I'm not sure what you mean. Mr. 8Ken actually got out of the Idol management contract a few months after the show, and as far as his record contract -- every single artist with a recording contract has had to make major compromises with a record label or labels in order to have/hold on to those contracts. It's a dirty business all around, with Idol being no more or less dirty than other arrangements in the business.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 4:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: The silver lining in our economic cloud On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Pollak, Melissa F. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Puleeezee > > Mr. 8Ken had been performing locally for years before he was urged to > try out for American Idol (just like almost all of the other > contestants who make it to the final round on the show). He just > needed some help from entertainment professionals -- which he got on Idol -- and after. > > What makes him any less worthy of success than someone who didn't -- > or wasn't good enough to -- go the Idol route? He is no less worthy of success. All he did was sell his soul to Simon Cowell. To me, that is not a compromise musicians I respect would be willing to make. Which is not to say musicians I respect didn't make other compromises, but there has to be a limit. To me, Idol is that limit. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
