JPF Home Page Forums General Messages General Message Forum Jody's Mis-Information About The Music Business

Most misinformation lies in the opinion zone. And we know how that saying goes - everyone has one. I trust Jody on business matters. I hate the business end, but treat it as a necessary evil. After all that can be done on the business end, it still requires a bit of luck (opinion zone). I've read a large amount of bio's/ auto bio's (mostly from actors, actresses, and composers). Everyone mentioned a turning point in their career that was a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Just finished Harpo Marx's bio. He would watch this man daily in the barber shop making ridiculous faces. He would practice for hours trying to duplicate it. It became his famous funny face. He credits this with making it big in the movies. His bro, Groucho would say if he had to choose between talent or luck, he’d take luck. His gig on "You Bet Your Life" was a stroke of luck being a one-time warm-up for a Bob Hope. A producer saw him and eventually signed him to the show.

I credit my success with as much to do with luck, as talent. More so living in the right era at the right time. The Internet has opened-up many possibilities for the common man that lives miles away from the action. So why am I saying this? This happens to be one area where Jody & I don't see exactly eye-to-eye,i.e., on the matter of luck. The other disagreement we had was in the non-exclusive/ re-title contract agreements. Though I've relented 80% to Jody's opinion on this. And don’t want to open this debate up again.

So let the opinions roll. And double/triple check the facts. And know the difference between them.