SiriusXM Uses Taylor Effect

[TheBigA]

SiriusXM is hoping to use the Taylor Swift effect to attract new subscribers to its service:

SiriusXM Wants The 'Taylor Swift Effect' As Ad Campaign Expands - Radio Ink

SiriusXM is serious about its aggressive ad efforts with a strategic placement during Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour concert film on Disney+.

radioink.com

This is an example of something a national radio service can do.

 

[Mike Sheridan]

UGH! Sorry but there are so many young singers who are more talented.

 

[Kelly A]

UGH! Sorry but there are so many young singers who are more talented.

I imagine some said the same about The Beatles back in the day.

 

[secondchoice]

I imagine some said the same about The Beatles back in the day.

IMHO The key difference is writing most of your songs. NBC's The Voice has some folks that really sing other people's songs. Neil Young has proved that writing a good song will get you air play. It certainly wasn't his vocal skills.

 

[Kelly A]

IMHO The key difference is writing most of your songs. NBC's The Voice has some folks that really sing other people's songs. Neil Young has proved that writing a good song will get you air play. It certainly wasn't his vocal skills.

Taylor Swift has always written her songs, but apparently to some still isn't as talented as other singers/bands who wrote their songs.

 

[KeithE4]

Neil Young has proved that writing a good song will get you air play. It certainly wasn't his vocal skills.

Two words: Bob. Dylan. 😃

 

[secondchoice]

Taylor Swift has always written her songs, but apparently to some still isn't as talented as other singers/bands who wrote their songs.

Sounds like jellosy. Iam not a fan (or hater) but you can't argue with her $ucce$$. Isn't she a Billionaire.

 

[Kelly A]

Sounds like jellosy. Iam not a fan (or hater) but you can't argue with her $ucce$$. Isn't she a Billionaire.

Many times over.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Countless singers had songs written for them. Yet for whatever reason only some get these comments thrown at them.

 

[Mike Sheridan]

Sounds like jellosy. Iam not a fan (or hater) but you can't argue with her $ucce$$. Isn't she a Billionaire.

I hsve listened to her songs. The melody should enhance the message of the lyrics. Her's doesn't. You could sing any lyrics to her melodies, manufactured music.

 

[davideduardo]

UGH! Sorry but there are so many young singers who are more talented.

But none have the total appeal of personality, songs and appearance.

The closest I can see to the Taylor phenomenon is, perhaps, Frank Sinatra.

 

[Mike Sheridan]

But none have the total appeal of personality, songs and appearance.

The closest I can see to the Taylor phenomenon is, perhaps, Frank Sinatra.

Except Sinatra didn't write his own songs but he had plenty of great ones to choose from. Sinatra's appeal also spans generations much like the Beatles,Prince, Michael Jackson and Queen.

Time will tell if Taylor's fame lasts or fades.

 

[davideduardo]

Except Sinatra didn't write his own songs but he had plenty of great ones to choose from. Sinatra's appeal also spans generations much like the Beatles,Prince, Michael Jackson and Queen.

The Beatles were active less than a decade. The string of Michael Jackson hits was only slightly longer if we go back to his singing about a rat named Ben. Swift is just two years short of 20 years since her first hit in 2006.

Time will tell if Taylor's fame lasts or fades.

In music, 18 years is a pretty good record already.

 

[TheBigA]

I hsve listened to her songs. The melody should enhance the message of the lyrics. Her's doesn't. You could sing any lyrics to her melodies, manufactured music.

She isn't aiming her music at you.

 

[CTListener]

I hsve listened to her songs. The melody should enhance the message of the lyrics. Her's doesn't. You could sing any lyrics to her melodies, manufactured music.

Get off my lawn.

 

[Don CT]

I hsve listened to her songs. The melody should enhance the message of the lyrics. Her's doesn't. You could sing any lyrics to her melodies, manufactured music.

All music is manufactured somehow. It starts from nothing.

 

[secondchoice]

All music is manufactured somehow. It starts from nothing.

One of the more more interesting methods was the Bernie Taupin - Elton John songs. Bernie wrote the lyrics and often later Elton wrote the music.

 

[CTListener]

One of the more more interesting methods was the Bernie Taupin - Elton John songs. Bernie wrote the lyrics and often later Elton wrote the music.

And other songwriting teams work the other way around. One comes up with a catchy tune, the other puts words to it.

 

[secondchoice]

I saw an interview with Elton and he said sometimes he would be out and come home and there were lyrics slid under the door. What ever works. I have zero songwriting abilities. I went to HS just north of Nashville. I didn't even pretend to be a songwriter. I went to church with a retired employee of MCA. He said song writing will make you crazy if you aren't already.

 

[Mike Sheridan]

I saw an interview with Elton and he said sometimes he would be out and come home and there were lyrics slid under the door. What ever works. I have zero songwriting abilities. I went to HS just north of Nashville. I didn't even pretend to be a songwriter. I went to church with a retired employee of MCA. He said song writing will make you crazy if you aren't already.

I've had the songwriting muse but somehow it faded and never came to anything.