Shaun Groves
Phillip is a rock star. His hair hangs like a veil of cool over his eyes. His shoes and jeans are tattered to perfection. His voice is raspy from practicing every afternoon with his band. They’ve just secured international distribution, and with it the chance to play for an audience of 100,000,000 potential fans every day.
The whole story is this: Phillip is my nephew and he’s just seven. His mom cuts his hair and buys his ragged jeans and shoes. His voice is strained from singing along with a CD player every afternoon blaring in his best friend’s bonus room. And his video just hit Youtube where it’s been viewed 23 times – mostly by aunts, uncles and grandparents.
Web 2.0 (the current state of the world wide web, which is made up of more and more sites centering on dialogue rather than delivering a monologue) has changed the music business for everyone – from the big guys in Nashville and New York to the littlest of the little guys in bonus rooms everywhere.
euphrony says:
I enjoyed the “guest blog”. And the video of your rockin’ nephew.
The system is changing, and the alert will keep an edge that the gilded tower musicians will loose. How else could a group of goofy looking guys like OK Go become an overnight household name?
And thanks for the link to Paste Magazine’s free mp3 section. I snagged around 30 of what they had offered, including some good stuff from Pierce Pettis and from Kate Rusby (her voice is simply mesmerizing).
ally simpson says:
we like the way he flicks his hair in a cool rock star way and hey the drummer stopping to get a drink is legendary!!
Shaun Groves says:
The sippy cup drummer is Brody’s oldest, Blue.
Blue Harper.
Tell me that’s not a rock star name.
ally simpson says:
Blue is in the rock star league table with bono for sure!! Im slightly jealous
Shaun Groves says:
My favorite part:
A minute into the show, Blue yells to the monitor guy off camera for more bass in his mix. A few seconds later he slashes his hand through the air at him as if to say, “Forget, man! You’re tweaking my groove! Leave it like it is! Leave it the mix alone. man!” And proceeds to summon the rock gods once again. After another swig of course.
ally simpson says:
hehe i watched again and thats so funny……………a rock star in the making!