Ohhhhhh Leon Jackson Didn’t Know He Was Dropped
Former X Factor winner Leon Jackson has admitted that he found out he had been dropped by his record label when the story was printed in a newspaper this week.
Leon had a one album deal with Sony and obviously hoped he would continue to make more with the company. However an insider leaked the news that he had been dropped to The Sun earlier this week.
Speaking to the Daily Record Jackson said: “The label never told me I had been dropped. I never heard it directly from anyone.
“Word filtered through the management about the likelihood of it happening but I was never told a date. No one at the label ever told me. The first time I knew was yesterday in the paper.”
However Leon seems to have taken the news better than previous winners who faced the same news (read Steve Brookstein) and has been quite gracious about the decision.
“I’m happy and not at all bitter. I think, in fact, this could be a blessing in disguise,” he said. “It’s evident that I wasn’t Simon Cowell’s favourite choice to win X Factor.”
Leon admits that he faced an uphill struggle to establish himself as an artist and failed to get the backing and promotion from his label which Leona lewis recived the year before.
“Leona was given a real push and even went to the States for massive promotion. I had a few TV adverts pushing the album,” he admitted.
“My last major promotion was in 2008 for Children In Need. There were very few gigs to promote the record.”
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Poor Leon. He’s just a little pocket-sized Alan Hanson
Bless.
Ok Leon.
If you read these pages, don’t join Steve Brookstein in his rants. Accept that what you won was a contract with a total value of one million for one single and one album release. You have kept your side of the deal. The harsh news is that you obviously weren’t as popular as the vote led you to believe when you won as they haven’t resulted in sales. Sales are the only important thing when it comes to music recordings, if you sell by the million you will never be dropped from a major label.
From an independent label you would have a different story but then your advances would not be as good as they were with the X factor, Music industry survivors tend to be those who sign smaller deals. It is a smaller deal and the experience of working smaller audiences that you obviously need. Theatres and Civic halls not Arenas or Stadiums, at the lowest level the smaller venues are pubs and clubs and with respect to this. The pubs and clubs are an excellent starting point for any up and coming artist who needs to develop a true fan base. Just goes to show your fan base was not real with the X factor it was in fact hyped up as they all are.
If anyone takes a look around the websites where people place their singing videos and recordings up many of these are better than the singers live tv performances and again this is another way ahead. To anyone below the age of 25 you have a lot of learning to do and experience to gain before anyone would dare call themself an artist.
Yes, Leon, Listen to Maureen, she is a great source of wisdom. She knows a lot about the business if not everything. In fact you could go as far as to call her a know it all.
Maureen you sound like an A ‘n’ R scout from the 1970s who got fired in the 90s having never signed anyone but talked a bloody good game.
Steve, you are bang on the money again. Maureen posts over on the forum too, a real expert??
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