Josh Gracin Has Nothing to Lose After Leaving Label
The good thing about being set free from your record deal is just that. You're free. You have nothing to lose, so to speak. So now that Josh Gracin's no longer on Lyric Street Records (home of Rascal Flatts), he's teamed up with Dean Sams, the keyboard player from Lonestar to produce "Enough." Gracin has it posted on his MySpace page, where he blogged that he wrote it and he hopes we love it. I do love his voice, although I'm not crazy about the story in this song. Mostly because I don't really get what it's about. That said, I am thoroughly enjoying the song right below "Enough" on the player. It's "Telluride," a steamy love song from Tim McGraw's 2001 album, Set This Circus Down.
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hotelmotel says:
I’d rather have something to lose than have nothing to lose. Because if you have nothing to lose, that means you have, well, nothing.
Alison W says:
I as well love Josh’s version of Telluride.
Alexis says:
This is a great thing, since Lyric Street doesn’t know how to promote any of its roster who aren’t Rascal Flatts. Can’t wait to see Josh at the Riverfront.
K says:
I think it’s odd how Lyric Street has only had one superstar act; the rest get little to no promotion or radio airplay. Isn’t it the job of a record company to get their artists out there as much as possible so that the artists can make a living?
99% of this company’s roster has either done one of three things:
1. Been dropped by the label due to lack of promotion, little radio play, or weak record sales
(Josh Gracin, Phil Stacey, Brian Mcomas)
2. Gets no promotion or radio airplay, but remains on the roster (for now)
Shedaisy
Bily Ray Cyrus
Love and Theft
Trent Tomlinson
Several new acts have been acted to the roster, but there has been no promotion or push for them, either.
I keep (secretly) hoping that Lyric Street will eventually have to close its doors; maybe then Rascal Flatts can start producing the music they SHOULD be making.
hotelmotel says:
K says, “I think its odd how Lyric Street has only had one superstar act…”
Is that really odd? In the late 1990s, Garth Brooks was essentially the only act on Capital Nashille that did anything (Deana Carter had some very brief success; Tanya Tucker’s career as a hitmaker was winding down by 1995); Kenny Chesney seems to be having far more success than any other acts on BNA; Curb has in recent times seemed to have only one or two commercially viable artists, et cetera.
It seems to me that it may well make perfect sense for Lyric Street to invest most of their money into promoting Rascal Flatts. They may well make a far better return on that investment than on any investment in Josh Gracin or SheDaisy.If so, they are doing the right thing for their shareholders by promoting the Flatts.
RedMaZ says:
Checked out Gracin’s music. It’s no wonder they dumped him. Sounds like most all the other Pop Country acts. The difference is he’s not making money for his record label. There are tons of these disposable acts. Next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
K says:
I just don’t understand how they are able to stay in business, honestly. They are a fairly small label, but 99% of their acts don’t do well in the retail or radio market.
solongsowrong says:
Having worked for a major label for a time, and seeing that making money is the only thing that is important to them… the art of the music sure doesn’t matter… I can say that hotelmotel pretty much hit the nail on the head with their assessment. See something that looks like it can sell, and promote it like crazy, so all the sheeple will follow. Everyone else… sorry about your luck. Short term, it’s great for the stockholders. Long term… that’s why the majors are starting to fail, and except for a few choosen artists, are lossing more and more sales every year.
Just curious K, since the Flatts are selling according to their labels plan, what do you mean when you say maybe then Rascal Flatts can start producing the music they SHOULD be making?
kaye says:
How is this for exposure of his new song - He could play a couple of his hits and this new song at half time shows for college football games because those stadiums are packed and have 60 to 130 thousand people and most are nationally televised and they would be sure to show some it on tv since he is already famous and has already had great hits! the video could play on the screens as he sings - josh should call me to be his pr person - :) - i could make all the arrangements and would probably do better than lyric street because it sounds like they were terrible!!
B says:
Whoever mentioned RF producing their own music nailed it on the head. That will happen pretty soon I believe.