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Post by amg1977 on Sept 22, 2024 21:58:23 GMT -5
Jackie was asked on her social media about moving away from "classical" she has done so for a long time and the fact is you could release something like Solla or Two Hearts Disc Two and go back to doing CC material because that is her choice.
Let's look at this from the perspective of another artist: Taylor Swift. Like Jackie, Taylor first achieved fame in a genre completely different from her most recent recordings. Like Jackie, Taylor still sings her songs from her older country albums when she performs live. Taylor even still records some songs with folk or country elements. Even though you might argue that Taylor is partially country in live performances, there has been no real country album of new material produced by her in years. No one would seriously consider Taylor Swift to be a country artist any longer.
Jackie still performs some of her past CC material live so you could argue she is partially a CC singer in her live performances. But she has not recorded any album you could consider CC since Two Hearts (Part I). Since then, her albums have been an LP of songs from contemporary musicals, a cover LP of folk/pop songs, and an alt/pop EP. If she were to record more CC material, then you could have a case of her still being a CC singer. But if she releases a few more albums of pop material, it would be pretty clear at that point that she considers that phase of her career to be behind her. Even if she still performs some of it, it would no longer be a living part of her music.
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Post by amg1977 on Sept 22, 2024 22:42:56 GMT -5
Fact: Her Parents set her up for success and she doesn't have to work as hard as the so called peers according to Rickky ...
If, by setting her up for success, you mean that Lisa went full stage mom calling people up, taking her to tryouts, going on the net to promote her to whoever would listen, etc., I would agree and it was important in launching the early stages of Jackie's career. If you mean setting her up for long term success, then that is dead wrong and the current state of her career speaks to it. There is a reason smart parents who have kids in showbiz hire people to manage their careers. That doesn't mean they just hand the kid over and it doesn't mean they can't accompany them when working, but you need someone who understands showbiz and how you can get ripped off. The idea is you have someone to keep handle the career while you handle the handler. You still can accompany the child when working (some supervision is usually required legally), but some parents are only interested in the money and don't care what happens. Some have even covered up abuse for a payout. I'm not talking about just trusting some showbiz guy but rather letting the showbiz guy get the best deal and try to find additional possibilities for performances and branding.
Consider someone like JoJo Siwa who, in my opinion is completely lacking in any talent apart from screaming at the top of her lungs. When it comes to being a stereotypical stage mom, JoJo's mother makes Lisa look subdued. She is even more obnoxious than JoJo. I truly believe the reason JoJo never got unhinged from Abby Lee Miller's abuse like the other girls on Dance Moms was that living with her mother made Abby pale in comparison. Yet, as obnoxious as she was, she understood she was in over her head and hired someone from the team that created the Olsen Twin's empire a few decades earlier and guided Hilary Duff some years after that along with a bunch of other teen stars. if you want to sell yourself to kids like breakfast cereal, these are the folks who can do it. Now I am not suggesting they should have hired that group (audience is way too different) but there are people who know how to drum up movie roles, voice over roles, etc.. I think with her singing voice, Jackie could have made lots of money at voice-overs for animated features. I also think that someone like that would not have allowed David Foster to walk away with most of the money for that album. You have to first know what you don't know and second see that 90% of two million is more than 100% of 1 million.
As far as others having to work harder, the reality is they worked more because they had more opportunities. Do you seriously think Jackie would have turned down movie roles or modeling gigs? Grace Vanderwaal essentially went on a four year vacation but could still get modeling gigs with Chanel, Yves St. Laurent, and Marc Jacobs in her spare time and make a few movies on the side. Do you really believe that had such opportunities to model for major fashion houses or have a role in a movie with a legendary director been available to Jackie, that she would have said "Thanks ... but no thanks"?
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