It’s only taken 8 months but I feel comfortable back in the captain’s chair at my record label after having not done it for the past 5 years. Re-issuing old albums will continue to be my bread and butter but I will always keep supporting and promoting independent music. It’s where I started and will always have a special place in my heart. The spirit of original and new music is what drives creativity forward. Nostalgia is full of sign posts but without new music to build and cultivate new paths the road ends and the sign post will read ‘dead end’.
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JAIMIE VERNON – HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL INDIE ARTIST
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags biography, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, CD Baby, David Komie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, email, entertainment lawyer, Facebook, Haileerosemusic, incorporate, independent music, Instagram, iPhone, iTunes, Jaimie Vernon, Myspace, original music, Pandora, Photos, Pinterest, Presence, Reverbnation, Rock and Roll lawyer, self-promotion, Soundcloud, sounds incorporated, Spotify, success, SXSW, TuneCore, tweet, Twitter, Unsigned Sealed & Delivered, You've Got Mail on May 7, 2016 by segariniRoxanne Tellier: Nothing But the Tooth
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 24 Sussex Drive, 25, Adele, AOL, Arianna Huffington, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Donald Trump, Drake, Elaine Benes, Ellen DeGeneres, Gin Bourgeois, Halloween, Hello, HotLine Bling, Huffington Post, iTunes, James Corden, James Rooke, Joe Canada, Justin Bieber, leMeow, Mike Holmes, New Zealand, Ottawa, Parris Goebel, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, RCMP, reality tv Bryan Baeumler, ReQuest, Rideau Cottage, Roxanne Tellier, Sorry, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Wars, Stephen Harper, teeth, The Six, Wesley Crusher, Wil Wheaton, YOLO, YouTube on November 1, 2015 by segarini
Most of us take our clever bodies for granted, assuming that all our bits and pieces will do as they are told. The wonders of how all of our actions and bodily functions come together are something we don’t really think about.
Until something goes wrong.
JAIMIE VERNON – MUSICAL VALUE VILLAGE
Posted in Opinion with tags advances, artistic freedom, Beatles, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, CDs, DBAWIS, Decca, Dick Rowe, Don't Believe a Word I Say, entertainment, fart apps, independent music, Indie Artists, iTunes, Jaimie Vernon, Major Labels, Movies, napster, radio, Rape the Music Fan, Rolling Stones, Sports, TV, unrecouped, Vince Gill, vinyl on October 10, 2015 by segarini
I’ve been slowly re-imbedding myself into the Dante’s Inferno that is the current music industry with a focus on promoting good, new music [see some of my previous blogs for my recommendations] cause, let’s face it, talking about the mistakes the labels made over the last decade is like discussing that guy at Decca Records that passed on The Beatles [his name was Dick Rowe and he made up for the faux pas by later signing the Rolling Stones].
