Re: Fwd: Stars In Bars

[Cindy Lee Haddock <theunicorngarden@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sting has done pretty good since the Police, too,
except for the last couple of albums, but he, like
Plant, loves to experiment.  There is a pledge drive
special with him doing some very old folk material
coming up soon on PBS--look for it on your area's next
pledge drive if you are a Sting fan....

:)

I personally love Sting's, Peter's, Phil's and
Robert's solo stuff as much as if not more than the
original material.  Michael Jackson's, Justin
Timberlake's, Beyonce's, Don Henley's, Joan Jett's and
a few others come to mind.  I think anyone who's had
platinum or multiplatinum albums, or even gold albums
in today's digital climate should be applauded as a
success, because it's just so darned tough to sell
anything but a download single.

Anyone who makes a living at music should be
considered a success, actually.  It's only the top 5%
of musicians who get to that point.  I'm just in the
next tier--the top 10% who break even.  The other 90%
are in the red or do it just for fun.  Robert is in
that top 1% --the ones who make an extremely good
living at music.  Yeah, I'd call that success.  

Look around at a few professional musician sites and
check the data if you like.  Do your own Google
search.  It's sad, but here in Austin, a fact of life,
and we are considered by many to be the "live music
capital of the world."  It's much worse elsewhere,
probably the main reason Plant went to Nashville and
did an album with Krauss recently.  It helps to be
flexible and make some money to keep your more serious
but perhaps not as lucrative pursuits going.  Sorta
like how most of the musicians in Austin have a "day
job" to pay bills so they can still do studio work
(all I do anymore at nearly 48), or sell off extra
equipment to help pay bills (like Page did in the
early Zep days so they could keep going and save a few
quid in the meanwhile).  You learn to not be
extravagant and be smart in your choices, so you can
keep going.  Plant has been incredibly good at that,
which is why he's still recording.

Yeah, I'd say he's been a success....Zep was just a
mega-success.  But then, so was Michael Jackson as
compared to the Jackson 5--it can happen.  There are
rumors of Grammys and others with the new Krauss duet
bit....

:)

--Uni (Cindy in Austin)
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--- Oner Ozaylak <oner.ozaylak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> tangerine man wrote:
> 
> <...Collins after Genesis was a much, much bigger
> star in terms of
> sales, music video exposure in the early years of
> that industry and
> general public awareness than was Plant after
> Zeppelin. Who knows,
> maybe Plant watched his pal Phil go from success to
> success as a solo
> artist and saw it as validation of his own solo
> route.>
> 
> as josh said the topic/issue is success/going
> big/bigger after break
> up. i'd like to insert my 2 cents here. what is
> success? in my
> opinion, in this specific case, in the name of
> music, it is simply the
> good/better (if possible) music, anytime/anwhere.
> so, in plant's case,
> he'd be happier if he accepts the truth that he
> simply can't achieve
> that great musical creativity he has done with led
> zeppelin nor he
> can't sing it again.
> 
> so, is post zeppelin plant successful? i say yes,
> because he has
> created great music also as a solo artist and he
> shouldn't compare
> himself with zeppelin. these are basicly two
> different things although
> the singer is the same person.
> 
> when we come to other people who went solo after
> their big bands,
> almost all of them can be considered successful in
> my point of view
> but NONE of them could be better without their bands
> whatever numbers
> they sold. i am very thankful to those who
> continue(d) to make music
> after they HAD TO break up/finish their bands
> because of inevitable
> reasons.
> 
> i want original pink floyd, deep purple (mark 4),
> fleetwood mac (with
> green), genesis (with gabriel & hackett), police,
> styx, cream, bonham,
> dire straits, extreme, foreigner, guns'n'roses,
> jethro tull, van halen
> and yes back. yes i do.
> 
> öner
> 
>