Blog: Slim Chance Recordings

American Idol and the new Music Business

This is the second installment of my blog "where have all the rock stars gone" I had a lot of positive responses to my blog so I decided to put some more thoughts to paper. In this episode, I want to explore the new realities in the music business like the American Idol, America Got Talent, Britain got Talent, etc. etc. These reality shows are starting to replace the A&R departments at the record labels altogether. American Idol has this system down pat. Get tens of thousands to audition, get them nationwide (worldwide) exposure, all [...]
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