Pat Blythe: The Women of Rock – Part 3
Posted in Opinion with tags 20/20, A Fool In Love, Al Green American Bandstand, American Music Awards, Ann, Ann Wilson, Anna Mae Bullock, Art Lassiter, Auntie Entity, Australia, B.C, Baptist, Barracuda, bash and strut, Between A Heart and A Rock Place, Billboard, Billboard's Hot Rock Songs, blues, Box Top, Brownsville, Bryan Adams, Buddhism Buzzsaw, Buddhist, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, Can-Base Studios, Canada, Capital Records, Catch A Rising Star, Christopher Blythe, classical, coloratura, Come Together, Coxon's Army, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Dog and Butterfly, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dreamboat Annie, England, Eric Clapton, Erwin Bach, Europe, Fanatic, Four Acres Club, Frank Soda and the Imps, Freddie Mercury, Goodbye So Long, History of Rock, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Hollywood A Go-Go, Hot 100, Hot R&B Sides, Hunter S. Thompson, I'll Be Doggone, Ike and Tina Turner Review, Ike Turner, iTunes, Jake Brown, Jason Bonham, Jazz, Juggy Murray, Julie Andrews, Kennedy Center Honors, key of J demolished, Knoxville, Kurt Loder, Let's Stay Together, Little Ann, Little Queen, lounge act, Love Is A Battlefield, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Magic Man, Manhattan Club, marvin gaye, Mick Jagger, Mike Fisher, Missouri, Mistral Wind, Montreal, Mountain High, Mushroom Studios, Nancy, Nancy Wilson, Neil Giraldo, New York, Nichiren Buddhism, Nutbush, NYC, opera, Pat Benatar, Pat Blythe, Paul McCartney, Phil Spector, Philles, Plateau, Portrait Records, Private Dancer, Promises in the Dark, Proud Mary, Queen, Queen of Rock, Ray Charles, Richmond, River Deep Mountain High, Robert Plant, rock 'n roll, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rod Stewart, Roger Davies, Roger Fisher, Rolling Stone Magazine, Rolling Stones, seattle, segarini, Sheena, Shindig, Sir Mick, St. Louis, Stairway to Heaven, Steve Fossen, Sue Records, Swiss, Switzerland, Tennessee, The Andy Willams Show, The Big T.N.T. Show, The Kings of Rhythm, The PictureTaker, The Who, Tina Tina Turner, Tinkerbell, Tommy, U.K., U.S., United Kingdom, Vancouver, Virginia, We Belong, What About Love, What'd I Say, What's Love Got To Do With It, You Or on April 8, 2015 by segarini
March 2 was the 10th anniversary of Hunter S. Thompson’s death and a picture of one of his quotes was making the rounds in Facebook. I found the subject matter rather timely! Many of us will find both the truth and the irony in what he had to say.
Roxanne Tellier: Okay, Who Broke The Internet?
Posted in Opinion with tags 4chan, Andy Biersack, Bob Segarini, body cam, College Humor, DBAWIS, Denis Leary, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ebola, Emma Watson, Facebook, gender equality, Grumpy Ol’ Git, HeForShe, hipster, internet trolls, iPhones, ISIL, ISIS, iTunes, Jedward, Jimmy Buffett, KLM, Leprechaun, Louis Walsh, Miles Betterman, Ouroboros, Rob Ford, Ronnie Radke, Roxanne Tellier, Social Media, Toronto, TTC, Twitter, U2, X Factor on October 5, 2014 by segarini
The lady with three boobs, nude pics of Emma Watson, bendy iPhones, lost-luggage sniffing dogs on KLM. Is Facebook really about to start charging for its ‘services?’ And is the U2 iTunes giveaway a recycling of a U2 cassette giveaway back in the 80’s?
JAIMIE VERNON: I’VE LOOKED AT CLOUDS FROM BOTH SIDES NOW
Posted in Opinion with tags Apple, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, downloading, EMI, File sharing, iCloud, iTunes, iWhore, Jaimie Vernon, MP3, MP4, music, Pandora, Records, Spotify, Universal Music on December 1, 2012 by segarini
Before we get rolling I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be on CFRB’s “In the Studio” show with hosts Bob Reid and Blair Packham tonight at 8PM EST and Sunday night at 10PM EST. We’ll be discussing my Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia books.
You can listen live here: http://www.newstalk1010.com
JAIMIE VERNON – THE MUSIC WAR’S LOST AND WE’RE STILL FIGHTING OVER IWO JIMA
Posted in Opinion with tags Amanda Palmer, Atomik Tracktor, Bruce Willis, DBAWIS, Dee Long, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eytan Mirsky, Google, Indie Artists, iTunes, Jaimie Vernon, music, Rick Gunn, Telus on September 15, 2012 by segarini
It’s been a week of chaos in the Vernon household (lost one computer while trying to get the Encyclopedia Volume 2 finished, no money, no gas, child home sick on week #2 of the new school year) so sitting down and writing one of my brilliantly pithy divisive diatribes has been next to impossible. So, I thought I might do a round up of topics floating about on the interwebs right now. Call it my scream of consciousness.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 