Chris Spierer
5h
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I AM SITTING IN MY STUDIO AS I WRITE THIS POST ABOUT MANY THINGS.
THIS YEAR MARKS THE 64th YEAR THAT I FIRST PICKED UP THE GUITAR AND REALIZED THAT MUSIC WAS IN MY BLOOD AND THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO. I WAS ATTENDING COLLEGE TO BE AN ARCHITECTUAL ENGINEER. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT MY LIFE WOULD CHANGE FOREVER WHEN I WENT TO A COLLEGE CHRISTMAS PARTY!
THERE WAS A BAND PLAYING AND DURING THE SHOW THE LEAD SINGER HAD A FIGHT WIGH THE BAND AND HE LEFT LEAVING THE BAND WITHOUT A LEAD SINGER! I WENT UP TO THE BAND AND TOLD THEM I COULD FILL IN. THEY TRUSTED ME AND WE ROCKED THE PLACE! I WENT HOME TO MY MOM AND DAD AND TOLD THEM THAT I WANTED TO BE A PERFORMER. MY MOM TOLD ME TO FOLLOW MY DREAM!!! MY MOM TOLD ME TO REHEARSE WITH THE BAND AND SHE WOULD HELP ME BECAUSE SHE HAD FANTASTIC CONNECTIONS IN MUSIC BECAUSE SHE WAS A RADIO PERFORMER AND HAD GREAT CONNECTIONS.
4 MONTHS LATER, MY MOM ARRANGED FOR US TO PERFORM AT THE TUXEDO BALLROOM IN NEW YORK CITY WITH A 5,000 AUDIENCE CAPACITY. WE STAYED THERE FOR 2 YEARS !! THEN EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN SHE WAS ABLE TO GET US SIGNED TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST MANAGERIAL COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THEIR CLIENTS WERE THE CRYSTALS, DON RICKELS, THE KINGSMEN AND JOHNNY TILLOUTSON. THEY RECORDED 2 SONGS THAT I WROTE THAT BECAME NUMBER 1 IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.
THEY PLACED US ON TOUR WITH BOBBY GOLDSBORO AND THE REFLECTIONS WHO WERE FLYING HIGH WITH “JUST LIKE ROMEO & JULIET” AND”FUNNY LITTLE CLOWN”.
THE NAME OF OUR GROUP WAS THE LIVING END.
WE PLAYED WITH MANY SUPERSTARS FOR 4 GLORIOUS YEARS.
THE MUSIC BUSINESS HAS UNFORTUNATELY CHANGED DRASTICALLY SINCE THOSE GLORY DAYS.
IN 1975, MY MUSIC JOURNEY CHANGED FOREVER WITH MY HIT SONG “I WAS BORN THIS WAY”.
NOW I AM PROMOTING MANY BRILLIANT ARTISTS WHO DESERVE TO BE AT THE VERY TOP!!! EVERY SINGLE ARTIST I PROMOTE CAN GO UP AGAINST THE (SO-CALLED) MAINSTREAM ARTIST AND BE A SUCCESS. THERE IS NO STRUCTURE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS TODAY.
IN MY DAY, YOU WOUKD AUDITION FOR A RECORD COMPANY. IF THEY LIKED YOU, THEY WOULD SIGN YOU WITH A HEFTY ADVANCE AGAINST ROYALITIES, THEY WOULD HAVE GREAT DISTRIBUTION AND MANY MAINLINE RADIO STATIONS.
TODAY EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER HAS A SO-CALLED MUSIC COMPANY THAT RELIES SOLEY ON PLATFORM REVENUE TO GENERATE INCOME.
I FIND BMI AND ASCAP ARE THE VERY BEST FOR MONETARY ROYALTY INCOME.
I AM VERY PROUD OF THESE MAINSTREAM INDEPENDENT ARTISTS THAT I PROMOTE BECAUSE THEY ARE DEDICATED, MOTIVATED. LOYAL AND TRULY WANT TO BE A SUCCESS.
THIS IS WHY I FORMED THE INDIE STARZ UNIVERSAL PLATFORM. THERE ARE MANY DEVOTED AND DEDICATED ENTITIES ON THE PLATFORM AND THEIR SOLE PURPOSE IS TO HELP THE INDEPENDENT ARTIST SUCCEED THROUGH PROMOTION, INTERVIEWS WORLDWIDE RADIO PLAY AND ANY OTHER VEHICLE AVAILABLE FOR THE ARTIST.
THESE BRILLANT ENTITIES ARE SPACE ANGEL MUSIC, MUSICIANS DOMAIN, CJC PROMOTIONS, GALAXY 107 FM RADIO, NICK PRINCE AND SUEL RNI NORTHSEA INTERNATIONAL, BJ WALTON, INDIE HIGHWAY RADIO, FRH RADIO, STREEEM RADIO, JOHNS MUSIC, AND MANY OTHER ENTITIES.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE THOSE HORRIBLE AND MEAN PEOPLE THAT TELL YOU LIES ABOUT THOSE WHO HELP YOU BECAUSE OF JEALOUSY AND ENVY.
THERE ARE THOSE THAT TRY TO DISCOURAGE YOU AND SAY YOU WILL NEVER MAKE IT OR YOU ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
THESE PEOPLE ARE GARBAGE AND YOU SHOULD FOCUS ON YOUR CAREER AND BE “POSITIVE”.
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND YOU WILL ACHIEVE GREATNESS.
