That would be Bullseye Records, Canada for those unaware, a label pieced together by DBAWIS‘s own Jaimie Vernon and friends— a record company caught in the digital tsunami which wiped out more than one music concern. In fact, if you define being wiped out as being wiped out, you could probably number them in triple digits, many being “absorbed” by major labels if they could find anything worth adding to their already bloated catalogues. I will tell you upfront that it is a tale of both success and crushing defeat, of both business and personal failure— not that it could have been avoided. When the music business started crumbling, it took with it most everything in its path. If you subscribe to the business as it was. If your yardstick was measured by the same standards the major labels had set up and followed for decades. Jaimie and his company took a beating, no doubt, but he is not down and out by a long shot. He has just, shall we say, been regrouping.
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Frank Gutch Jr: Bullseye Canada— Let the Salvage Operations Begin: Conversations with Jaimie Vernon… Plus Notes (and One Really Cool Picture of Bow Thayer Guesting With No Small Children)
Posted in Opinion with tags Adam Marsland, Anna Cordell, Bob Segarini, Bow Thayer, Brady Earnhart, Bullseye Records Canada, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Indie Artists, Indie Music, It Was 40 Years Ago Today, Jaimie Vernon, Jon Gomm, kate & ruth, Klaatu, Lisa Millar, Moving Targetz, music, music videos, No Small Children, segarini, Sharon Vernon, Summer Children, Swindled, Toronto on August 11, 2015 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – It Was 50 Years Ago Today
Posted in Opinion with tags Al Kooper, Alan Merrill, Andrew Gold, Beatles Tribute, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Casbah Coffee Club, DBAWIS, digital album, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sullivan, Fab Four, Frank Levin, Gary Pig Gold, George Harrison, Goddo, Ian Anderson, It Was 40 Years Ago Today, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Jones, John Lennon, Klaatu, Leo Sayer, Liverpool, Michael WHITE, music, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Kings, Tom Hooper, tribute album on November 9, 2013 by segariniI’ll be 50 years old on November 19th (send no cards, just cash, please). A half century of fun, frivolity and heart-ache. Fortunately, I’ve had a lot of the former
and less of the latter. Annually, I chase the notoriety of the JFK assassination by three days…and every f*cking thing The Beatles have ever done. My moments of personal glory will always be overshadowed by what they did on my birthday in various years: