Benny Blanco is a writer and producer who has worked with Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Katey Perry, Kesha, Justin Bieber, and many other singers. How can a kid with ADHD and OCD manage to overcome his problems to become a successful record producer, songwriter, artist, actor, record executive…and now an author?
Much of F*CK FAILURE is a litany of Benny Bianco’s mistakes. I’m surprised anyone would want to admit making this many mistakes. But Benny isn’t afraid of failure. In F*CK FAILURE Benny says if you want to be successful, you need to embrace failure. And learn from it!
The chronicle of Benny’s screw-ups shows that he learned how to be persistent. Things go wrong for Benny all the time as he pursues his dreams. Of course, things go wrong for many of the people he works with, too.
Benny Blanco worked on “Teenage Dream” and “California Girls”, and 19 other Number One hits. I’m always interested in success stories. But F*uck Failure delivers a very different picture of how to get to the top. GRADE: B+
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
YOU ARE A FAILURE — 1
- Shut up — 13
2. Dream big — 19
3. Live like it’s real — 47
4. Fail until it feels good — 87
5. Don’t be a dick — 119
6. Be nice to yourself — 153
7. Relax (there’s always tomorrow) — 187
Acknowledgements — 191
More properly, F*CK FAILURE, George. And pop music is one of the areas of human activity where Gutting It Out is considered more important than decorum, particularly if one keeps making money.
I don’t suppose you could not erase my comments when you fix the early release of at least some of these posts? That’s always at least a bit depressing. I should probably stop commenting, since this is an obvious too-early release slew again.
Todd, WORDPRESS messes me up from time to time by releasing unfinished posts. It drives me nuts!