A call from a Overseas UAN Artiste...

This evening I received a call from R, well its been a while since I got his call... well his CNY this year.

Anyway... He was an artiste with me for a while... since 2006 plus... a aspiring drummer then... and been playing for live shows, on the road around Singapore...

typically like most local bands, they split up and form new ones, and in 6mths... new band... but often the same few switches of band members...

I mentioned to him before... local bands... need to be A BAND... AS ONE...and let egos down... then they will grow...and go places...

And also, I always tell my artistes... in this line, its all about pleasing the audiences... and its the labels and managers calling the shots...cos they are the ones who market you, the artiste the product...

Now in Indonesia, he's signed to EMI Indonesia, as a band...but a couple of changes...

He's now a guitarist...
He's now playing Commercial Pop and R&B, He told me b4, ROCK is the only way to go....
He's now dancing as well.... and when I asked him to go for lessons as such, he was laughing thinking I was crazy...

And now... he tells me...HE LOVES IT...hahahahahaha

*THINKS BACK*...and he thought i was crazy...

He then said,' I never knew you were right... about everything...sorry Gina, I left Singapore without a goodbye or a closure, and whatever you said before... is so right, I'm learning all the hard way now! '

I laughed it off... and said...' cos' artistes think mainly for themselves...hahaha'

Then the conversation carried on with this question from him,
" Hey Gina, as a Artiste Manager, does EMI have to quarantine us * artistes * ? like, why does the artistes need to be hidden away until their official launch?"

He explained, he broke up with gf, and was stuck in training, in all sorts of skills, writing songs,
and they had to write 60 plus songs, to auditioned, and select 12 of the 60 to be cut into their album.... he was shocked...he thought they can just record 12 songs of their(artistes') choice... but its the manager's and label's decision...hahahaha...

Plus he said... for every song, he had to record 4 chords of a song, he took 9 days to record... recording after recording... until those 4 chords were perfect in the manager's, label's and music producer's view.

Well... I gave him my answer... and he said,' YEAH! that's what EMI said too!'

what's my answer? Only for my artistes to know, if they bother to ask....and listen.

Possibility doubting myself a few years back, if I can be a good artiste manager...

This call is just one of the few assurances that I AM MAMA G, and I'm an Artiste Manager, I can be a great one...so can my partners.... Janet and Ivy!

MAMA G