I was thumbing through the Summer 2006 edition of BMI MusicWorld magazine and a few factoids jumped out of the articles on the artists/bands showcased.
Shinedown:
Pounded out over 200 concerts a year.
Spent a solid 23 months of touring behind debut album Leave a Whisper.
Ne-Yo (probably my favorite R&B artist right now):
Real name: Shaffer C. Smith
Ne-Yo's CD In My Own Words is platinum.
Carrie Underwood:
Prior to American Idol, Carrie "had...never been on national television."
Underwood's first CD Some Hearts is now triple platinum.
Daniel Powter:
"Bad Day" first became a hit in Europe, where it was the number one most played song of 2005 for this thirty-five year old Canadian songwriter and musician.
James Blunt:
Lest one start throwing about the term "overnight sensation," Blunt says, "Well, I'm twenty-eight now and I've been planning this since I was fourteen..."
Teddy Geiger:
Started writing songs at age eight. Geiger wrote or co-wrote eleven of the twelve songs on his major label debut CD Underage Thinking. Now seventeen, Geiger is a multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, piano, bass, and drums.
Take note how everyone's journey has a different origin. Change of name, geography, TV, touring, teens, twenties, thirties, etc. There is no "one size fits all" formula for success.
Thank you BMI for your informative publication and profiles.
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