I admit I really know little about Journey or its mgmt
but I do have some thoughts on the subject....
So please don't throw stones...
Irving Azoff has a barnload of bands & a wagon of productions
He has to delegate
Hee Haw
It;s not a one man show
Baruck & Consolo are probably doing most of the hands on work
while consulting with IA.
IA has the contacts, knowledge & experience
but he can't do everything himself and in the end it comes down to profit
potential where he spends most of his time.
If they wanted 1 on 1 management maybe they shouldn't have picked a big mgmt like Azoff. They didn't really think IA was joing to be pounding the pavement going door to door did they?
Herbie had Journey, Santana...and ????
but it was more one on one personal approach and he had alot of himself invested in it so its hard to compare.
It doesn;t seem as if they are sitting on there "asses" as
Neal is already cognizant that SA can't hold the Perry Highs regime (or as Neal put it binder clip on his private parts) for hours night after night
Seems like they are playing as much as they can handle.
I think they too like to have a day off now and then to be with there families.
Irving can only do so much for them
They are established and already peaked
I think its a mistake to hand the mike around the band
I've listened to Deen sing and he;s good
Its not whether they are good or not that matters
These actions tend to make the band appear less centered and focused
A band without a strong charasmatic lead singer can't take a large portion of the market
They are diversifying and having fun doing what works
but when you have to be careful when you go too far from what got you there you risk losing more
There working & making music so just keep on doing what there doing
and make the best of it
It is very difficult to find a new market for Journey
Seems if its just those of us that have grown up with them
and there children if they had any.
There's a girl in the office
Guess she is about 25 or 28
She into music and I asked her once if she liked Journey
She didn;t even know who they were
Partly because Journey went underground for a decade.
They lost a whole generation
So I say they should be grateful they have a top notch managment team and are able to do what they love to do
If Journey was a cow
I'd say lets just be glad they are still giving good milk
No sense hooking them to a plow and dragging them til to they drop
So they play amphtheatres
Sure its harder to get the acoustics right
but there sure is something nice about listening to the sounds of Journey
feeling a warm summer breeze blowing through your hair
under a starstudded canopy on a moonlit night
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:56 pm
