part about being in the "State Fair Zone." These poor souls cannot fill real clubs or stadiums, yet they are too big to play weddings. So there career is stuck in the Internet hoping for comeback albums that will never come, and maybe playing a venue for nostalgic purposes. Post Great White, perhaps that is not the best answer. So in short, thank God for hip Starbucks commercials. This would be the Music industry's version of "Extra Time." In Pole Position, when you do not qualify for the next race, but you get to keep going an extra lap until your time runs out. You really did not advance, but you did not end right away. I guess that is like a 16th minute in the overused Warhol analogy. Make sure you get your initials right at the end...
With this mention of Warhol, I now realize that I might have someone who is googling Warhol and went to the 500th O.
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