Re: Before I Get Old; Music B'Ness

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

>Recreation is a fine thing, and making money's not so bad either, and doing 
>both is the best of all (I know because that's what I do). Losing money, on 
>the other hand...it ain't too recreational. All the fun goes out of it, if 
>you know what I mean.
>
> > you're just planning to go around playing some music that maybe nobody 
>will like very much, you'd better share the costs.
>
>I think the point still remains: they could go out and do it, and make 
>enough.

You have to invest a certain amount up front to get things started, and I 
think Roger did this with the DST tour.  TED are sort of on a roll now with 
the Quad tours and hopefully they'll continue with Lifehouse.  If there's 
too much of a time lapse in between, then interest will drop off and people 
will forget about them again.


>Yeah, but that's less fun.
>
>I'd have much rather seen that. In fact, I didn't go to see the orchestral 
>Daltrey. I have my standards, you know.

Snob.  There's nothing at all wrong with orchestras.  They just need good 
music to play.


> > It looks like people share their cds around, too--trade, tape, swap, buy 
>and sell.  Whatever, it's not something the record companies are pleased 
>with.
>
>Making billions of dollars a year IS such a terrible thing, isn't it?

Yeah.  All those executives have to have their perks, you know.


>These days, a contract is usually for just a few albums with options.
>Unless he JUST renewed, which is unlikely, he could terminate whenever. I 
>don't know the details, of course, but my thinking is an artist in his 
>postion would leave himself as much room as possible, and the label would 
>pretty much have to accept it.

I dunno.  They don't seem to have much respect for anybody.


>Especially when there's not as much room to be creative, because it's
>pretty much all been done at this point.

You might think that, but then there are all kinds of creative people out 
there.  As long as there are differences, people can look at something and 
come up with a new take on it.


keets


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