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Greg Curtis · 17th September 2012

Here's a quote from her accounting of her $1,192,800 album/tour budget:

"i have to pay the VISUAL artists who joined this amazing art party. i commissioned them all to paint their art, they own it. i’m only BORROWING the art for the art gallery tour — and using the “likeness” (the digital copy) for the album/book/etc. packaging – and then returning the art to the artist to keep. still, i paid them all. add another $20-25k there. i feel very good about giving them all that money."

So...

17th September 2012	#40
Greg Curtis Lives for gear Joined: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,817	Here's a quote from her accounting of her $1,192,800 album/tour budget: "i have to pay the VISUAL artists who joined this amazing art party. i commissioned them all to paint their art, they own it. i’m only BORROWING the art for the art gallery tour — and using the “likeness” (the digital copy) for the album/book/etc. packaging – and then returning the art to the artist to keep. still, i paid them all. add another $20-25k there. i feel very good about giving them all that money." So... __________________ . . . The Bridge Recording . . .
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