A brainstorm really - Connor McNicholas editor of NME will be here next week for Resonate, had you the opportunity (in fact you do - check the website timetable) what would you want to know?
A brainstorm really - Connor McNicholas editor of NME will be here next week for Resonate, had you the opportunity (in fact you do - check the website timetable) what would you want to know?
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Something along the lines of... - ...
Something along the lines of...
- Ever since NME swallowed up Melody Maker, it hasn't been as much fun without the two rival mags fiercingly competing against each other. Does this mean we'll never see a Blur vs Oasis rivalry again?
- Today's pop and rock stars often receive extensive coaching on how to handle the press, resulting in their ability to give boring interviews filled with scripted soundbites. How do you get around this without getting the interviewee drunk?
- In NZ at least, there's a lot of pressure from record companies to not have anything unfavourable written about their acts. When there's not a lot of competition or money to go around here, it often seems like record companies can almost hold the music press to ransom - write anything unfavourable, and they'll pull their ads. Is this a priblem in the UK? If so, how do you deal with it?
(Crikey, that wasn't too bad for 10 minute's effort.)
Oh, I have another one. -New ...
Oh, I have another one.
-New Zealanders don't seem to be huge fans of pop music. The charts tend to be filled with R&B, hip hop, indie rock, reggae and those serious, grown up singer-songwriter types, while pop is kind of considered children's music. While in the UK pop is much more popular and has people such as NME writer Peter Robinson championing it with his brilliant PopJustice website. What is it about NZ that makes pop music so unpopular compared to the UK.
[ http://www.popjustice.co.uk/ ]
Here's a Q then... music magazines ...
Here's a Q then... music magazines have always been a combination of writing about music and writing about the behaviour of musicians. Is it just my imagination or has there been a trend in the last 20 or so years for music publications to focus more on the behaviour of the musicians and less on the intrinsic wonder of the music?
I ask this as a regular music publication consumer over a couple of decades who finds it very difficult to find anything of any interest in the NME of today even if articles are about bands I know and love. I guess the celebrity style-over-content fascination is a general multi-media media-fixation, but still be interested in what Mr NME thinks and whether this is a deliberate trend to chase "yoof" market share. And. if it is deliberate, is dumbing down rock journalism to be just a hipper version of "Hello" actually working?
// Today's pop and rock stars often ...
// Today's pop and rock stars often receive extensive coaching on how to handle the press, resulting in their ability to give boring interviews filled with scripted soundbites. How do you get around this without getting the interviewee drunk?
//In NZ at least, there's a lot of pressure from record companies to not have anything unfavourable written about their acts. When there's not a lot of competition or money to go around here, it often seems like record companies can almost hold the music press to ransom - write anything unfavourable, and they'll pull their ads. Is this a priblem in the UK? If so, how do you deal with it?
They're great questions Robyn. I was just thinking the other day how fucking awful it was that if I wanted to interview a band that was worth a damn, I couldn't do it without going through this wall of publicity professionals. Unless I just happened to be at their first gig ever. The state of it kind of grosses me out But enough about me. I'd be really interested in how NME handles it all as well.
When bands talk about the "build'em up ...
When bands talk about the "build'em up to knock em down" attitude of "the Press" they almost always namecheck NME. Does he actually believe that attitude?
Also on that same note, how much responsibility does he believe that NME and other magazines should have in regards to giving bands a fair deal?
What about culpability wrt the kind of ...
What about culpability wrt the kind of shit you see surrounding that Doherty guy from the Libertines? Vultures circling... heard there's some similar "rock'n'roll problems" with at least one current Kiwi band, but you still don't see that being hauled through the press in NZ.
What about culpability / responsibility ...
What about culpability / responsibility wrt someone like Pete Doherty from the Libertines? There's this amazing mix of moral outrage and drug porn happening there... someone suggested the NME are looking for a British Kurt Cobain. Of course the editor couldn't publicly say "yes" to that, so perhaps it's not worth asking.
Interesting to note a few bands signed to major labels with similar "rock 'n' roll problems" in NZ don't even get touched by the press.
Ooh, that's a good question regarding ...
Ooh, that's a good question regarding Pete Doherty. The red-tops seem to be going for the "KATE DUMPS TROUBLED PETE " angle more than the music press, but the NME has been giving inches to the whole "MY DRUGS HELL" aspect of Doherty's life in recent months.
But we shouldn't forget that Doherty himself has been responsible for much of his own press, even selling his story to a tabloid in order to get some money to support his DRUG HELL.
Am I the only one who likes to consider ...
Am I the only one who likes to consider themselves to be a fairly on-to-it person but who still really enjoys reading about musicians' personal lives as well as just about their music?
Was that supposed to be a response to ...
Was that supposed to be a response to Sonorhead, or are you hoping Robyn and I agree? :)
Robyn - certainly I wouldn't say NME are the only ones who need to take some responsibility for this kind of phenom, I'd be genuinely interested to hear what the editor's take is.
Well I was thinking specifically of ...
Well I was thinking specifically of Pete Doherty.
Having said that, I've hardly ever listened to The Libertines.
// Am I the only one who likes to ...
// Am I the only one who likes to consider themselves to be a fairly on-to-it person but who still really enjoys reading about musicians' personal lives as well as just about their music?
I like that side of things too. If a person is writing personal songs, is it wrong to want to know personal stuff about them?
There's nothing wrong with wanting to ...
There's nothing wrong with wanting to know personal stuff about people. Just like there's nothing wrong with wanting your personal stuff to be private.
Hey, as a question for you, if you know ...
Hey, as a question for you, if you know it, while everything else is in Auckland, it says that the venue for that forum is Wellington - is that correct?
i can answer that... yes it's correct ...
i can answer that... yes it's correct it's at the film archive media plex on wednesday, 12:30 - 4
Wellington! Noooo! (Good for ...
Wellington! Noooo!
(Good for Wellingtonites, though.)
And there's plenty of good stuff in ...
And there's plenty of good stuff in Auckland. Yay for flexible work hours.
The same forum's also on in Auck it ...
The same forum's also on in Auck it appears.
Yes, hmm, work hours. Hmm.
Yes, be sure to take some time off your ...
Yes, be sure to take some time off your new job as Luci's campaign manager and go there and file a full report please.
i could give it a go - I'll be there ...
i could give it a go - I'll be there on wednesday.
damn, uni goes from 1-4 on that day ...
damn, uni goes from 1-4 on that day :(
dangnabbit!
can someone record it for me?
Pshht. Just cause you go to uni ...
Pshht. Just cause you go to uni doesn't mean you go to uni!
// Pshht. Just cause you go to uni ...
// Pshht. Just cause you go to uni doesn't mean you go to uni! //
well I actually like this paper, they played "Yes Minister" last lecture