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radio friendly
i can understand why some people might bite their lip and get a worried look
upon hearing the phrase "more radio-friendly"...it's definitely how i'm
feeling as i anticipate the new 6p record. sure, i've heard the songs and i
think most of them are lovely, but after becoming this seemingly throwaway
hit single band, following that up while maintaining a fanbase (other than
the die-hards) and *without* sacrificing your art has to be hard.
i'm a musician, and as of now, i'm nobody. it will probably be that way for
the rest of my life. i've had record deals offered to me, execs from
nashville calling me at my net cafe waitressing job when i was barely
19...and i turned them down (not that i'm wonderful or anything, it was
simply the production) because they saw the polished commercial demo i had
made with guys who now write for the backstreet boys, not my songwriting.
they didn't have the songs i've written about bipolar disorder, first love,
and my grandparents. they didn't hear my self-produced, semi-lo-fi homage to
the british invasion. they heard drivel and saw dollar signs in their eyes.
the first question they asked my manager friend was "is she pretty?" and
freaked when they found out i'm mixed (filipino/chinese/irish/english).
most likely no one will care about the rainy day cd...it's old-fashioned.
it's so 1989...but it's my music.
now that *that* is out of the way...this is what i'm getting at. i think in
the case of over the rhine, they are not sacrificing their vision or their
art one bit. linford has mentioned in interviews how backporch has pretty
much given them the reins...so if anything is more "commercial", it is
simply because it has turned out that way. otr are at a place in their
careers where they have that luxury.
jillian.
gas station coffee strikes again.
and the fake british accent, too.
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