Is 26 too old in this industry????

[stephen1977]

Dec 30, 2008, 12:21pm, ernstinen wrote:Dec 30, 2008, 12:07pm, stephen1977 wrote:A band I use to be in 4 years ago had a t-shirt that said, "real musicians are ugly" on the back. We always felt that held pretty darn true.LOL! Actually, the REAL reason my band didn't get signed awhile ago (although we were on the cusp of being "too old") was the A&R weasels thought our multi-instrumentalist was too fat. Seriously! This guy played everything: Keys, Guitars, Harmonica, Sax, Flute, Violin, Percussion, and sang like a bird. He was everything you'd want in a band member, except he coulda tossed in a few salads. Sad, but true.Ern That stuff is depressing man. What a shame.

[linziellen]

'H' your indecisive decisiveness always makes me laugh out loud it's clever!And even if I don't consider myself to be "in the game" right now, I have to say Stephen your post made me gulp! I think Anj is probably pretty close to penetrating the bubble, from what I can gather she's made great progress this year alone. Something will eventually tip the balance and she'll probably be ready and prepared for it... Hold on!

[tedsingingfox]

Dec 29, 2008, 8:06pm, girasoledonna wrote:hahahah I am guessing you aren't 19? : )19 + 31 = And I've just signed my first 5 deals in the last year. NO, sweetheart. 26 is NOT too old.

[deankripp]

Hey Anj,A lot of great posts and wisdom here. (I wish I could remember being 26)I wouldn't normally add my highly subjective two cents,but because I'm currently busy with facebook-procrastination (a newly acquired skill) I feel somehow - in the flow... Here goes....,It has been said that many people spend the first 40 years of their life pursuing success and the second 40 years of their life pursuing significance. Why not combine the two(?)Day one: Get up, work on your stuff and loveDay two: Get up..., work hard on your biz , love a lotDay three: More of the sameDays four, five and six: dittoAnd..,Week one: work diligently and love relentlesslyWeek two: more work on your groove, more loving those around youWeeks three - fifty-two: Etc... (you get the idea)Year one, year two (repeat daily process)My guess is that if you (or if I...) follow this plan, in twenty years you will look back at one of the most successful and significant lives around - Yours!Not what you want to hear(?) Sounds pretty mushy doesn't it...****OK - another plan... We'll call it "plan B."If I were 26 right now I might consider this:Beg, borrow and take out a $50,000 loan. Move to LA for a year. Smooze with every Reality TV exec. you can find until you land on the next "Bromance" or "My BFF" or "Bachelor" or whatever. Make it till the final week. In the meantime get an agent to negotiate a record deal for you based upon the 8 million viewers watching your particular show. Convince them (the record weasels) that even with falling CD sales you are bound to snag at least 10% of the reality show viewers if they release a pop CD by the final week of the show. Have your CD release party at the network after-show.... Try to negotiate a spin-off of your reality show based on your new found popularity so if your CD fails - you can take another shot at it all again next year. Also, hit every party on the Strip that you can - I mean every night! - and do a few outlandish things - (cut off your hair or something) - this all but guarantees public interest and paparazzi frenzy. Being a celeb is now your business. Get in some magazines and put on exhibitions of public drunkenness so that you will be written about in Perez H..... (Whew - hope no cynicism snuck in there)But..., I'm not 26 anymore so I can't do "plan B."What to do, what to do....Red pill, Blue pill - choose wisely dean

[ernstinen]

When you guys were talking about "K.T.," it brought up someone I don't think we've mentioned:k.d. langWhat's she now, late 40's!?I don't think she got any recognition until her late 20's."k.d. lang first came to the attention of the US audiences when she toured with Roy Orbison as one of three female backup singers. Her career received a huge boost when Orbison chose her to record a duet of his standard, "Crying", a collaboration that won them the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals in 1989."So there ya go! Ern

[squids]

Yeah but k.d.......that girl can really sing.

[davewalton]

Dec 30, 2008, 6:39pm, squids wrote:Yeah but k.d.......that girl can really sing. She's not the only one. The first time I heard Squiddie sing, I thought she was a 26-year old black chick. Seriously! So... now that I've found out she's really 29 (and probably sunburns pretty easily) it's proof positive that 26 isn't too old, that is for sure.

[tedsingingfox]

Dec 30, 2008, 6:54pm, davewalton wrote:Dec 30, 2008, 6:39pm, squids wrote:Yeah but k.d.......that girl can really sing. She's not the only one. The first time I heard Squiddie sing, I thought she was a 26-year old black chick. Seriously! So... now that I've found out she's really 29 (and probably sunburns pretty easily) it's proof positive that 26 isn't too old, that is for sure. Dave, you can be SO "edgy" for such an old guy!!

[girasoledonna]

hahahahahah Dean, you crack me up. I'll take the red pill!! I'm nothing without my hair, and I HATE reality television!!