Ronlop 6,786 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 TROY CARTER: FIRED BY LADY GAGA AND LOVING IT "Money doesn't make me tick. This definition of success doesn't make me tick. Managing some of the biggest stars in the world doesn't make me tick. Making my family proud makes me tick." He takes off his chunky tortoiseshell glasses to wipe away the gathering moisture in his eyes, which seems to surprise even him. Carter couldn't get Gaga's first single "Just Dance" on pop radio, so in 2008 he put his new act on a rigorous schedule—sometimes four shows a night, playing to gay clubs or arty fashion crowds. Gaga and Carter began experimenting with Twitter andFacebook, engaging fans and pumping out homespun content on YouTube. At the time, these channels were seen as enemies to the music business, but Carter saw them as inexpensive ways to reach the masses. Back in his office, Carter wasn't sure what to feel. "I'm human. I went through every emotion," he says. "You go from fear to sadness." When he was finally ready to share the news, he called his wife, Rebecca, a former stockbroker who's now Atom Factory's CFO. Then he told the rest of his staff, delicately. "It's emotional for the company," says Carter. "[Gaga's] one of us." Gaga didn't say anything publicly, but she wept while performing at the YouTube Music Awards hours before the news broke. It didn't take long before people checked in. Oseary, Madonna's manager, emailed Carter a Steve Jobs quote exhorting the virtues of his newfound freedom: "The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life." Carter has a plan, of course: He wants to run the Gaga playbook to launch new brands. He knows how huge corporations roll out products, and that isn't his style. Source: http://www.fastcompany.com/3024171/step-up-troy-carter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny 12,174 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 "Money doesn't make me tick. This definition of success doesn't make me tick. Stopped reading there I like dancin', and ponies.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Heart 4,400 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Except Gaga didnt fire him, he left her :( "GGD IS NOT FOR YOU" - Admin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEWRJEWR 5,663 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 He's loving it but he only gets all this media attention cause he talks about her. Fear, she's the mother of violence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duella Dvil 10,184 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Isnt this the ARTPOP Judas? www.instagram.com/theduella666 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnglerfishbraBENUS 4,833 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 She fired him because he left her emotionally and creatively. Imagine the horror in her eyes when he said Applause was going to be the first single. Joking, but not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanko 9,860 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 continue ticking then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix 17,395 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 He says she fired him, she says he left her... 💎 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah 25,881 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 2 minutes ago, whipopotamus said: She fired him because he left her emotionally and creatively. Imagine the horror in her eyes when he said Applause was going to be the first single. Joking, but not. but it isn't Troy who chose the Singles, it was Interscope's former CEO Jimmy. ⟡ ⋆ ˚。⋆🦢⋆ ˚。⋆⟡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yASSsss 35,510 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 we don't need such articles around LG5's release Little Hackers,delete it from Internet Call me by your name and I'll call you by mine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen 29,428 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 What kind of shade from Madonna's manager tho :duck: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah 25,881 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 1 minute ago, Phoenix said: He says she fired him, she says he left her... Well, I think he left her alone when he couldn't get his ideas into the Project or didn't care about it because he had newer acts to promote, and that made Gaga feel left alone, she had no other way then fire him. ⟡ ⋆ ˚。⋆🦢⋆ ˚。⋆⟡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViviLittleM 3 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 A version of this article appeared in the February 2014 issue of Fast Company magazine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bromance 5,809 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 When Gaga was promoting Cheek To Cheek, she was asked what happened between her and Troy Carter and she responded by saying that she was legally able to speak about that so I have a feeling Gaga sued him for walking out on her. She had a very sad look in her face when she answered the question so I think that says it all. I don't care what you think about unless it is about me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
androiduser 7,119 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 basically, he's saying something similar Gaga is saying about her career in the past. When things don't work out the way they wanted, everyone starts saying that it was not what they wanted in the first place.... They are both doing the same thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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