Blake Lewis – Tour Dates Up – Ready to Sign with a New Record Label?
Blake and his new puppy, Sir Diddimus
Blake Lewis tells his fans in a new My Space blog that he’s signing with a new record label:
More news to come soon….. but on the down low. I’ll be signing with a new record label and will have a new single out soon. I mean brand spank me new! Can’t wait for you to hear it!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally, a label that wants to work…. Whattt???? It can’t be.. So stoked! The new record is going to be on the lines of How Many Words and Surrender. Rock/Electro/Pop with a little Bshorty love.
This summer has been pretty chill, but I’ve still managed to work pretty hard on some new music. I have 4 tracks in the works with Darude, DJ Dan/Uberzone and BT. From now till December, they should all be out there waiting for your ears to bless them.
Hm. My guess is a small indie label, but I’m sure more will be revealed. Blake’s re-mix of “How Many Words” is currently #21 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart where it has charted as high as #8. While his blend of 80/90’s techno pop didn’t catch on with the general public, I think there is a spot for Blake in the techno/DJ/dance world. Arista dropping him was a big set back, but he’ll bounce back. Maybe not as a superstar in the pop world, but he’ll do just fine in his niche.
Other news: He’s got some tour dates up HERE. He’s got dates in the North and Southeast. (He’s playing a club up the street from me!) And he and Chris Richardson just returned from a charity basketball game in Norway and Iceland.
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Also, in an industry where most hate American Idol contestants or at the very most grudgingly tolerate them (well the ones that make them money), when you trash other Idols and the show you essentially trash yourself.
I think Blake thought he could disassociate himself from the brand and gain some street cred with his antics; but he needs to accept that American Idol will be permanently tattooed on his a$$ until the day he dies.
Time will tell how Blake fares in the post-Idol world. Same as for all Idol contestants.
I can appreciate that sentiment. But, my feeling is that once the Idols leave the show, all bets are off. They step out of the Idol bubble and into the real world. I like hearing what’s really on their minds vs. carefully phrased diplomatic sound bites. I can agree or disagree, but I won’t come away hating their guts.
I mean, Kimberley Locke said Jason Castro is as dumb as a box of rocks, and while I’m a Jason Castro fan, and I think her statement is stupid, I still can appreciate her singing ability.
I happen to think Blake is talented. Not Kanye-level talented, of course, not even close. But what Idol is? And anyway, I don’t think speaking one’s mind should be a right reserved only for musical geniuses, IMHO.
There’s been lots of Idols dissing Idols in the show’s history, that’s nothing new. It keeps covering the program interesting, that’s for sure.
Hey Blake! Thanks for the hits! Heh.
Oh, Blake. LOL. I actually think he’d be just fine signed to a smaller label and storming the dance scene. I see him more as a producer-type anyway. I thought he’d be like One Republic – one popular album, off to write/produce for other people after that. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be. Proving I don’t know what the hell I am talking about. Hee. His album was good, but it was a little too off the track for these major label types IMO. You know they don’t know what to do with anyone too different, especially if they come off Idol. No one wants to come up with a whole new marketing strategy or grow any non-traditional audiences for an Idol. 1. There’s not enough time for all that and 2. They want a quick buck. He’s creative though, he should be fine in the long run.
What ever happened to Chris Richardson? Those two were Mavid 1.0
I wish him luck, he was my favorite for season 6.
Before Cake there was Chrace.
I don ´t think Blake falls from grace was because only for dissing Idols, he is just plain weird,I think during his time he didn ´t made the right decision about how to act and what to said… this video is a good example of why a person like me who didn ´t new the artist won ´t be taking him really serious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8WV6mKAzUg
:sick_ee:
cruzceleste,
I think that video is hilarious! If it offends certain people, then they don’t have to watch it. And just to note, haven’t we all seen that video posted here like a 100 times already? GEESH. After all this time, doesn’t anyone have any new ammo against Blake? I’m tired of all the rehashes. I don’t mind people dissing Blake (since everyone is entitled to their own opionions), but it would be a lot more interesting if people had new material.
