| re: Paula Abdul and David Sonenberg | |
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Jacqueline 05:41 pm UTC 07/22/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Paula Abdul and David Sonenberg - John_Galt 09:26 pm UTC 07/21/09 |
| I think David gets some bad press on this board. He's a total sweetie and he really, really loves Jim both as a person and artist. He's a brilliant person as well. > Part of what he is doing is negotiating a new contract for > Paula that will earn her significantly more money. Just > as crucially, he is using the public negotiation to > increase his own visibility within the industry. > > Probably, he'll loose Paula the best gig she's ever going > to get given her age and condition and general lack of > talent because American Idol's producers may very well > call his bluff, but his willing to take risks with her > career will impress some people. > > It's just an opinion, but I still think he calls himself a > "manager" in order to escape NY and California's cap on > the percentage of artist's income an agent may receive per > contract. His services seem to clearly fall under the > definition of procuring work for his clients and > negotiating contracts. He wouldn't be the first to use > relationships within the industry to suck talent dry for a > living, but I still wish we would have gotten Meat Loaf on > board to file an action with the department of labor and > the bar association before the statute ran. > > I also think he may have been involved in breaking up the > dynamic duo, like some social networking version of Yoko > Ono, and I doubt that he's pushing his roster of clients > to cover Jim Steinman songs these days. Smeg has also > mentioned some things that make me think he didn't really > help get Jim through the DotV fiasco gently and without > scars. > > -=John Galt=- > > > > ... and I'm all for freedom of K, but > > > Just read a story on CNN about how Paula Abdul is not > > expected to return to American Idol. Guess who was quoted > > as saying so? Her new manager, our old pal David > > Sonenberg. I don't particularly care about Paula, but I > > wonder what Sonenberg's up to. Is he still involved with > > Meat or Jim? | |
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