5h
·
I AM SITTING IN MY STUDIO AS I WRITE THIS POST ABOUT MANY THINGS.
THIS YEAR MARKS THE 64th YEAR THAT I FIRST PICKED UP THE GUITAR AND REALIZED THAT MUSIC WAS IN MY BLOOD AND THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO. I WAS ATTENDING COLLEGE TO BE AN ARCHITECTUAL ENGINEER. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT MY LIFE WOULD CHANGE FOREVER WHEN I WENT TO A COLLEGE CHRISTMAS PARTY!
THERE WAS A BAND PLAYING AND DURING THE SHOW THE LEAD SINGER HAD A FIGHT WIGH THE BAND AND HE LEFT LEAVING THE BAND WITHOUT A LEAD SINGER! I WENT UP TO THE BAND AND TOLD THEM I COULD FILL IN. THEY TRUSTED ME AND WE ROCKED THE PLACE! I WENT HOME TO MY MOM AND DAD AND TOLD THEM THAT I WANTED TO BE A PERFORMER. MY MOM TOLD ME TO FOLLOW MY DREAM!!! MY MOM TOLD ME TO REHEARSE WITH THE BAND AND SHE WOULD HELP ME BECAUSE SHE HAD FANTASTIC CONNECTIONS IN MUSIC BECAUSE SHE WAS A RADIO PERFORMER AND HAD GREAT CONNECTIONS.
4 MONTHS LATER, MY MOM ARRANGED FOR US TO PERFORM AT THE TUXEDO BALLROOM IN NEW YORK CITY WITH A 5,000 AUDIENCE CAPACITY. WE STAYED THERE FOR 2 YEARS !! THEN EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN SHE WAS ABLE TO GET US SIGNED TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST MANAGERIAL COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THEIR CLIENTS WERE THE CRYSTALS, DON RICKELS, THE KINGSMEN AND JOHNNY TILLOUTSON. THEY RECORDED 2 SONGS THAT I WROTE THAT BECAME NUMBER 1 IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.
THEY PLACED US ON TOUR WITH BOBBY GOLDSBORO AND THE REFLECTIONS WHO WERE FLYING HIGH WITH “JUST LIKE ROMEO & JULIET” AND”FUNNY LITTLE CLOWN”.
THE NAME OF OUR GROUP WAS THE LIVING END.
WE PLAYED WITH MANY SUPERSTARS FOR 4 GLORIOUS YEARS.
THE MUSIC BUSINESS HAS UNFORTUNATELY CHANGED DRASTICALLY SINCE THOSE GLORY DAYS.
IN 1975, MY MUSIC JOURNEY CHANGED FOREVER WITH MY HIT SONG “I WAS BORN THIS WAY”.
NOW I AM PROMOTING MANY BRILLIANT ARTISTS WHO DESERVE TO BE AT THE VERY TOP!!! EVERY SINGLE ARTIST I PROMOTE CAN GO UP AGAINST THE (SO-CALLED) MAINSTREAM ARTIST AND BE A SUCCESS. THERE IS NO STRUCTURE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS TODAY.
IN MY DAY, YOU WOUKD AUDITION FOR A RECORD COMPANY. IF THEY LIKED YOU, THEY WOULD SIGN YOU WITH A HEFTY ADVANCE AGAINST ROYALITIES, THEY WOULD HAVE GREAT DISTRIBUTION AND MANY MAINLINE RADIO STATIONS.
TODAY EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER HAS A SO-CALLED MUSIC COMPANY THAT RELIES SOLEY ON PLATFORM REVENUE TO GENERATE INCOME.
I FIND BMI AND ASCAP ARE THE VERY BEST FOR MONETARY ROYALTY INCOME.
I AM VERY PROUD OF THESE MAINSTREAM INDEPENDENT ARTISTS THAT I PROMOTE BECAUSE THEY ARE DEDICATED, MOTIVATED. LOYAL AND TRULY WANT TO BE A SUCCESS.
THIS IS WHY I FORMED THE INDIE STARZ UNIVERSAL PLATFORM. THERE ARE MANY DEVOTED AND DEDICATED ENTITIES ON THE PLATFORM AND THEIR SOLE PURPOSE IS TO HELP THE INDEPENDENT ARTIST SUCCEED THROUGH PROMOTION, INTERVIEWS WORLDWIDE RADIO PLAY AND ANY OTHER VEHICLE AVAILABLE FOR THE ARTIST.
THESE BRILLANT ENTITIES ARE SPACE ANGEL MUSIC, MUSICIANS DOMAIN, CJC PROMOTIONS, GALAXY 107 FM RADIO, NICK PRINCE AND SUEL RNI NORTHSEA INTERNATIONAL, BJ WALTON, INDIE HIGHWAY RADIO, FRH RADIO, STREEEM RADIO, JOHNS MUSIC, AND MANY OTHER ENTITIES.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE THOSE HORRIBLE AND MEAN PEOPLE THAT TELL YOU LIES ABOUT THOSE WHO HELP YOU BECAUSE OF JEALOUSY AND ENVY.
THERE ARE THOSE THAT TRY TO DISCOURAGE YOU AND SAY YOU WILL NEVER MAKE IT OR YOU ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
THESE PEOPLE ARE GARBAGE AND YOU SHOULD FOCUS ON YOUR CAREER AND BE “POSITIVE”.
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND YOU WILL ACHIEVE GREATNESS.