Who’s that? Chris and Ace? That’s hilarious, I never heard that one! LOL.
Yep! I’m surprised you missed it! Hahaha.
ETA: A quick youtube search yielded this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV_DQ2T7BYE
ETA: Mac, I have no problem with that vid, either. Admittedly, I probably should be a teenage boy because I enjoy potty humor. *runs off to buy a whoopee cushion*
Nooooo, I don’t think the Blake hate is OTT. We are just “brutally honest.” I thought this is a trait that should be admired.
ETA: I don’t have a problem with that video. But I think the video and ‘titties in your mouth’ drove away a lot of fans for Blake.
Sorry is te video was already posted, maybe I didn ´t saw it… I was just put in an example of what I didn ´t loke about him, my personal opinion not the general point of view
I wasn ´t dissing Blake, since I didn ´t even had follow his carear, but since I ´m new to the world of AI I just know him as last year runner up who was dropped by his label… but my point of view is that no mather how talented you are if you are new in the bussines is sometimes better to take a humble approach and actitude toward media, and at the moment to criticized another artist (doesn ´t matter if this is part of the AI family or not)… by example Jordin, Gina and other Idols from previous seasons said that they will choose Cook over Archuleta, if I remember well A.J. and Yamin said that they will like Archie, to win but they always were very respectful about it…Cook is a good example of a correct behaivoir, when he had said something that migh offend someone he has taked the first step to correct it…
Even now Blake seem to need to learn a little about how to said things:
Maybe is because I actually have worked recluiding people, but I won ´t want anybody in my office who talks bad about previous jobs… but then again that just my opinion…
Heh. I think it’s OTT, but knock your socks off. He’s fair game. For the record, I never said that being “brutally honest” is a trait that should be admired. In fact, I think Blake’s foot in mouth disease has caused him some harm. Not to the extent some believe, but I know he’s turned some people off. However, in my world, that doesn’t make him a bad guy. It just makes him human.
I’m a huge Jason fan, and I guess he said something about Jason (alluded to above… funny how I don’t even know all of Blake’s faux pas, but people who don’t like him do)? I seriously doubt it was a personal attack, but a personal preference. They’re miles apart musically. And honestly, I don’t need Blake’s to like all the same artists I do and I’m not offended if he doesn’t.
At the risk of coming across as an apologist for Blake Lewis, which is not my intention, I do think there have been quite a few interviews in which he did express himself politely and respectfully. There have also been some in which he did not. I don’t like everything he does musically but overall I enjoy what he creates. IMO, an artist regardless of their genre puts their work on display and thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what ultimately draws a positive or negative response from viewers or listeners. If they also happen to be entertaining, all the better. If they ruffle a few feathers, who in this world hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t? If someone happens to become wildly successful, great. If not, the sun still rises every morning. Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s room for everybodyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s point of view.
I can not stand Blake Lewis. On the show, I thought he had no talent at all in the voice department. Everyone kept saying “No!!! He’ll do well!!! He’ll make top 3 and then go on to make a great record.” Well I felt pretty stupid when he made top 2. haha but his record sucked and he was dropped within 9 months and now he is desperately touring the country pretending that getting dropped from a major record label was a “good idea”. But at least he’s doing better than his washed up friend Chris Richardson, who seems to have floated into space.
I’m rooting for Blake. I hope his new stuff bears a little more resemblance to his pre-Idol music. IMO the cuts on his album suffered from being homogeneized for mass consumption.
WHAT A BITE,
darude did a remix for THE ANGRY KIDS of this same song!, and now darude gets some mofo to try an replicate the vocals….
“heard it through the grape vine” that darude put a court injunction on THE ANGRY KIDS from saying anything about this track…
hahahaha, what a p_ _ sy!
I HOPE THEY BEAT HIS ASS…….
found a link for you to hear it…
http://www.sendspace.com/file/khhz0x