Shep Gordon
17 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 3, 2019 by Shep Gordon · across every show →
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Once clients are famous, management shifts strictly to filtering inbound requests
“Once you get to a certain point of fame, The filtering system is really important. So my job was, wasn't to be with the artist, not to get to know him, not to have them. My job was to get him famous, and then filter.”
Sep 3, 2019 positive
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Shep Gordon's firm only took acts with a number one record
“So what I did is I set up a rule in my office that we didn't take acts until after they had already had a number one act record, and they were meaningful on the road. I think we set our barrier at five, 3500 people or something, so that they had already been t…”
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Sep 3, 2019
Chefs worked on Food Network for free in exchange for commercial slots
“I told them I would do it pro bono, but they had to, if I could get them a TV network, they had to work for free for a couple of years, two, three. They had to let me go tell somebody I can get all the talent free, but if they get broadcast, they don't need me…”
Sep 3, 2019 neutral
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Celebrities cope with fame by treating their public persona as a costume
“The advice that I give to everyone I've worked with and the ones that are able to do it Or able to later on in life do it, is to always think about the person that's out there as a character. Put it to sleep, like when you go out to dinner and you're Michael D…”
Sep 3, 2019
Alice Cooper qualified as Canadian content to hack radio airplay laws
“And then we went up to Toronto and found the guys who did the Guess Who. Who had a studio in Toronto, and gave it, got found a co-writer, Canadian, and brought the record in as a Canadian content, which I don't think an American band had ever done before.”
Sep 3, 2019 negative
The Chitlin Circuit forced Black artists to perform for free
“If you were a black artist and you had a single, you went to Cleveland, you played a concert for a promoter who was a partner with the radio station. They played your record. That's why you went and did it, not to get paid. You did it because if you didn't go,…”
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Sep 3, 2019 neutral
Negotiating win-win deals is harder on behalf of clients than oneself
“For me, I'm pretty successful at doing win-win, because I don't have to jump into stuff. For my artists, I'm not as successful, because there are a lot of people out there that, that want losers, and you have to make sure you're not one of them, that your arti…”
Sep 3, 2019 positive
Jimi Hendrix prompted Shep Gordon to begin managing Alice Cooper
“He said, are you Jewish? And I said, yeah, you should be a manager. And the Chambers brothers were sitting there, and he turned to Lester and said, is that band from Phoenix still in your basement? He said, yeah, you should tell them you found the Jewish guy t…”