By FAYETTE (205.188.209.38) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 05:55 pm:

HOW DOES SINGERS WITH BIG EGO'S LAST IN
THE ENTERTAINMENT FIELD.I KNOW THOSE EGOS
BE OUT THERE LURKING LOL P.S DO ANY OF
YOU GUYS KNOW OF ANY WITH HUGE EGOS

By Eli (151.197.40.151) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 06:23 pm:

I suppose that when a person is taken from a near poverty financial state to that of one of "overnight wealth" as in some of our recent musical idioms, one would tend to live way beyond their means and feal infallable and immune to a return to poverty, but so many times the lack of humility and the onset of overt greed can destroy a carreer and stop it before it starts.
So many of our young acts are so ignorant to the buisness and only live for the "bling".

By fayette (205.188.209.38) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 06:30 pm:

mr eli i think it's important to know how
to hold on and not let things slip from our fingers

By 1wicked (66.80.176.194) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 06:34 pm:

Fayette....many of the people on this forum are in "the business" and for a number of reasons just would not want to "go there" and name names. You might want to check out the archives of www.thesmokinggun.com for the section on contract riders & you can see where the egos of certain stars are.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 06:34 pm:

Fayette:
To hitch-hike onto Eli's point, artists who have survived for several years (such as the legends we talk about here in the Forum) have lasted this long mainly because they haven't let success go to their heads or if they did, they may have hit a brick wall and learned from their lessons.
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By fayette (205.188.209.38) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 06:52 pm:

iwicked this is not intended to be degrading.
but egos exist is everyday life.besides i don't
want to go where you send me lol

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 07:00 pm:

Hey Iwicked,
Good point...by the way I want nothing but green M&Ms in my punchbowl!
Kevin Goins - KevGo

(PS - And the punchbowl has to be GLASS, not plastic!)

By fayette (205.188.209.38) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 07:08 pm:

kevco that was the message i was lookin for.
i don't know why for the life of me .i'll
leave that alone.

By fayette (64.12.97.7) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 07:49 pm:

p.s. kevin will you save me the red m&ms and
i want my wine red and not in a plastic tumbler

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 07:55 pm:

Fayette:
No problem! Red wine in a crystal glass coming up!
Kevin Goins - KevGo

(PS - You asked me on another thread about my Freda Payne 45s - yes, I still have a turntable!).

By fayette (64.12.97.7) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 08:01 pm:

didn't know they still made those kevin.looking
for one to play my alexander oneal album

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 08:10 pm:

Fayette:
Radio Shack sells turntables made by RCA. The asking price is around one hundred dollars.

The best thing is to check out thrift shops in your area and find a record player for cheap (I bought my Aiwa turntable for twenty bucks)and order a replacement needle through Radio Shack which sells needles & cartridges for several makes & models.

Good luck!
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By fayette (64.12.97.7) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 08:13 pm:

thanky kevin will do

By Eli (205.188.209.38) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 11:33 pm:

The only egos that I have encountered were with "writers" who are not qualified to write and
"producers" who know nothing about producing.
You go and try to change an "a" to a "the" and they are ready to rumble. Uh Uh cant use those kinda folks.
They usually wind up at the dealership anyway selling used Edsels.
You have to keep an open mind when creating songs and not be adament about having it their way. When they do this I tell them to go directly to Burger King!!
I have not had too many problems with artist egos as in the studio they are just on of the boys/girls.