Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Not even getting paid for the ideas that will change the whole world.
While discussing my fit-of-rage subject of the fallacy of cache & cookies, and how the two became entwined when they had no real reason to be, my co-worker came up with the most astounding idea since Nutty Chicken for the Chinese restaurants.
Cache & Cookies Ice Cream.
It's brilliant. The cache would have to be the ice cream part, and would have to contain some cashews. I'm thinking mint with cashews. Then throw in some crumbled Keeblers, and bam! Gold mine for Ben and Jerry.
A day later another whopper hit me: Bob Seeger is a gold mine waiting to happen on the oldies circuit. Here's what he does -- it's so simple, I'm kicking myself for not being a manager/promoter type:
1. Get the Silver Bullet band back together. Shouldn't be tough. All they're doing now is drywall or painting.
2. Book a 2-night gig at Auburn Hills outside of Detroit. Tape both gigs.
3. Cull the best songs from both nights, toss 'em together, take a couple days in the studio to polish it a bit -- BAM! You've got a live album to promote.
4. Release it to the waiting masses. Toss out a few iPod exclusives since you just settled up with Apple.
5. Book a 4-month tour to promote the album and go on TV to get famous again.
6. Book some studio time and call some celeb friends.
7. Release a Santana-like album with new material, but dominated by the celeb guest artists.
8. Watch that puppy sail up the charts.
9. Book a 12-month worldwide tour.
10. Start bathing in all that money that keeps rolling in.
We live in a world ripe for a Seeger comeback. It's only a matter of time before someone steals my amazing idea and makes this guy enough money to buy Namibia.
Cache & Cookies Ice Cream.
It's brilliant. The cache would have to be the ice cream part, and would have to contain some cashews. I'm thinking mint with cashews. Then throw in some crumbled Keeblers, and bam! Gold mine for Ben and Jerry.
A day later another whopper hit me: Bob Seeger is a gold mine waiting to happen on the oldies circuit. Here's what he does -- it's so simple, I'm kicking myself for not being a manager/promoter type:
1. Get the Silver Bullet band back together. Shouldn't be tough. All they're doing now is drywall or painting.
2. Book a 2-night gig at Auburn Hills outside of Detroit. Tape both gigs.
3. Cull the best songs from both nights, toss 'em together, take a couple days in the studio to polish it a bit -- BAM! You've got a live album to promote.
4. Release it to the waiting masses. Toss out a few iPod exclusives since you just settled up with Apple.
5. Book a 4-month tour to promote the album and go on TV to get famous again.
6. Book some studio time and call some celeb friends.
7. Release a Santana-like album with new material, but dominated by the celeb guest artists.
8. Watch that puppy sail up the charts.
9. Book a 12-month worldwide tour.
10. Start bathing in all that money that keeps rolling in.
We live in a world ripe for a Seeger comeback. It's only a matter of time before someone steals my amazing idea and makes this guy enough money to buy Namibia.
