Chris Shinn in Retrospect Options

[LiveForNow]

Now that the Chris Shinn chapter of Live has closed, what are your takeaways?

[mfitz804]

I was once in a band with a singer who only wanted to sing the songs he wrote, despite the fact that some of our other band members wrote as well. His reasoning was exactly that, his performance was better on his own songs because they were personal to him.

[World Dreamer]

I was once in a band with a singer who only wanted to sing the songs he wrote, despite the fact that some of our other band members wrote as well. His reasoning was exactly that, his performance was better on his own songs because they were personal to him.

This is a very interesting statement and is what I base my defense of Shinn messing up lyrics on.

First, yes he needed to eventually get the lyrics down. I get that. But he never lived those songs.

I'd also like to know how much they rehearsed. How often did they go through those songs? Between families, living across the country from each other, and business ventures do you think they were in the studio rehearsing? I would guess not or at least not nearly enough.

Yes, Shinn could have put Throwing Copper on his iPhone and probably should have. But if Shinn forgetting lyrics is a main reason for Live dropping him then I would suggest CCP look in the mirror. I saw more tweets about racecars than I did music.

Shinn never messed up songs off The Turn though. Ed messed up Live songs all the time.

[vivapokey]

Yes, Shinn could have put Throwing Copper on his iPhone and probably should have. But if Shinn forgetting lyrics is a main reason for Live dropping him then I would suggest CCP look in the mirror. I saw more tweets about racecars than I did music.

Yeah this is more along the lines of things. It was just ... such a weird strategy. Like "hey if we put our branding on a car, and then promote the car, then we get money now?" Maybe try promoting the actual band rather than the car with a band sticker on it. They handled The Turn so poorly.