The Thing About Kara

I'm not a fan of Kara Dioguardi.

I'm not a fan of American Idol, but the only one with any sense is Simon. At least Simon and Paula have a recognizable track record. Randy Jackson is as fake in person as he appears on camera (yes I've met him several times).

But Kara...she's only on the show because she knows Paula. By her own admission, she's a failed performance artist and had never actually had a successful performance career - sooo, why is she judging performers? So she can, maybe, help them not fail? Or fail?

Her website says she's VP of A&R of Warner Bros. Records. We see how good their track record has been over the last 5 years (minus the legacy acts, because she's got nothing to do with them).

The problem I have is that on her website she's fast and loose with the terms "my song" and "co-write". If you looked at her actual writing credits on the BMI Repertoire, you'll see that she rarely, if ever wrote a song alone - maybe twice out of 555 songs. We're not saying she didn't write any of these songs, but she certainly didn't solely write any of the songs, nor can she call them "her songs" because other writers are involved. We think by saying these songs are hers, that's a fraud, because she co-wrote with other artists, especially known "hit-maker" writers who have written far more successful (in sales) songs than she ever did, which, I think, calls into question her actual credibility... as if being Paula's friend and showing how it really is who you know not what you know is the actual reality of this business doesn't already diminish her credibility.

Does this mean anything? No. Of course not. Just understand she's contributing to why radio sucks, why the value of music has been diminished and devalued and as to why all of her rantings are BS. The "art" she so proudly lauds is woefully absent when you co-write such intellectually stimulating songs which sound so much different from every other song on the radio. So the next time you complain that the radio sucks, rock music is dead and pop is shit, then stop lauding people like Kara Dioguardi and stop buying pop music. Come on, demand better already.

And, in case there's some stuffy Fox attorney or personal attorney looking for a suit, all of the above, is in my opinion, of course, but the BMI index doesn't lie and is totally factual, as well as the quotes from her site. Plus, I like to go after bar cards, so sue at your own peril.

She knows pop music songwriting. Not performance. And that means she knows how to make widgets, not art.