Lee DeWyze Responds to His Split with RCA

By On 10/07/2011 · 190 Comments · In American Idol, Lee Dewyze

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Lee DeWyze tweets a statement about his recent split with RCA records:

Hey guys. Just wanted to let you all know I have not been with RCA for a good few months. I didn’t want that to be my focus. I am putting out another album, and there are many things in the works. I am very happy to be making the music I am making, & the direction I’m going in. I have the best fans, and the best group of people working behind me on this album, and my career. Thank you for your continued support. I love you guys and can’t wait to share What ive been working on with you. I’ll talk to you soon, it’s beautiful outside, enjoy it!

For an artist who is still trying to make his way in the music world, parting ways with a major label means a tougher road to hoe as an independent. Sure, Lee can do what he wants now, but he no longer has the promotional push of a big label. At least 19 is still managing him, so there’s that.

But, no matter what happens, he’ll still be better off than where he was pre-Idol. I expect he’ll go back to his old label, Wuli, but with a higher profile. After 10 years, all of the Idol winners are still earning comfortable livings in the music business. I don’t think Lee will be an exception to that trend.

New cool stuff to download is coming very soon from Lee. He tweeted yesterday, “Cool news, I’ll have some live recordings from my LA shows available for download soon, I’ll keep you posted. Thanks for everything guys”

 
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  • Yvonne13

    But they don’t so they should support the winner no matter what genre of music that winner pursues.

    This is exactly what I’ve been saying. I hope Idol has learned its lesson by now that if you let people on the show who may not be what they had in mind as a winner, one of those people may just win. Idol is unprepared to accomodate certain types of artists. They just cannot have it both ways. Lee parting ways with RCA looks bad for a show that pretends to welcome creativity in arranging covers and writing songs and then does nothing to support that type of artist. And, yes, I say “parting ways” as opposed to “being dropped,” because no one but Lee and the RCA team knows the true story.

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