Soooo, the struggling record industry is now relying on the prospect of musical talent being genetically derived: Elvis Presley’s grandson, Benjamin, has been offered a 5-album, $5 million record deal by Universal, the world’s biggest record company (and one of the labels hardest hit by the continued decline in music sales revenues.) Benjamin, the son of Lisa Marie Presley (and a virtual twin of his deceased grandfather), has already begun working on his debut album, but claims that the album “will be nothing like Elvis.” That’s a pretty wise move, but could this actually work? Too bad my last name isn’t Presley.
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October 6th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Ask Lennon’s both kids if DNA is musical at all. One faded out after his 15 mins. The other is pure hipster hype. The former apparently has the wrong mom when it comes to staying in the spotlight.
-G.