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Monday, August 6, 2007
8/7: Remember Nikki McKibbin?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Dallas Morning News did an overview piece about how Idol isn’t a foolproof route to success. We all knew that. The example in the story: First season third place finisher Nikki McKibbin, who did sign a contract with RCA Nashville back in 2002 but refused to sing the country-pop songs they wanted her to sing. She got out of that contract in 2005 and since released an indie CD nobody has ever heard of (including me.)
Here’s an excerpt with actual dollar figures on what her contract was worth:
Ms. McKibbin can attest to that. She was marooned at RCA Nashville for three years, refusing to make the country album the label brass wanted her to sing. With the help of an attorney, she negotiated her way out.
A spokesman for RCA Nashville said the executive most familiar with Ms. McKibbin’s contract was unavailable for comment.
“The contract value was $375,000,” Ms. McKibbin said. “I was offered $125,000 to get out of the contract. I could have fought for the full $375,000 … but I decided to just take the $125,000 and run.”
Now she’s starting over, working as a waitress at Arlington’s Hot Rods and Hoggs and taking the grass-roots road to promoting Unleashed with her band, Rivethead. The disc is solid, a hooky and crunchy collection of rock tunes with just enough bite to keep the headbangers happy.
You can sample some of it here.
Hmm… if Nikki wanted to do a rock album, why did she sign with RCA Nashville????
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8/6: Achin’ for Aiken?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’m getting a media pass plus one to the Clay Aiken concert at Chastain August 15. Would anybody like to join me and help me write up a blog entry about it? (I’d love to get a Claymate perspective on things… or if you really hate him and want to go to mock him, that works too.)
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