letterhead
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I think last year's school of rock was fairly a great success. How come there wasn't much publicity about it? whereas attention is paid to shows like superband and such... will there be another one this year?
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DarknessFury
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The newspaper did cover it...
AgingYouth
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School Of Rock is a SPH event and a Straits Times marketing project. All the coverage is on the newspaper. ST Life! ran stories after stories on it. The TV medium is still more visible than the print medium anyway.
brundisium
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publicity publicity, if one day, every of our/yours/theirs/ favourite hard rocking, heavy local bands start hitting the paper and everywhere on tv, there will be another group who might comment, sell out, too everywhere, too popular, media whores :lol:
DarknessFury
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And School of Rock isn't open to everyone...think only those with schools...
NoMiS
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Sch of Rock is Open to People aging 13 or 14 to 19.... and publicity wise.. jus like aging youth said.. yea its only in the straits times.. but one thing good bout joining it is. u get a lot of exposure and paid gigs are being given to u if the managing company have shows for u.. its FUN!! and i noe i had mine...
detroit_red
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What the crap happened to 3Dash1?
super_punk
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they are resting on their nice laurels.
letterhead
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yeah precisely... i knew they were in the newspapers, but how many of u actually read it? Tv is so much more action... i don't understand why it isn't as big a thing as superband or sumthin like that... its a much better competition i feel. aiz... wad happened to the bands that won... im sure they're as good as those in superband... nvr even heard anything yet...
first off, superband is mainly a chinese band population, and with the majority of ppl in s'pore being chinese naturally it will get more coverage.. esp since we have chinese and english newspapers covering the events.. but sch of rock is a more english based competition,so only the english papers will give it coverage, whereas the chinese papaers couldn;t be bothered.. anyway, superband includes boybands and such, and they usually count more on looks than talent to get thru, esp if it is an audience voted show... since u get good looking guys singing chinese songs on stage, what do u get supporting them?? LIANS, which make up a fairly large population in s'pore.. shallow ppl who think talent= good looking and being able to dance their sissified pants off on stage... but with no singing ability...
AgingYouth
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3-dash-1 is bound to a contract with their management company. They can only play gigs when their management company deems these gigs are suitable for them and are supposed to get for the band as well.
For the Superband thing, it's the same deal as the rest of these reality-show karaoke competitions they had previously. All the contestants which are voted out are contractually bound NOT to perform in any public places for a year. It's not because they are resting on their laurels after getting 3rd or 4th place in the competition. They'd get sued when they perform without the management company's permission.
Even these winners who get signed on a contract, they are usually entitled to only 6 - 10% of their earnings. Everything goes to the management company which grooms them. This is not just something what a boyband faces. It is something that normal rock bands face as well. Of course, the higher you climb, the more you are able to negotiate with the management company, record label, etc. Of course, it helps to have a good manager which you'll have to pay through a percentage of your earnings as well.
So, welcome to the music industry.
And anyway, even if these boybands can't sing, at least they look good. That, strangely, is a talent in itself. When you play in a band, it doesn't automatically mean you are good to begin with. There are quite a number of bands which are good but the singer can't sing. Isn't that like a boyband situation then? Good backing musicians, crappy singer.
For the Superband thing, it's the same deal as the rest of these reality-show karaoke competitions they had previously. All the contestants which are voted out are contractually bound NOT to perform in any public places for a year. It's not because they are resting on their laurels after getting 3rd or 4th place in the competition. They'd get sued when they perform without the management company's permission.
Even these winners who get signed on a contract, they are usually entitled to only 6 - 10% of their earnings. Everything goes to the management company which grooms them. This is not just something what a boyband faces. It is something that normal rock bands face as well. Of course, the higher you climb, the more you are able to negotiate with the management company, record label, etc. Of course, it helps to have a good manager which you'll have to pay through a percentage of your earnings as well.
So, welcome to the music industry.
And anyway, even if these boybands can't sing, at least they look good. That, strangely, is a talent in itself. When you play in a band, it doesn't automatically mean you are good to begin with. There are quite a number of bands which are good but the singer can't sing. Isn't that like a boyband situation then? Good backing musicians, crappy singer.
AgingYouth
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So Cloudsky, is Yngwie attractive or not?
RazrAsh, it's not sad actually lah. If you make it big (and that's what you want), it might serve your purpose. Endorsement deals, good quality recording, nice music videos, high paying gigs. It's all up to the individual...
You might be interested to check this article out. A fren fwded to me.
http://www.cmykyle.com/clips.php?id=55
RazrAsh, it's not sad actually lah. If you make it big (and that's what you want), it might serve your purpose. Endorsement deals, good quality recording, nice music videos, high paying gigs. It's all up to the individual...
You might be interested to check this article out. A fren fwded to me.
http://www.cmykyle.com/clips.php?id=55
Crawldaddy
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Hmm.
I have a friend in SPH he says that the school of rock thign is more like a scheme for them to teach you showmanship stuff and then just put u away until they really need you... true or not I'm not sure.. but it's somethign worth considering before you enter.
I have a friend in SPH he says that the school of rock thign is more like a scheme for them to teach you showmanship stuff and then just put u away until they really need you... true or not I'm not sure.. but it's somethign worth considering before you enter.
letterhead
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agingyouth... u seem to noe so much... hu are u actually? lol... anyway... also wanted to find out hu here actually took part in the competitions? School of rock and superband?
AgingYouth
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I'm your neighbourhood friendly Internet forum dweller...
letterhead
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haha... i tot u were a record company??? Anyway... superband is getting more and more boring... didn't really like the episode yesterday... So many "boy bands"... it really spoils the whole scene...
