Actors Turned Musicians- Bad Thing or the Worst Thing?
Actors do some pretty crazy things and it's not really a secret. Some like drugs, some like to party, and others like music, which is cool, it's when they start trying to make music that the problem arises. I won't lie, I owned Big Willie Style, Willenium, AND the "Wild Wild West" single when I was younger, and some people, although I'm not one of them, like Jared Leto's band 30 Seconds to Mars. But for every success story there is Bruce Willis putting out "The Return of Bruno," or Eddie Murphy singing "Party All The Time."
What got me thinking about this was Jason Schwartzman, of the movie "Rushmore" fame, recently released his second album, titled "Davy," with his musical project Coconut Records. Schwartzman isn't a musical rookie, he was the drummer of Phantom Planet for a long time. I bought this album completely oblivious to the fact that this was in fact an actor making music and making it really well. Zooey Deschanel, from "Yes Man," was the front-woman for She & Him and their release last year received a lot of critical acclaim as well so it's not impossible for an actor to be a successful musician.
With the advent of Auto-Tune, I can just imagine more people in show business making their way into the musical world. Hell, if T-Pain can make a career out of Auto-Tune couldn't anyone else? If Kanye West can make "great art," (his words, not mine) with Auto-Tune what's stopping someone like Nicolas Cage or Julia Roberts from trying the same thing?
Point is, how do you feel about actors making music? Is it a gimmick and they're just using their names to fulfill some farfetched dream of theirs? Or is it something you support, regardless of the outcome? Personally, I'm against it in most cases. When it's obviously a gimmick, like Bruce Willis and Eddie Murphy, then I can't support someone who is obviously not musically talented taking the spot of someone who has dedicated their whole lives to music.
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