The first single for Jordan's upcoming album, "Next X Boyfrield", will be headed to radio soon. It will be a little different from the version on
her MySpace in that it will have live drums and the
original intro.
A new song called "I Get Weak" has been posted on
Jordan McCoy's MySpace.
Jordan posted some videos of her homecoming and preparing for her homecoming. Watch them below.
Clizbeats has an interview with Jordan McCoy.
She mentions that B5 will be touring with Diddy, as well as her, of course. She also mentions she was up for the lead role in the Hannah Montana show on Disney and almost had it, apparently. She lost out to Miley Cyrus and Jordan says that she lost out because Billy Ray Cyrus (Miley's Dad) offered to do the show as the Dad.
I just spoke with Jordan McCoy's manager, Debbie Hammond, CEO of
Clockwork Entertainment, about the
Big Girls Don't Cry situation with Fergie. She is "extremely disappointed" with Fergie, producer Toby Gad and manager David Sonnenberg and co. I did a short interview with her to get the details behind the story.
Is this something that commonly happens [in the music industry]?
Not at all. It's really bad business. When we purchased the song, we were told by the co-writer/producer and Fergie's management, that Fergie thought the song was "too immature" for her album and she felt she had better songs. We recorded the song and Fergie's management had a copy of it. All of our paperwork went through and was finalize., They were aware that Jordan would use the song as a single. Yesterday, the co-writer/producer sent me a note saying the song is on Fergie's album; but it's different from the version we did. Of course, it's identical. It's the EXACT SAME VERSION that they gave me on the demo that they submitted, with Fergie singing the song.
When you buy a song, is there not some sort of exclusivity or, at least, a period of exclusivity?
Yes, our agreement gives us a few years to use the song, or master, without them using it.
Is there any recourse that you may be considering?
The damage is done, unfortunately. It probably won't be a single for us now, because it's already out and Jordan's album will be out in March 2007. We can probably get the money back that was paid for the song, if the producer, Toby Gad, has it. He'll probably try and do another song for free. We won't work with them again. They are pretty crooked. They have the same management, so they knew.
Might the song be coming off Jordan's album?
I hope not. It was mine and Jordan's favorite song on the album. Harve Pierre loves it, too. Diddy originally passed on the song, when he heard the demo version with Fergie singing it. He said, "it sounds too dark for Jordan." We loved the song so much, that I asked the co-writer/producer, if we could record it anyway and let Diddy decide after hearing Jordan's vocals on it. Jordan's version wasn't in the least bit dark and Diddy instantly approved it. BEFORE we recorded it, the co-writer/producer went back to Fergie and his manager and made sure she didn't want the song for her album. He checked. I spoke with the manager myself about it. THEY KNEW the song was a single for us. They even grinded us on the deal to get more money out of us for the song, after it was recorded, and Jordan did such a great job on it.
End of interview.
I appreciate her taking the time.
You can listen to
Fergie's version at MTV.com and
Jordan's version on her MySpace page.
According to a
MySpace bulletin from Jordan McCoy's MySpace, her album is now slated for March.
Fergie's new album, "The Dutchess," features a song called "Big Girls Don't Cry."
This song was written by Fergie and was sold to Clockwork or Bad Boy for Jordan McCoy's album. Jordan wrote
a pair of MySpace bulletins on it. A summary of points:
- She is saddened by it.
- They were told that it wouldn't be used for Fergie's album.
- Writers generally don't do this to artists.
- She says that Fergie changed her mind after she listened to Jordan's version of it.
- The one Fergie released is the exact same song that they did. "I can't believe she didn't even change it," she says.
The song has been posted on
Jordan McCoy's MySpace.
Jordan McCoy's debut album has been pushed back to March 2007. She is slated to tour with Diddy in February.
