A friend of mine who works for a record label was telling me how he and his coworkers are obsessed with CBS’s new music industry dramedy “Love Monkey” (much in the same self-obsessed vein as us media folk and our beloved gawker.com). What was more interesting than his confessions of how accurate the parallels are between his professional life and Tom’s (often referred to as the show’s male Carrie Bradshaw) — was when he revealed the genius business incest behind the show.
事实证明，哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）的“爱猴子”是由索尼电视台（Sony Television）制作的，公司的兄弟姐妹到哥伦比亚唱片公司（Columbia Records）。每周，The Dramedy都会有纪录的A＆R高管汤姆（Tom）寻找新鲜的人才……哥伦比亚的新鲜人才。泰迪·盖格（Teddy Geiger）（演出中的“韦恩”）是一名刚刚与哥伦比亚签约的17岁年轻人 - 是演出中第一位被“发现”的艺术家。在过去的几周中，真正才华横溢的盖格（Geiger）有光泽的通话时间以他的声音陶醉于观众，这将导致他的专辑在2月份首次亮相。
这仅仅是开始。据说资深KCRW音乐总监Nic Harcourt是演出的制作人，他将保持新的人才流动。While “Love Monkey'”s executive producer says “this is not a corporate vehicle designed to showcase Sony acts,” it’s certainly no coincedence that the dozens of music artists’ names embedded in the script and that appear on posters in the background happen to be part of the family. For an industry struggling with how to make a buck, you’ve got to hand it to them for creating an entirely new marketing platform for their artists. That is, assuming the show doesn’t have the same short-lived destiny as most.