In recent weeks I’ve seen many artists on social media whining for the millionth time about how to sell their wares/songs/nubile posteriors up the music industry food chain in the guise of a record deal or publishing deal or both. It’s not unexpected given the recent wholesale destruction of the live music scene globally due to the pandemic. Artists are finally starting to look under the couch cushions or Mom’s purse for loose change as a means of survival.
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LEARN TO WEAR THE SUIT by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Arista, Beach Boys, Beatles, Beyonce, Bob Segarini, Bowie, Bro Country, BTS, Colonel Tom Parker, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Demi Lovato, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis, Jackson 5, Jaimie Vernon, Lou Pearlman, Michael Buble, Osmonds, Paul Anka, Pink Adele, Rollermania, Selena Gomez, Shania, Tam Paton, The Bay City Rollers, The Guess Who, The Monkees, The Rubettes, The Shaggs, The Sweet, The Sylvers on October 26, 2020 by segariniCHICKEN ON A HOT PLATE by JAIMIE VERNON
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags #MeToo, Bob Segarini, Boy Bands, Brittany Sheets, Colonel Tom Parker, DBAWIS, Don Henley, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elan Musk, Elvis Presley, George Michael, Grimes, J-Pop, Jaimie Vernon, K-Pop, Kesha, Mars Argo, music, P.T. Barnum, Poppy, Prince, Taylor Swift, The Bay City Rollers, The Monkees, Titanic Sinclair on February 24, 2020 by segarini
For as long as there have been people with talent to share, there have been people waiting impatiently to exploit it. P.T. Barnum was the first to realize that a) you could make people pay a nickel to see a woman who couldn’t afford a Lady Bic razor on her face and b) you could pay the woman herself a penny if she would just stop shaving her beard off. Barnum was shameless in using any perceived talent (sword swallowing, knife throwing, anvil lifting) or any physical infirmity to sell tickets. He became massively rich and his ‘performers’ became slaves to the grind. Some were smart enough to negotiate riches in partnership with Barnum, others were just glad to have a few square meals a week and a place to sleep every night. It beat the alternatives.
JAIMIE VERNON – HEY, NINETEEN
Posted in Opinion with tags Anniversary., BMG Music, Bob Segarini, Bryan Adams, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Derek Longmuir, divorce, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Osmond, Duke Street Diner, El Mocambo, Great White Noise Magazine, Honeymoon Suite, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Healey, Kings X, Kingswood, little black dress, Liverpool, Made In Canada, Maureen Leeson, Moving Targetz, P.A.M., Paul Anand, Paul White, record collection, rock and roll love letter, Sharon Vernon, Spare Parts, Spin Doctors, The Bay City Rollers, The Eagles, The Kings on March 14, 2015 by segarini
As you read this my wife Sharon Vernon and I have just celebrated our 19th anniversary. We went to Cleveland to see two of her favourite bands – the American act Red Wanting Blue and Canadian rock darling The Trews who I introduced her to (musically) in 2003 after seeing them in a club in Halifax during the ECMA’s. We’ve done a lot of that on our anniversaries – going to see live acts. That includes Lighthouse on our 17th and Ian Mitchell of the Bay City Rollers (see story below).
JAIMIE VERNON – THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL THINGS
Posted in Opinion with tags Blues on Belair, Bob Segarini, Buffalo Springfield, Bullseye Records, Canadian Classic Rock, Canadian Music, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Chet Powers, Danny Taylor, David Fitzpatrick, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duncan Faure, Fitz, Fitz & Them, Great White Noise Magazine, Greg Fitzpatrick, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Hughie Leggat, Ian Mitchell, Jaimie Vernon, Klaatu, Liberty DeVitto, Lords of London, Newfoundland, Queen, Rabbitt (the band), Richie Furay, Sebastian Agnello, Shang-A-Lang, South Africa, The Bay City Rollers, Toronto Music Scene, Trevor Rabin on July 19, 2014 by segarini
A small debate unfolded online this week concerning hard work vs. luck. I have always maintained, and still do, that all my successes have been from hard work. All my failures have been from my lack of hard work. Luck is something reserved for casinos and in finding four leaf clovers (ironically).
JAIMIE VERNON: DO THE FAN DANGLE-O
Posted in Opinion with tags Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, David Bradley, David Macmillan, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, EMI Music, fans, Goddo, Harem Scarem, Jaimie Vernon, JUNO Awards, Justin Bieber, Klaatu, Lady GaGa, Madonna, music, Pop Detective Records, Stompin' Tom Connors, The Bay City Rollers, The Beatles on March 9, 2013 by segarini
On Wednesday March 6th Canadian music legend Stompin’ Tom Connors passed away peacefully at the age of 77 from natural causes. Tom was a folk & country fixture around Canada for nearly six decades. He might very well be the last of the Canadian troubadours following in the footsteps of Wilf Carter (aka Montana Slim), Hank Snow, and the Canadian Sweethearts: Bob Regan and Lucille Starr. Connors walked amongst the rarified air of Canadian country Gods. He was a fixture at the legendary Horseshoe 
Tavern during its inception where his rousing songs and foot stomping put a hole in the stage – which the venue wanted him to pay for. On subsequent visits he resorted to stomping on a piece of wood to save the stage further injury – and Tom Connors became Stompin’ Tom Connors.
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