Bill Lavery wrote:
>I think that in Garth's case it is not about money at all anymore. It
>is strictly 'stats' if you will. He is doing everything he can to break
>this record or that record. Even if it takes trickery, as in the case
>of the Handleman eight day week for sound scam purposes.
One of the "benefits" of having some time off during the holidays was being
able to catch one of the "Crook & Chase" shows on TNN one morning where they
devoted an entire hour to his Garth-ness live and in person (my wife and her
friends are big fans and I taped it for them, big kissbutt that I am).
At one point someone mentioned how it felt to be so successfully. Garth started
talking about goals, how initially his goals included hearing one of his
songs on the radio, etc., then wanting to receive a CMA award. He mentioned
that at one point he realized that he'd achieved all the goals he ever dreamed
of, so he set his sights higher. Since the Beatles held this record of units
sold and since he recorded for the same label (Capitol), he reckoned that
was something to shoot for, immediately stating that he never felt his music
was in the same class as the Beatles but when you start talking about pure
numbers with people in the business, yadayadayada. He also tried to ensure his
fans that numbers weren't really that important, it was the music that mattered.
I'll give him one thing, he's a very shrewd and calculating guy with a keen
sense of image (he often refers to himself in third person like it's not really
him but some other persona or thing he's talking about).
Garth and Madonna are both very clever at promotion, marketing, image and giving
the masses what they want. Whether that's "art" or not is disputable, yet I'm
sure they believe it to be. It's really just pop music I guess.
the artist formerly known as gregg
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Gregg Makepeace
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