Comments on: Nashville Hires Rick Rubin to Produce Every Album http://www.countrycalifornia.com/nashville-hires-rick-rubin-to-produce-every-album/ Country music. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bobby http://www.countrycalifornia.com/nashville-hires-rick-rubin-to-produce-every-album/#comment-1341 Bobby Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:33:26 +0000 http://www.countrycalifornia.com/?p=1088#comment-1341 Imagine if Rick produced Rascal Flatts... ...They'd still sound like [bad word]. Imagine if Rick produced Rascal Flatts…

…They’d still sound like [bad word].

]]> By: Dan http://www.countrycalifornia.com/nashville-hires-rick-rubin-to-produce-every-album/#comment-1043 Dan Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:35:06 +0000 http://www.countrycalifornia.com/?p=1088#comment-1043 Yeah, she doesn't seem all that bad, and I think there should be a place for that kind of artist (though until she can match that pep with a little genuine substance, she's kind of the worst example of bubblegum country). But I'd like to see her kind of take up Kellie Pickler's gauntlet simply because I think she can pull off the same spiel but is a much better role model for girls (I don't know that I will ever forgive Pickler for Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader - that was an embarrassment to this genre and America as a whole). Yeah, she doesn’t seem all that bad, and I think there should be a place for that kind of artist (though until she can match that pep with a little genuine substance, she’s kind of the worst example of bubblegum country).

But I’d like to see her kind of take up Kellie Pickler’s gauntlet simply because I think she can pull off the same spiel but is a much better role model for girls (I don’t know that I will ever forgive Pickler for Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader – that was an embarrassment to this genre and America as a whole).

]]> By: cmw http://www.countrycalifornia.com/nashville-hires-rick-rubin-to-produce-every-album/#comment-1042 cmw Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:04:30 +0000 http://www.countrycalifornia.com/?p=1088#comment-1042 Interesting, Dan. Honestly, before I got to that point in your comment, Sugarland was already coming to mind for me too, which worries me a bit. Asked to name a prominent mainstream act of possible ambition and substance, we both come up with the same answer? Might be a sad comment on the state of the industry. Don't tell anyone, but I think Julianne Hough can actually sing. She's just much too peppy. Interesting, Dan.

Honestly, before I got to that point in your comment, Sugarland was already coming to mind for me too, which worries me a bit. Asked to name a prominent mainstream act of possible ambition and substance, we both come up with the same answer? Might be a sad comment on the state of the industry.

Don’t tell anyone, but I think Julianne Hough can actually sing. She’s just much too peppy.

]]> By: Dan http://www.countrycalifornia.com/nashville-hires-rick-rubin-to-produce-every-album/#comment-1034 Dan Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:21:30 +0000 http://www.countrycalifornia.com/?p=1088#comment-1034 Haha, I like this one too. Actually it brings up an interesting point - I think a good deal of mainstream people actually have the talent (and some of them even the creative intelligence) to make really worthwhile sets but just get stuck with unmemorable material and by-the-numbers pop-oriented producers who don't challenge them enough. Rubin isn't the be-all-end-all, but he does seem good at unlocking an ambitious artist's full potential, and there are some acts who I think might really thrive under the tutelage of someone like that - Sugarland especially comes to mind. Heck, I'd even give a Julianne Hough album a reasonable listen if he produced it. Haha, I like this one too. Actually it brings up an interesting point – I think a good deal of mainstream people actually have the talent (and some of them even the creative intelligence) to make really worthwhile sets but just get stuck with unmemorable material and by-the-numbers pop-oriented producers who don’t challenge them enough. Rubin isn’t the be-all-end-all, but he does seem good at unlocking an ambitious artist’s full potential, and there are some acts who I think might really thrive under the tutelage of someone like that – Sugarland especially comes to mind. Heck, I’d even give a Julianne Hough album a reasonable listen if he produced it.

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