Comments on: I can be your bookie…I’m taking bets… http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/i-can-be-your-bookieim-taking-bets/ Testing the soul Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: itsallgrey http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/i-can-be-your-bookieim-taking-bets/#comment-656 itsallgrey Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:20:33 +0000 http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-656 I agree, JI. I agree, JI.

]]> By: jerseyirish http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/i-can-be-your-bookieim-taking-bets/#comment-655 jerseyirish Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:53:20 +0000 http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-655 BL, Agree with all you said, and you do say it beautifully. Taylor is a throwback and that is why he attracts an older fan base, he may win over new younger ones, but I think he style of music will always attract the age group that grew up with it. JI BL, Agree with all you said, and you do say it beautifully. Taylor is a throwback and that is why he attracts an older fan base, he may win over new younger ones, but I think he style of music will always attract the age group that grew up with it.

JI

]]> By: Virtual Speak http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/i-can-be-your-bookieim-taking-bets/#comment-649 Virtual Speak Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:22:32 +0000 http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-649 Very nice post BL! Nice to see you here. :) Very nice post BL! Nice to see you here. :)

]]> By: spinshack http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/i-can-be-your-bookieim-taking-bets/#comment-633 spinshack Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:10:29 +0000 http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-633 Great post Bright, very nice to see you join us. Great post Bright, very nice to see you join us.

]]> By: itsallgrey http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/i-can-be-your-bookieim-taking-bets/#comment-632 itsallgrey Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:07:31 +0000 http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-632 Thanks for the compliments, BL. They are much appreciated. Thanks for the compliments, BL. They are much appreciated.

]]> By: brightlite http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/i-can-be-your-bookieim-taking-bets/#comment-628 brightlite Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:23:00 +0000 http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-628 IAG I think your blog is a very nice tribute to Taylor. You also allow for people to openly express their opinions, positive or negative, and that is a healthy forum to post in. keep doing what you are doing, the bloggers are having fun here and the opinions are lively and spirited, which is the true purpose of expression in its most basic form. JI! It is nice to see you too, as always. Videos in the music business are becoming an obsolete mode of marketing as there is less and less TV viewing of MTV, VH1, CMT, Fuse, and BET. Internet usage with its global impact has somewhat replaced the TV as the choice and mode of most information transportation which is no surprise, as the Internet is a dynamic vehicle while TV is a static entity. If any video is made, no matter the theme or content, it must be made with the idea of it having global appeal, as it most likely will penetrate the internet, and therefore must have essential qualities that thread together the most basic human emotional needs. In my mind, there are two basic premises for a music video that if it is to have global impact and acceptance, it must be centered around. The two fundamental human principles that have existed in mankind since the advent of fire are love and war... If Taylor makes a video, I would think that the theme, should it center around either of those two very real human experiences, one of triumph and the other of tragedy, will be far reaching and meaningful to the point of him being taken seriously in his song and in his artistic expression of the music and the lyrics he has written. Whatever he does, he cannot produce a fluffy, light, and frivolous creation. These times are very serious times, and indeed an artist who paints on his canvas, paints a mood, creates a vision of what he sees around him. A music video is a musician's canvas, so let it be meaningful, let it be real. Find the soul and through that energy the inspiration will indeed manifest. Have a wonderful New Year all. BL IAG I think your blog is a very nice tribute to Taylor. You also allow for people to openly express their opinions, positive or negative, and that is a healthy forum to post in. keep doing what you are doing, the bloggers are having fun here and the opinions are lively and spirited, which is the true purpose of expression in its most basic form.

JI! It is nice to see you too, as always.

Videos in the music business are becoming an obsolete mode of marketing as there is less and less TV viewing of MTV, VH1, CMT, Fuse, and BET. Internet usage with its global impact has somewhat replaced the TV as the choice and mode of most information transportation which is no surprise, as the Internet is a dynamic vehicle while TV is a static entity.

If any video is made, no matter the theme or content, it must be made with the idea of it having global appeal, as it most likely will penetrate the internet, and therefore must have essential qualities that thread together the most basic human emotional needs. In my mind, there are two basic premises for a music video that if it is to have global impact and acceptance, it must be centered around. The two fundamental human principles that have existed in mankind since the advent of fire are love and war…

If Taylor makes a video, I would think that the theme, should it center around either of those two very real human experiences, one of triumph and the other of tragedy, will be far reaching and meaningful to the point of him being taken seriously in his song and in his artistic expression of the music and the lyrics he has written. Whatever he does, he cannot produce a fluffy, light, and frivolous creation. These times are very serious times, and indeed an artist who paints on his canvas, paints a mood, creates a vision of what he sees around him. A music video is a musician’s canvas, so let it be meaningful, let it be real. Find the soul and through that energy the inspiration will indeed manifest.

Have a wonderful New Year all.

BL

]]> By: jerseyirish http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/i-can-be-your-bookieim-taking-bets/#comment-627 jerseyirish Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:03:19 +0000 http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-627 Hey BL, Good to see you here. JI Hey BL, Good to see you here.

JI

]]> By: itsallgrey http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/i-can-be-your-bookieim-taking-bets/#comment-622 itsallgrey Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:00:43 +0000 http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-622 Thanks brightlite!! Thanks brightlite!!

]]> By: brightlite http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/i-can-be-your-bookieim-taking-bets/#comment-621 brightlite Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:32:02 +0000 http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-621 Thank you for a very interesting Taylor Hicks blog. I read alot tonight and was thoroughly entertained by the videos. Keep up the nice work. Thank you for a very interesting Taylor Hicks blog.
I read alot tonight and was thoroughly entertained by the videos.
Keep up the nice work.

]]> By: itsallgrey http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/i-can-be-your-bookieim-taking-bets/#comment-620 itsallgrey Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:52:16 +0000 http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-620 Heaven Knows and Give Me Tonight were two of the weakest songs on that album, in my opinion. Heaven Knows and Give Me Tonight were two of the weakest songs on that album, in my opinion.

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