Thursday, December 18, 2008

How to Avoid Being a 1-Hit Wonder, 101


Write one original song and cover the rest of your album.

Hook up with someone whose name is big in the United States as well as in Europe.

Use phrases that are simple but have double meanings.

Be so hot that people will buy your album just to stare at you.

Have a song that has slow repetitive lyrics so that anyone can sing along.

Remain as mysterious as possible so that people need to know more about you.

The life that the media captures should be just as dramatic as your music, and not more.

Have a subtle overlap of various styles of music in order maximize your airtime.

If you're going to dance, take moves from Janet and Michael Jackson.

And last, but not least, don't blame me if this doesn't work (even though I've seen this repetitive nonsense happen time and time again), I do believe that this is all that you need in order to be bigger than a one-hit wonder but definitely far less than the greatest.

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