| re: David Sonnenberg And Paula Abdul | |
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steven_stuart 02:06 am UTC 01/28/10 |
| In reply to: | re: David Sonnenberg And Paula Abdul - John_Galt 06:44 am UTC 01/27/10 |
| Thanks. That's an interesting post. I don't think it's David who is telling Jim to bet everything on musical theatre. It's just a natural thing for Jim to be doing at the moment. He has been doing theatre since before BOOH and now he has written a show with ALW and scored the most successful show in German history. At a time when he is not writing much new music, theatre offers him a way to use his old music while going down new avenues of creativity. Other theatre projects might inspire him to write new music. Theatre is just a natural place for Jim to be. Of course he is brilliant at rock music but the record industry has changed and there isn't much that David can do about it. > Here's the better view: Sonnenberg misjudged the > situation so Paula got to make way, way less money this > year than she would have if he'd played his hand well; he > could have always negotiated a situation where she might > be able to leave after one year with smaller penalties > than what he ended up getting her, which was thrown out on > her rear without any compensation and no deal with anyone. > > > The *rumored* opportunity on American X Factor is probably > the result of Paula's past work on American Idol and not > Sonnenberg's relationships. Heck, Steven, I think you > could probably pitch Paula as the answer to making > X-Factor the reunion of America's favorite pop judges and > a return to the glory years of Idol. > > Even though, it wasn't Sonnenberg's schmoozing that > *might* get her the job, he'll still end up taking around > 30% of her entertainment-related income. > > Bottom line: She'd be better without him. > > I'm tempted to explain in-depth why people like Sonnenberg > have destroyed rock 'n' roll, but the truth is that I > don't care that much about rock 'n' roll and even less > about Paula Abdul. Sonnenberg can make it up to me by > working his tail off to provide Jim with opportunities > that will give us more original Steinman recordings > without requiring Jim to stress his body or integrity. > Until he does that, he better not be taking a dime of > Jim's money and he better not be contributing to the idea > that Jim needs to bet everything on musical theater in the > same tone he told Paula to hold out for more money. > > -=John Galt=- > ... who realizes that deprivation of new Steinmusic can > turn him into a grumpy guy... > > -=John Galt=- > > > > > A lot of people thought that Jim's manager David > > Sonnenberg screwed things up for Paula Abdul by failing to > > renegotiate her contract with American Idol but now we > > hear that Simon Cowell is also leaving American Idol and > > that Paula Abdul is the bookmakers favourite to join him > > as a judge on the new American X Factor that Simon is > > starting. I am sure that David Sonnenberg knew this was > > going to happen in advance. I'm not sure what he is going > > to do for those twins who posed with him and Jim > > (apparently they claim to be vampires) but it turns out > > that he might just be doing an excellent job for Paula. | |
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