Chris Daughtry provides some free publicity for Ed & Live Options

[livefan1999]

American Idol finalist, Chris Daughtry recently signed a recording deal with RCA Records/19Recordings. 19Recordings is a company run by the producer of American Idol, Simon Fuller. Often 19Recordings links up with RCA Records, as Clive Davis works with American Idol on backing many Idol finalists.

There has been a widespread press release issued on behalf of those labels about the signing of Chris. In the release, there is mention of Chris having collaborated with Ed in the past six weeks. The AP release has been picked up by hundreds of newspapers around the country and I've seen it on paper sites as far away as Malaysia.

Just a little more public mention of Live and perhaps a prompt to get those unfamiliar with the band to put the info in Google. Maybe more fans interested in Live's works.

Here is the paragraph in the release which mentions Ed and Live:

"'This won't be a pop album,' he said. Over the past six weeks, Daughtry has been writing new songs and collaborating with some major artists, including Ed Kowalczyk of Live and Fuel's Carl Bell. He also plans to collaborate with Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger and other major artists, Daughtry said."

[Gertjan]

Point taken. I guess I underestimated the polularity of Chris

Btw, the winners of the Dutch Idol series were hyped beyond reason but all of 'm lost most of their fan base within six months. I'm sure their first records sold pretty well but they are merely considered a product of the show, not artists.

[livefan1999]

Point taken. I guess I underestimated the polularity of Chris

Btw, the winners of the Dutch Idol series were hyped beyond reason but all of 'm lost most of their fan base within six months. I'm sure their first records sold pretty well but they are merely considered a product of the show, not artists.

That has happened to some here in the U.S., too. Particularly the second-place winners. Even Ruben seems to have been struggling somewhat. He was the second year winner in the U.S. Kelly Clarkson, well, we know how great she is doing, but that is because she left behind the style Idol wanted her to do and did her own thing. Fantasia had her first cd sell well and she is doing a lot of other projects, but I don't hear much about her recording, etc.

I think Chris pulled a much larger fan base than most of the Idols. If he holds true to the style of music he professes to enjoy writing and performing, along the lines of what he did in the competition, I think he'll do pretty good. Whether or not he will have long-range success, who knows. I'm glad for him, but at the same time, I sometimes get a little frustrated for all of the musicians out there who beat their heads up against the wall to get recognition while some of those coming off Idol get instant recognition. I know Chris has been playing for a long time, too, so maybe it is his time to move forward and have a successful career.