Thursday February 4, 2010 20:07
Record Label Defends Taylor Swift’s Horrific Grammy Performance
Beyonce may have made history by being the first female to take home as many awards as she did at the Grammys on Sunday night, but the one thing from that evening that everyone was talking about and is STILL talking about is Taylor Swift’s performance with Stevie Nicks. To sum it up, it was bad. Taylor was signing like she couldn’t carry a tune, and many wish that the organizers would have just let Nicks sing. Days later, her label’s boss has come to her defense.
Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta told the AP in an interview on Wednesday:
“This is not American Idol. This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. She is the voice of this generation. She speaks directly to (her fans), and they speak directly back to her. This is not American Idol. This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It’s not about that technically perfect performance.”
I understand defending your artist obviously because I have done the same in the past for artists I like, including Taylor, so you might see why its upsetting to read you attacking American Idol for producing simply vocalists that hit ‘the high notes’. Thank you for that ‘Captain Obvious’ sense of humor because you know what, we not only hit the high notes, you forgot to mention we generally hit the ‘right’ notes as well. Every artist has a bad performance or two and that is understandable, but throwing blame will not make the situation at hand any better. I have been criticized left and right for having shaky performances before (and they were shaky) and what my manager or label executives say to me and the public is “I’ll kick butt next time” or “every performance isn’t going to be perfect” ……I bring this up because you should take a lesson from these people and instead of lashing out at other artists (that in your ‘humble’ opinion lack true artistry), you should simply take a breath and realize that sometimes things won’t go according to plan or work out and that’s okay.
Sincerely,
One of those contestants from American Idol who only made it because of her high notes.
- Category: 2010 Grammys, Kelly Clarkson, Stevie Nicks, Taylor Swift
- (1) Comment
joe boletta
May 31st, 2010 at 11:43 am
it would be nice if you updated this site.