David Foster Gets Candid About His 'Long' List of Failures & the Artists He Can't Produce

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David Foster (officialdfoster) opens up about his 'long' list of failures & the artists he can't produce

In 1986, he started the David Foster Foundation to provide financial support to Canadian families with children in need of life-saving organ transplants; it has raised an astounding $30 million dollars to date and helped more than 1100 families.is still locking down U.S. distribution but gets a theatrical release in Canada Oct. 16, then airs on production partner Bell Media's CTV Nov. 28 and streams on Crave Nov. 29.

I had no control. Part of it was a conscious decision. Everybody kept hammering on me and saying, 'You can't have your fingerprint on this. If you do, then it's not going to be accurate. You've got to let somebody objective tell your story.' And, honestly, I've only seen the film one and a half times, a rough cut.[Laughs] Yeah, walked out on my own film. No, he wanted me to watch the first half again.

One thing Celine Dion keeps saying a couple of times in the doc is "he makes songs that live forever." You're in pursuit of the hit. Do you equate success with hits and money?, the only interview was the Boz Scaggs record that I did and they said, 'David Foster has succeeded in plunging the dagger in Boz's back and the blood is all over his white suit.' So I've never been a critic's darling. I get that.I sure did [laughs].

You once told Neil Young he was flat and he responded with that classic line, "That's my sound." What do you think you could do with like a Dylan or Neil or even a Kurt Cobain? Could you produce those types of artists? As a hands-on producer, when is it interfering with the artist's integrity, personality, character of the music?

I think Renee could catch a wave, but is she going to have a career as a singer? Probably not, no, but in this particular moment she could catch a wave. But I'll tell you, the biggest slot available right now — the Neil Diamond slot. Where's that young good-looking kid with a guitar slung over his back that writes three-chord songs that the whole world wants to sing? Not country. Pop. Where's that guy? That slot's wide open. I won't be filling it, probably.

 

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