Everyone has seen the homeless, and now rehabbed, anouncer Ted Williams on You Tube or national news shows. His sign could say, "will cut spots for food."
The Nashville based record companies are going to need to begin making signs that say, "will sign a female singer for the salvation of the format." It is getting that dire.
Each year the ACM and CMA try to award female newconmers with a trophy and recognition for being the most promising artist representing their gender. Recently the category looks more like Mother Hubbard's cupboard.
Sure we have superstars like Taylor and Carrie. We have a budding superstar in Miranda. We have newcomer Sunny Sweeny who has a radio hit right now. It is great to have the beautiful Sara Evans back on the radio. Ashton Shepherd was going to the the female savoir...maybe soon.
Fortunately on the radio side we can play oldies to balanmce things and we have "female" leads with Sugarland and occasionally Lady A. We now have the Janedear Girls and female voices with Thompson Square and Steel Magnolias.
There are a few girl acts that I am not mentioning here because they are not currently on the chart and that tells the entire story.
The industry needs to find new females singers and quickly. I beleive that one of the reassons CHR is re-emerging is beacuse of the female voices on the air. Lady Ga Ga, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Rhianna, Pink and Brittany (she's backkkkk!) are all the huge hitmakers in the format and have brought new life into those radio stations.
Country is missing it.
