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How "Artists" Have Turned into Fame Monsters

Kinnie Starr | Posted 04.01.2013 | Canada Music
Read More: Reality TV, Artists Fame, Fame X Factor, Kinnie Star, Simon Cowell, X Factor, Artists Corporate, Canada Music News
Kinnie Starr

TV programs like The X Factor offer zero insight into the real work ethic behind being a professional artist, all the while encouraging people to think of music as some vain pursuit of splashy fame, setting potentially talented kids and adults up for a permanent sense of dissatisfaction in the arts "unless they become famous."

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2012's Most Odd Yet Wonderful TV Duos

Denette Wilford | Posted 02.16.2013 | Canada TV
Read More: Criminal Minds, Don't Trust the B in Apt 23, Nashville, Simon Cowell Demi Lovato, Tv Duos, The Mindy Project, The Walking Dead, TV Pairs, Scandal, Unlikely TV Pairings, X Factor, Ben and Kate, Big Bang Theory, TV Duos 2012, Canada TV News
Denette Wilford

As 'The X Factor' comes to an end this week, I wonder what will become of the show in its third season. Even though Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato bicker like a petulant teenager and irksome uncle, I quite like their relationship. I never thought they would share much chemistry, but the 'X Factor' duo has been delightful to watch, which made me think of other pairs on other shows that have been a surprising treat.

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Pop Power Rankings: Rihanna Rises, Adele Returns and Lil Wayne Loses

Huffington Post Canada | Johnny Hockin | Posted 11.16.2012 | Canada Music
Read More: Pop Power Rankings, Rihanna, Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails, Lil Wayne Court, Lil Wayne, Taylor Swift Red, Pop Music, Taylor Swift, X-Factor, Adele Skyfall, Adele, Bieber, Pop, Justin Bieber, Nfl Power Rankings, Canada Music News

Power Rankings have been rating sports teams throughout their seasons for years based on statistical analysis, momentum and gut feelings. Those folks ...

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A Musician's Journey Into the New Millenium

Jane Siberry | Posted 12.29.2011 | Canada Living
Read More: Musicians, X Factor, CD Release, Musician, Digital Release, Recording Artists, Canada Living News
Jane Siberry

If you ask someone if they like music, they look at you strangely. It seems to be a universal given. Like asking someone if they like breathing. Can you imagine a world with no music? How quiet it would be? How hard it would be to celebrate? How difficult to fight gravity? How impossible to dance?

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