I, along with a number of others, have been trying since the gifting debacle to get word to Jason that he was losing fans. I have continued to have concerns about this, which I wrote about in my post “has jason dropped out of his own career?” Then, alas, we got a number of good things from him. Bulletins and 2 vlogs in a row, and more and more all of the time. A very insightful friend of mine, and a true dreadhead, had some thoughts that got me realizing what probably has happened here.Yes, this is conjecture, but they prove murder in a court of law with conjecture all of the time. So it may just be right on! And at the very least, I am betting that this radically different approach to consistent contact with fans, has everything to do with his suddenly discovering how many fans he is losing. They may come back. But, many will not. I am grateful that somehow, someway, he finally got the message he needed to get to keep his fans!
Now consider these things: his myspace page remained simple and then when he realized he would be going it alone he had his page redone. I think it looks great…and it takes advantage of his biggest selling point…he is GORGEOUS. A lot of people can sing. But, Jason Castro, is a gorgeous beautiful man who attracts many fans, in large part, because of his physical beauty. The photo of him, that is predominant on his site, is a marvel. We suddenly got all of these bulletins –remember the AIM invitation?? Wow, that was something odd and different; but it sure caught our attention!
It is as though he has realized the true situation about his fan base eroding and is making up for lost time. I am so glad he finally understands. But, it leads me to the same old concern, who is running his business and looking out for PR problems etc.?
If he had simply continued to rely on Betsy to tell him what is really going on, he would never have figured it out. What drives this woman, anyway? The need to be the center of attention with only those who tell her what she wants to hear?
Regardless of Betsy, there is how hope that Jason can regroup his fans, and that he will no longer depend on those he has depended on in the past, to tell him the truths that he needs to know to have a serious go at a successful career. Thank God.
And by whatever way he discovered the truth, I am grateful that it happened! And grateful for the implication that he will not go blindly forward any more since discovering this is not a good idea…and that HE needs to stay on top of everything!
Thank goodness Jason has you looking out for him Zelda. Whatever would he do without you blogging about his “terrible” fans and family? Here’s an idea. If you like him, enjoy him and let go of your anger. With fans like you, who needs enemies?
Amen to that. How else do you think I can make a living with all the work I do for Jason!? LOL
You can make a living from a Blog site criticizing every move Jason, his family and his fans make?
Are you really this dense? LOL My God…..
Also, if you read this post you would see that I am delighted with him right now. Dumb ass!
And don’t go whining about me being rude to you. I may have to put up with stupid people on other forums…but not on my own.
No Zelda. I’m not dense at all.
I just cannot understand why someone would devote time to a Blog filled with criticism of Jason’s career moves,his family and fans. Do you actually think Jason or anyone associated with his career has ever heard of your blog? Of course not. So, why do it? The only reason I can think of is for attention.
In the first paragraph of your blog above, you did seem to be pleased with Jason’s latest contact with his fans however, the recurring theme of your blogs came through in the following three paragraphs.
No Zelda. I’m far from dense. I’m just amazed at blogs like yours and sites like Idletard and VFTW that are saturated with negativity.
It’s sad to me.
Now I’m mainly bored.
Maharis… wisely articulated !
I agree Maharis.
I designed this blog for people to speak freely about ISSUES. Those of you who do nothing but leave personal attacks on me and do not address THE ISSUE will have your comments deleted. If you don’t like me stay away…but I will not allow the same treatment of me on here as happened in the forums. You want to do that to someone…go back there.
I left those for exactly this reason. The inability to speak the truth, as one sees it, without being personally attacked.
Go back to the forums where you are loved.
This site is for discussion not attacks on me.
And should anyone be stupid enough to say I am the one attacking…BS…I responded to personal attacks with an attack. I won’t have to do that naymore. I will just delete your off topic attacks.
I am not here to DO GOOD. Can you please stick to the issues people. I will be getting rid of personal comments about me. I am not the issue. The issues are the content. Ok?
You wanna make it about me? Your comment will vanish from now on.
The style of writing is quite familiar to me. Did you write guest posts for other bloggers?