Andre+S's+Op-Ed+Article



When you here someone say they've got "Beiber Fever" don't they realize that fevers make them get sick and DIE?

Maybe Beiber fevers can kill you. What's the cure? Stop listening to his music and get him off the stage.

Nothing drives me more insane than a musician that isn't really an //artist.// What is the difference? A musician, according to Dictionary.com, is referred to as someone who plays a musical instrument, so I give him that much. But an artist, by definition, is a person who produces paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby, and Justin Beiber IS NOT AN ARTIST.

Shrooming around Youtube about 5 years ago, Beiber's videos of him as a 13-year old home and street performer caught the attention of Scooter Braun, a music producer, who was intentionally looking for a new face to cover his label. But out of ALL people, he was impressed with Beiber's performances and tracked him down in Canada to start recording. But really, Braun? Beiber was the one that impressed you? One out a million people is "chosen" to be famous, or just-so-happens to be in the right place at the right time- but there are so many other kids in the world who are far more talented than he and have stronger passions for music. It's fair that he used Youtube, just like anyone else would, to get his name and fame out on the world wide web- but millions of other talented performers are much more valid for a spot in the studio than Beiber is.

I lose respect for famous musicians when I find out that they don't write or produce their own music. If you're going to perform on stages in front of thousands of people every night, you better have spent hours writing your ass off and practicing hours a day with your band instead of a pop-rock platinum single handed to you on a silver plate just so you can memorize the lyrics, and if you're really off tune, then auto-tuning is always there to "perfect" your whiny voice on the record. Beiber's ENTIRE first record, //My World,// was written and produced by 7 other people FOR Beiber's name to be printed on every single album he merely sings along to. And HE gets all the fame for singing music he didn't write? He didn't even know how a recording studio worked before his fame! What, did he think it was as simple as singing into a microphone with headphones on and it can produce magic? Yeah, with a $1400 Audio Technica AT4060 Tube microphone and Ultrasone Edition8 headphones going into literally hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of audio mixers, soundboards, ProTools recording software, and then another hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of editing, mastering, and marketing. What's the good in going into a field of profession when all you know is what's given at face value? In Justin's job, more than half of the work is done for him, on and off stage. He was too uneducated about the business when he made his "breakthrough".

So now he's famous- what's there to expect? His thoughts. His background. His life. Interviews. Interviews. Interviews.

...Have you HEARD what he sounds like in interviews? He clearly has no idea what he's talking about, but only knows what his agent tells him to respond with so he doesn't look bad in front of the media. In an interview with the //Rolling Stone,// they commented "It is not clear whether he intended to label homosexuality as a lifestyle choice." They asked him about his religious views and homosexuality as well, and still he has not come to an educated answer. He also stated that he wil not sign for U.S. citizenship, quoting that "Canada is the best country in the world." Who //says// that? In an //interview?// Really, Beiber? He is clearly an uneducated celebrity that in highly unaware of his surroundings.

And who hides his inadequate responses and makes him look somewhat smart? His agent, and manager, and producer. Justin Beiber has claimed to support over 20 charity organizations for mulitple causes, including homosexuality, orphanages, and thew homeless as well. But was it his idea to get so involved with the Make-A-Wish foundation? Not at all. At leasrt he has some heart in //continuing// with the organizations, but he wouldn't have donated thousands of dollars on his own personal account. It's all to make him look like he's a goods person, to make him a celebrity, not a musical artist.All of his invterviews about the charities fall along the lines of "I really care and want to support the comminuty- I love everyone, I love you, thank God." He isn't detailed in description! He is too uneducated.

Even now that he has thew money and fame, he has definitely abused his power in the industry. Who on Earth, for his girlfriend he's probably dating because fans want to see celebrities date, rents oiut the ENTIRE STAPLES CENTER to watch Titanic? Don't tell me that's not absurd. He's abusing his money as a celebrity, musician, and all the other labels you can fake for him. He's going to brun out just as quickly as Aaron Carter and Jesse McCartney did in their time. And how mature is it to smooch all over his girlfriend infront of the media at his 18th birthday party? We get it, Beiber, you can now LEGALLY have sex with Selena Gomez. So immature

All in all, he doesn't deserve his place on the celebrital throne.