[kj] OT- Tila Tequila-DIY- ramifications on the music industry

Devacor at aol.com Devacor at aol.com
Wed Feb 28 11:45:04 EST 2007


I highly doubt anyone is following what's been going on with Tila "Tequila"
Nyugen and the story behind her putting out her self produced funded single
on Itunes.
anyway if anyone doesn't know who she is, she is the most popular person on
Myspace with about 1 million and a half "friends"-
_www.myspace.com/tilatequila_ (http://www.myspace.com/tilatequila)
I actually knew her a little, before her myspace popularity.
An ex girlfriend of mine and her looked almost like twins and they did the
import modeling together.
Tila's main $ maker these days is her nude site- She gathers friends on
myspace and then many transfer over to paying the 9.99 a month for her other
site.
She has dabbled in music and does have a little Punk/Hardcore in her- she
does have ties with some legitimate people in the scene.
Anyway she has been approached by major labels to put an album together.
She shunned them all and decided to do it herself and go through I Tunes. she's
calling it the "Tila Tequila DIY movement" or something like that- she is
being bold and loud about it. Hoping her success will spurn other artists to do
the same..
This has created quite a stir and actually there was an article in the New
York Times about it a few days ago- Its making the music industry a bit
nervous- if she is successful in this, then it can spurn a trend where artists go
this route and bypass the record deals.
Her single "I Love You" (produced by Lil' Jon) has been out 2-3 days. It
now is the #3 most downloaded song on Itunes, behind Justin Timberlake and
Fergie-
We'll see how it all plays out but an interesting little development...




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