Comments on: Your Take: A Line Of Impropriety? http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/ The latest country music news and reviews. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:32:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Caitlin Lynn http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-117558 Caitlin Lynn Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:26:41 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-117558 PS...I meant BrOdy...was it once BrAdy?? PS…I meant BrOdy…was it once BrAdy??

]]> By: Caitlin Lynn http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-117555 Caitlin Lynn Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:08:48 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-117555 Brady, Being as so that I myself have worked with Chris on our new album I feel I should reveal the experience with MY producer and his contributions as far as songwriting goes...(I feel that Will would beack me up on this whole post so I believe I am speaking for both of us) I am friends with some bands who have gotten record deals and have had a producer who thrust their opinions and songs onto those albums...the bands never did well. So I was aware of that potential "problem" before we ever started the album... BUT I have to be honest, out every record that I have ever owned, without knowing it, I have always picked out the "Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo and Hilary Lindsey" cuts. Those were ALWAYS my favorite songs...and I didnt find this out until I met them and did more research on their "credits"!! It was kind of alarming to me and taught me to respect fate even more. So needless to say I was ALREADY a Chris Lindsey and Aimee Mayo fan to begin with. Quite frankly I always joke with them that they could probably crap in a brown paper bag and I would still like it!(As you come to know me more personally, and believe me I intend you to...you will also know that I am a ridiculously HUGE Hilary fan and I kind of put them in the same group in my mind because they are good friends) But ok, down to our album. Of the 10 songs on our upcoming album, only two were CO-WRITTEN with Chris and Aimee. They are "Dark Horse" and "Address in the Stars". Which are up on our myspace if you want to hear em. Now, I dont know in any other artist cases, but in ours Will and I had almost complete control of the songs we did and didnt do. If we were given a song we didnt like they would toss it. If we were given a song that the label loved and we didnt, they tossed it. So, having said that I think in the longest way possible, if Chris and Aimee pitched a song to us and we didnt like it...we didnt do it. I dont want you to get the wrong impression of Chris and his job as our producer. At no time did he ever force us to do one of his or Aimee's songs. It just so happens that the songs of theirs that did make the album, made it because they were the best they/we had to offer. Chris and Aimee are two of the most talented people (in my mind) and I think their credentials speak for themselves. However we are now brought down to a matter of opinion about their songs...and ya know what everyone says about opinions :) I hope that one day you get to know Chris and Aimee personally...they really do care about people and they dont "step" on anyone to get to the top. My opinion though (taking my situation and CL out of the equation) an artist should know who they are and who they arent...if they are being bullied by a producer to do one of their songs they should know what part of the human anatomy their boot goes in...we always talk about individuality in music...and an artist that just sits back and takes it is no atrist at all. I hope this helps in your quest for the right answer to your question. And I hope it helps maybe in how you view our friend CL and AHEM how you review the C&W album...haha just kidding. xoxo Caitlin Brady,
Being as so that I myself have worked with Chris on our new album I feel I should reveal the experience with MY producer and his contributions as far as songwriting goes…(I feel that Will would beack me up on this whole post so I believe I am speaking for both of us)

I am friends with some bands who have gotten record deals and have had a producer who thrust their opinions and songs onto those albums…the bands never did well. So I was aware of that potential “problem” before we ever started the album…

BUT I have to be honest, out every record that I have ever owned, without knowing it, I have always picked out the “Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo and Hilary Lindsey” cuts. Those were ALWAYS my favorite songs…and I didnt find this out until I met them and did more research on their “credits”!! It was kind of alarming to me and taught me to respect fate even more. So needless to say I was ALREADY a Chris Lindsey and Aimee Mayo fan to begin with. Quite frankly I always joke with them that they could probably crap in a brown paper bag and I would still like it!(As you come to know me more personally, and believe me I intend you to…you will also know that I am a ridiculously HUGE Hilary fan and I kind of put them in the same group in my mind because they are good friends)

But ok, down to our album. Of the 10 songs on our upcoming album, only two were CO-WRITTEN with Chris and Aimee. They are “Dark Horse” and “Address in the Stars”. Which are up on our myspace if you want to hear em.

Now, I dont know in any other artist cases, but in ours Will and I had almost complete control of the songs we did and didnt do. If we were given a song we didnt like they would toss it. If we were given a song that the label loved and we didnt, they tossed it. So, having said that I think in the longest way possible, if Chris and Aimee pitched a song to us and we didnt like it…we didnt do it.

I dont want you to get the wrong impression of Chris and his job as our producer. At no time did he ever force us to do one of his or Aimee’s songs. It just so happens that the songs of theirs that did make the album, made it because they were the best they/we had to offer.

Chris and Aimee are two of the most talented people (in my mind) and I think their credentials speak for themselves. However we are now brought down to a matter of opinion about their songs…and ya know what everyone says about opinions :)

I hope that one day you get to know Chris and Aimee personally…they really do care about people and they dont “step” on anyone to get to the top.

My opinion though (taking my situation and CL out of the equation) an artist should know who they are and who they arent…if they are being bullied by a producer to do one of their songs they should know what part of the human anatomy their boot goes in…we always talk about individuality in music…and an artist that just sits back and takes it is no atrist at all.

