NOw we all know before a new record is given the heads up, it usually goes through listening sessions with industry people. Well, truth is, if these listening sessions were successful, why arnt the cd sales more successful. YOu wanna know why? What good is it to have 100 people sitting around shaking their head to your music and hollaring this is hot, if they are not true fans. Real fans are us that hang on the websites, checking for the new music, saying what we want to hear, speaking our opinion about the music, crying to the music, pushing harder through the music, etc. I mean how many people in a listening session will actually tell an artist that the music is okay, but you need something better? Us fans, we would do that. MOst industry heads or people that are in your circle are not very reliable because they just want to please you. The fans are most reliable because we are the ones that make a record commercially successful. We are only around the music and not the artist, so there is no conflict of intrest.
I propose that 50 should have a fans only listening session. He could invite 100 fans to a special listening session(half guys half girls), but it wont be everybody sitting in one room listening just bobbing they heads at everything just because its 50. I mean he would have everybody at they own listening station going through all the proposed songs for Before I self destruct. We would pick the best 14 songs that are a must hear to all of our fellow fans; Not something that is okay or it sounds cool, but the best 14 that we feel other fans and haters must hear because the tracks are that potent. I mean I have a great plan for this and everything. I just really feel that this is a better way to get the best music out that fans want to hear. If an artist truly pleases the fans, then he/she will therefore be please when the soundsacn comes out. JUst think, this would be revolutionary and 50 would be the first to do it. I think If 50 did this he would see an incredible spike in music sales. Come on you guys speak up. Because 50, being the genius businessman he is, might actually consider this idea. Speak up and you just may be one of the listening session attendee's.