When I first started my job, my boss told me that one of the job perks is being invited to the weekly Products meetings. I know that doesn't sound that great, but remember I work in music, so by product that means I get to see music videos and/or artists.
At first I thought it was kind of lame. It starts at 9:00 am (which isn't bad since I start at 7:00) but they crank the volume on all the video's they play. Normally not a bad thing, but then I realized they do not always play music I like. Basically they play one video from each genre, country, top 40, rock, spanish, rap and alternative. To this day, I hate...H-A-T-E listening to spanish music.
We also get artists to come in and sing live in the conference room. The singers aren't 'popular' as they are bands coming in are usually just starting out. As corny as it sounds, it is pretty cool listening to live music usually backed with just an acoustic guitar. After the performance we usually get free cds, pictures and autographs.
Because of these product meetings I find myself listening to a lot more genres of music. Case in point, the music on my slide show from Monterey is Colbie Caillat. Several people emailed me to find out who that artist was on my slide show. She is a UMG artist and she was our top free itune download a month or so ago.
Of course this doesn't mean that I don't listen to my all time favorite...RAP. 9/11 was a big date for us because 50 Cent or Fiddy went against another UMG artist in Kayne West. BET and the radios were hyping the battle on who would sell more. I was excited as well and tried to listen to both albums early but I couldn't get a copy until 9/10. I suppose it didn't really matter because since I manage all the 'data' I already knew based on projections and shipments that Kayne was going to win.
I guess it isn't so bad when you can spend Friday mornings watching music videos!
5 days ago
6 comments:
so will fhidee follow through on his promise and retire?
kogan-
nope, supposedly that bet was withdrawn a few days after he made. i think kayne actually told fiddy to withdraw the offer. i think kayne wasn't 100% sure he could win.
kayne has never had strong sales, where fiddy has always had strong/decent sales.
woah! this happens every Friday?!?! thats pretty cool!!
sunil-
not every friday. almost every friday they show videos for an hour. if not they show videos for a 1/2 hour and an artist comes in for another 1/2 hour to sing 2-3 songs and answer questions and stuff.
i would say we see artist at least half the month on average.
i wonder if our friend who works at vivid has "product meetings" and if they have new talent come in to perform "acoustic" sets.
ah, to live the dream.
kb-
nope, i asked rodney and they don't have 'product' meetings.
sometimes they come in to get the paychecks. rodney says they have 2 looks:
1. the made up look like they are going or coming from a shoot.
2. they look regular which usually isn't a good thing. which i said i would personally have to see to believe.
there office is very bland. you would never believe it is an adult entertainment company. no tvs, no videos playing, no posters. disappointing.
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