I still don't know who was getting screwed?!? one look at this thread and you can see the millions spent on acts that fail! if that's getting screwed, sign me up!
a good friend of mine was signed to two major labels in two different bands over the course of six years, spending about two and a half years in each band. first on warners, then interscope.
first band's album tanked at radio the first week of release while they were on tour opening for cheap trick (late 90s). they were dropped the day after they got done with the tour.
the second band got signed in a bidding war between atlantic and interscope and they signed with interscope. two years later the label and the band couldn't agree on the single or album cuts - it was cheaper for the label to buy them out on a release than to trigger more millions on marketing & promotion of an album they didn't beleive in
all total, he lived like a rock star for six years - the whole deal, A List Studios, A List Producers, tours, endorsements, and NO DAY JOB other than being a professional musician.
he doesn't regret a day of it...
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Originally Posted by doncaparker  You know, it is interesting to hear, on the one hand, people complaining that the old music industry was/is crooked and unfair, and on the other hand, people mourning its imminent death at the hands of illegal downloading.
This is a disconnect that I see all over the place on this forum.
I know that GS is heavy with folks who face big personal struggles because of the changes in the industry, and I really do feel badly for them. Change always sucks for somebody. However, if the industry of the past was as corrupt as it is reputed to have been, it is no wonder that some folks (mainly industry outsiders) kinda like the changes that are happening now. Not everybody (obviously), but some folks. Probably those who were getting royally screwed by the old system, I would guess.
Will things be better for those folks in the future? I doubt that anybody knows for sure. I just can understand why they are willing to be optimistic about any change to such an industry, just to see if the shakeup might favor them for a change.
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