Re: Selling millions

[jackthecat]

I think that Ani's music appeals to a much wider demographic...I know kids
age 12 up to 30+ who love her because she speaks to them deeply in the way
patti speaks to some of us....I know there are younger people who've
discovered patti and that's great....but I think most of us are older and
were around in the 70's in some capacity and into patti in our teen years of
angst, etc.  Ani's music isn't in the same category as patti...its very
gender aware whereas patti speaks of genderlessness as a good place for an
artist to work from, as there are less boundaries..Ani is also extremely
accomplished on guitar and has great lyrics, she's sharp as a whip and also
looks the part (pierced, clothing choices) of disaffected Gen X...Patti has
the lyrics over Ani by far, but Ani can play that guitar....I'm just
wondering how the other living CB's bands are doing record sale
wise...Blondie's doing well, Television had the one cd that seemed to
disappear and go out of print real fast....Richard Hell has his spoken word
stuff....Jim Carroll has a few pieces of vinyl that went to cd as well as a
new cd...wonder how that did???? Can't believe it did better than
patti...Tom Verlaine hasn't put out any new stuff in years...I wonder how
Sonic Youth sell??? (altho they weren't players at CB's??).  I would have to
say patti got under my skin with horses and then again with Gone Again, for
two different reasons, as I was in a different place and age for Gone
Again....IMHO, jtc
----- Original Message -----
From: Amy L. Dove <adove>
To: <babel-list>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Selling millions


> To the best of my knowledge, Ani DiFranco basically started out selling
> tapes out of the trunk of her car in NYC.  I don't think her earlier
> albums featured a lot of other musicians, mostly just her and her
> guitar.  Don't know how she evolved it into such a successful business,
> but now I think that she's even gone and signed a few more acts.  She
> usually plays with a band now, as her music has evolved from
> folky-chick-with-her-guitar against the world, to something completely
> new.  She uses more keyboards and electric guitar with her act.  On her
> most recent album, "To the Teeth," she does this really cool number with
> a rapper.
>
> LKG wrote:
> >
> > I keep hearing that Ani DiFranco does all her records totally
> > on her own and always has, with great success. If this is true,
> > how does she do it? (I think she also plays with a band/bands?)
> >
> >  :} Lkg
> >
> >
> --
> Amy L. Dove (adove)
> "And yet you'd like to believe that your very geekness -- your
> weirdness...what makes you strange -- might also be your gift." -- Lisa
> Germano