LilMissEmmylou

lol i had them on tape - i keep meaning to buy their album on CD because with the exception of barbie girl i did really like their music!

I havent read this whole thread, only the first few posts but can i just say ERGH PUT YOUR SEAT BELT ON! I hate when people do it in day to day life but when people see you as a sodding role model i think its even more important! *rant over*

great thread for a newbie Got a few you tube pages opened now to go watch the quotes people linked to

so thanks to all who posted

tbh isnt it a bit of an oxymoron saying u love him for how he does what he wants... but then when hes doing what he wants u complain he isnt staying the same? Heck we all go out and get new clothes different from what we already have in our wardrobe now and again right?

Im affraid so I wish it could be further afield but it would just make everything very complicated i guess. There is bound to be things like this in your country though so keep your eyes open x

oh u know what i so wish i hadnt seen this thread now ive never *dont kill me* seen Mika live due to commitments with a baby but id soooooooo love to go to Amsterdam to see him! Will have to think about it lol

looooooooove Darren Hayes, was a member of his fan club for years until being a student stopped me affording it

Seems a really lovely guy! Been lucky enough to see him a number of times live solo and with Savage Garden

that is so sweet! I cant wait for Annabelle to start singing along to stuff properly when she gets a big bigger. Right now she just loves to wiggle her bum and babble when music is playing lol

I'm not sure if this should go here or over in the artists section so feel free to move if you think it needs it.

Basically I'm working for a project called the Make it Break it awards (MIBI) which is a singer songwriter competition for those aged between 14 and 19 in the UK.

I thought with all the fans here and Mika being a singer songwriter there may be a few budding stars here

This years judges include:

Coldplay's Chris Martin

DJ Mark Radcliffe

Harvey Goldsmith CBE

Producer Steve Levine

Finalists get to come to LIPA (a performing arts university set up by Sir Paul Mc Cartney) for a 4 day bootcamp with a performance on the final day for industry professionals and the press!

Winners recieve £1,000 worth of Yamaha equipment, instruments etc of their choice for their school, youth club or rehearsal studios.

The winner also gets to record their very own music video and a demo with a great backing band.

Something to think about anyway if your interested the website is currently being redeveloped but it is http://www.makeitbreakit.org and the myspace is /makeitbreakit closing date is mid June even if you know somebody who might be interested that isn't on the forum feel free to poke them

feel free to either email mibi@lipa.ac.uk or send me a pm

hey sorry its internet speak for "Dearest daughter" i believe a little cheese but a good was to differenciate. I use DD, DS(dearest son), DSD (dearest step daughter) DSS, DH (dearest husband) etc etc on forums just to save time and if u have more than one u just add a number on the end lol

darklight i like jordan too I dont think its fair to slag her off for being a glamour model, ok it wouldn't be my chosen career but she has made it work for her and used it as a stepping stone to do further things and create a great life for her family - which i also think she does a great job of being a mother and a wife too.

Ok she had a rant that he didnt have a pic with her, tbh i would be pretty pissed too if every other award presenter had their pic taken with the winner. Who knows though, perhaps he had his reasons...

oh Greta if money was no object id be flying right out there with you - looks lovely! I can almost feel the heat, music in the air and smell summer already

Humphy looks like he loves getting back to nature - loving the pics

i own many in fact id say several hundred I used to be a collector.

Do you/did you go to university?

oh can i join? what number do i get to be I have a DD age 15 months (well nearly 16)

not at all lol, Lucian Grange is too hyped in my opinion - i just have an interest in the running of the industry. You can google any topic and find what you want to read

also who is cl? IMHO managers are highly important btw - otherwise id not aspire to be one and no record is really a steal, there are so many people to pay from it. Distributors, pluggers, promoters, managers, musicians, marketing dept, human resources, promo materials, printers, producers.... the list is so endless im often amaized they manage to pay them all through the record sales of today as they are much lower than in previous yrs yet those helping to create them desire inflated rates of pay. Anywho bed calls me or ill be asleep in my lecture tomorrow x

ok now i HAVE to pull u up on that - how can u say they take NO risks???? they sign thousands of bands a year between all the majors and so very few ever become a name you would hear on the charts or even just on the radio/ music tv? They take plenty of risks. Hind sight is alwasy 20:20, its easy to say they "knew" Mika would be successful now that he is, but it doesnt mean he wasnt a risk along with the other thousands of risks each year.

ah i like it there, many a holiday there as a kid I was born in Armagh but moved to Bangor in Co.Down for the most part of my life and no i think hes only done about 2 or 3 gigs in London ever which isnt really a lot.

The original one in short is about the sales in the music industry and which record labels are doing best and in the case of universal they are saying Mika helped them to do as well as they did hope that helps I <3 Mika

ok i guess ill leave you to your own thoughts because the way i see it any investment is a risk and thats all mika was to the rec co at the start - an investment and i do think they deserve some credit and financial return for getting his music out there and promoting it well - i know i personally wouldnt have heard his music without it being pushed so heavily and i used to go and watch random gigs in london 4+ nights a week before i moved

Pam of course he is the owner of his songs. He still owns the copyrite for the lyrics and the melody - the record company will own the actual recording and in all fairness why shouldnt they when they no doubt put the money up to create them and took a risk (and yes it was a risk because u never know if an act will sink or swim).

I dont think he sold out, i think he found a means to an end. In all honesty, if he hadnt signed a contract with universal... would you have heard his music today? Perhaps not, most of us wouldnt. It may be becoming easier to do things yourself or with the indies, but it still doesnt make it easy. Just looking at the market share these companies have tells us that.

Sorry I hope that doesnt seem like a rant, i just find it an interesting topic when people find musicians sell outs for using record companies. I dont know what sort of deal he has but for all we know it could be a 2/3 album deal rather than some unlimited number and thus he could go off to another company or indeed set up his own in a few yrs time never say never

25th of June also where abouts r u from neeve? like originaly

new series im afraid, but ever so good

oh my goodness i know im new and all but i wont be by june lol so can i sign myself up for this!!!! I want lots of yummy foreign chocolate

Ill be in N.Ireland then so can fire of Tayto crisps (the best crisps in the world done u know ) along with UK style things

Anyone watch this show? If not flick over to BBC 3 now to watch it

flippen fab show, should so be on more than 30 mins a week! Makes me want to visit Barry in Wales lol