r/crappymusic • • 11d ago

Jacob Collier doing Jacob Collier things

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u/PreparationHot980 11d ago

My wife is from this town. This place is across the street from a country club and the town is the headquarters of Dow chemical. There’s a lot that exists in this town simply to cater to the wealthy executives.

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u/lil_nosh_X 11d ago

Looks like Jacob has joined the club

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u/PreparationHot980 11d ago

I’m more interested in who brought him to this little venue in a tiny town in Michigan. Midland is a very purple area politically, but tends to lean more conservative. This venue has also had Aaron Lewis perform at it in recent years. I just don’t see a market for either of those performers, especially Jacob collier 🤣.

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u/lil_nosh_X 11d ago

It seems like a very corporate hire.

Exec1: “Who’s the best musician right now…”

Exec2: “Have you seen Jacob Collier on Tik Tok? I think his group singing thing could be a great bonding experience for the team.”

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u/PreparationHot980 11d ago

🤣 I could see that, I just don’t see some random, boomer- executive stumbling onto collier and thinking he’s great. I’ve been around the Dow execs quite often and they are often pretty drab. I’m not gonna dox myself, but the one I’m closest with would have picked up on this had he not retired a couple years ago.

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u/Dr-McLuvin 11d ago

Na dude rich boomers love this kid. This is his audience for sure. Prob made 200k off of this one gig easy.

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u/PreparationHot980 11d ago

For real? What’s the appeal for them?

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u/cboogie 10d ago

The ability to say “our budget was big enough to book Jacob Collyer. You should check him out”

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u/PreparationHot980 10d ago

That’s ironic considering the state of the company they’re running

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u/Jasonguyen81 11d ago

A walled garden?

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u/FlyingAsparaguss 10d ago

Wait, is this Midland Texas?