Unlike the many industries that burp and seize up in anticipation of Christmas – and ultimately stop dead in its tracks – Rock ‘n Roll never takes a break. It doesn’t go on holiday. It lives on an endless perpetual calendar of sex, stimulants and adrenalin. It bounds and plods and steamrolls and even hemorrhages creativity despite the sleepy respite that is observed by the denizens of the normal world.
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JAIMIE VERNON – ROLL ON DOWN THE 2015 HIGHWAY
Posted in Opinion with tags 2015, Backstreet Boys, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Extended mixes, Hit the Road Jack, Jaimie Vernon, Matt Servo, Michael Carpenter, new music, New Wave, Power Pop, prolific, Ray Charles, Roboteyes, Roxanne Tellier, Shawn O’Shea, songwriting, synth-pop, The Beatles, the heymacs, Unboxing videos, videos, YouTube on January 17, 2015 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – HOW SOON IS NOW?
Posted in Opinion with tags Anger Brothers, Bob Menzies, Bob Segarini, Brad Lovett, Canadian Music, Citizens of Nashville, Country Music, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, folk music, Goddo, Greg Godovitz, indentured servitude, Jaimie Vernon, Kings of the Stoned Age, Larry Beird, Mississippi, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Prince, prolific, songwriting, Stu Nunnery, The Beatles, The Endless River, Warner Music on November 22, 2014 by segarini
On November 10, 2014 Pink Floyd released its latest , and presumed last, studio album ‘The Endless River‘. It broke existing records on iTunes for pre-sales [a redundant idea if you consider that they can generate an infinite number of MP3s at will]. It also turns out that it’s not a bad album.
JAIMIE VERNON – AN OPEN LETTER TO MUSICAL NEWBIES Part 2
Posted in Opinion with tags Alanis Morissette, Art, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, career longevity, Chad Kroeger, DBAWIS, DIY, Don't Believe a Word I Say, get rich quick, hit songs, Indie Music, integrity, Jaimie Vernon, making it, money, Sell out, songwriting, star power, suffering artist, swag, The Beatles, timeless songs on October 12, 2013 by segarini
A friend of mine in the entertainment business once nailed the real truth of the matter, “It’s not selling OUT…it’s just SELLING”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHJBO3eWQm0
So what if you’ve got street cred? In the end it won’t buy you a sandwich or get you on the bus when you’re destitute from starving for your art. Ah, yes…the old sawhorse debate about commerce versus art. We artistic types spend a 
disproportionate amount of time protecting our creations. They’re our babies and can’t be nursed by anyone but us. In music, that means slaving over the writing and producing process until every last drop of ‘inspiration’ can be sweat out of the muse.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 