I hope this helps in your quest for the right answer to your question. And I hope it helps maybe in how you view our friend CL and AHEM how you review the C&W album…haha just kidding.

xoxo Caitlin

]]> By: Lucas http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-79549 Lucas Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:05:09 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-79549 I understand what you're saying "HAIRANDTOENAILS," but at the same time - but I still believe artists should have final say. At the same time, if the artist isn't smart enough to take some direction from the label they wouldn't have a record deal in the first place. I understand what you’re saying “HAIRANDTOENAILS,” but at the same time – but I still believe artists should have final say. At the same time, if the artist isn’t smart enough to take some direction from the label they wouldn’t have a record deal in the first place.

]]> By: hairandtoenails http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78927 hairandtoenails Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:44:26 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78927 Along the lines of Stormy's point about Kelly Clarkson: "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is often considered one of country's best songs, but George Jones hated it and recorded it only because his producer Billy Sherrill hounded him into recording it. Along the lines of Stormy’s point about Kelly Clarkson:

“He Stopped Loving Her Today” is often considered one of country’s best songs, but George Jones hated it and recorded it only because his producer Billy Sherrill hounded him into recording it.

]]> By: Darrell http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78919 Darrell Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:28:31 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78919 i think you do have a stronger bond if the writer/producer is a friend with the artist. that should make for a stronger and longer career. i think you do have a stronger bond if the writer/producer is a friend with the artist. that should make for a stronger and longer career.

]]> By: Dan http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78917 Dan Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:24:51 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78917 i thought hank and fred were friend's? if it was mutually just business do you think hank would've been as sucessful? because i think their friendship was the reason for their sucess together because of thier respect of each other. can you really say the same for most of today's business partnerships. i thought hank and fred were friend’s? if it was mutually just business do you think hank would’ve been as sucessful? because i think their friendship was the reason for their sucess together because of thier respect of each other. can you really say the same for most of today’s business partnerships.

]]> By: Brady Vercher http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78915 Brady Vercher Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:08:51 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78915 Paul, I don't think that at all. I offered the Fred Rose/Hank Williams partnership up as a counterexample and chose it because I figured it would be universally recognized as an instance of a situation where the relationship was mutually beneficial. Paul, I don’t think that at all. I offered the Fred Rose/Hank Williams partnership up as a counterexample and chose it because I figured it would be universally recognized as an instance of a situation where the relationship was mutually beneficial.

]]> By: Stormy http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78914 Stormy Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:01:19 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78914 And there is something to be said for producers. Rumor has it that Kelly Clarkson and Clive Davis fought over every song on her last album. She won and came out with the most critically and fan panned album of her career. Likewise, something tells me we won't be having this conversation if Chely Wright covers a couple of Rodney Crowell songs on her nect album. And there is something to be said for producers. Rumor has it that Kelly Clarkson and Clive Davis fought over every song on her last album. She won and came out with the most critically and fan panned album of her career.

Likewise, something tells me we won’t be having this conversation if Chely Wright covers a couple of Rodney Crowell songs on her nect album.

]]> By: Paul W Dennis http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78912 Paul W Dennis Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:43:59 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78912 Poor example - I don't think Fred Rose did any harm to Hank Williams career at all. Fred was a top flight songwriter (often writing under the name Floyd Jenkin) and often assisted on Hank's compositions without taking a co-writing credit, in addition to the ones where he did take a co-writing credit Do you really think that the writer of such classics as "Be Honest With Me", "It's A Sin", "Pins and Needles (in My Heart)", "No One Will Ever Know", "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", "Take These Chains From My Heart", "Setting The Woods on Fire" , "Hank Your Head in Shame" and "Faded Love and Winter Roses" was a hack writer foisting off inferior material on his artist? Poor example – I don’t think Fred Rose did any harm to Hank Williams career at all. Fred was a top flight songwriter (often writing under the name Floyd Jenkin) and often assisted on Hank’s compositions without taking a co-writing credit, in addition to the ones where he did take a co-writing credit

Do you really think that the writer of such classics as “Be Honest With Me”, “It’s A Sin”, “Pins and Needles (in My Heart)”, “No One Will Ever Know”, “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”, “Take These Chains From My Heart”, “Setting The Woods on Fire” , “Hank Your Head in Shame” and “Faded Love and Winter Roses” was a hack writer foisting off inferior material on his artist?

]]> By: Darrell http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78907 Darrell Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:54:12 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/your-take-a-line-of-impropriety/#comment-78907 so do ya think it's a position of power being played by the producers to make sure the artist does not become huge to make it easier for them to keep a noose around the artist career, so they dont run off at the first sign of more money or more song opportunities. thats why i feel if you do it all yourself you can find the producer to fit your style easier instead of putting up with all that bull of being forced and told what to do. so do ya think it’s a position of power being played by the producers to make sure the artist does not become huge to make it easier for them to keep a noose around the artist career, so they dont run off at the first sign of more money or more song opportunities. thats why i feel if you do it all yourself you can find the producer to fit your style easier instead of putting up with all that bull of being forced and told what to do.

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