Saturday, June 06, 2009

HOW NASTY IS NINA SIMONE...

From the upcoming Beatlemania project which is "an infinitely ill collection of funk, reggae, jazz, blues and otherwise undefinable covers of Beatle favorites" and courtesy of yours truly. After breaking this stupid thing down, scrapping it and then starting over, I'm ten minutes in and thought I'd share this little treat with you.


Heading to San Diego for four days to listen to industry executives and label heads complain about how bad things are yet not suggest anything that'll fix it. Oh, did I say that out loud? I'm sorry. Keep rockin' and trust me this Beatles thing is coming. I finished the cover art this morning over a mug of coffee before I even began again. That's like buying the rims before you buy the car.

2 comments:

Mighty Mash said...

not a comment on Nina but the music industry....the industry just needs to shut down, the business model that they cling no longer works; as consumers we have spoken, sales continue to drop, the selection of cd's in stores is a disgrace....goodbye ancient dinosaur, may you RIP.

j3 said...

i would never suggest just stopping without innovation first. if that innovation doesn't work, then yes, concede. there's a ton of repricing going on in the marketplace which is making the CD more affordable, but retailers can decide to either pass it along or pocket the margin. then, it's not an industry issue, it's a retail issue.