KEVIN D. ENGLAND (kengland@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu)
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 18:01:25 -0400 (EDT)
I won't pretend to know what The Orb's financial situation is, but 95% of
all artists who ink up with a major label or major label affiliate end up
selling loads of records and still OWING the label money. That is the
biggest reason why sophomore albums stink (and many others following the
debut). Because people get webbed in a contract that screws them no matter
which way they turn. To get out of debt they'll put out whatever kind
of crap the label tells'em to record. If they're "lucky" they have a song
they can sell to some lame assed soda pop commercial. Yet another reason
for creative people to hold onto their work as tightly as they can.
my .02 cents
>
> I don't think they care about cultural value, only selling VWs. But you
> have to realize that the Orb sold the rights to the song...in other words,
> whoever owns the rights (sometimes, but not always, the artist,) got heaps
> of cash for it.
>
> This is what's commonly referred to as "selling out," when in reality when
> someone releases an album, they're making money off of it one way or another.
>
> Commercialism cheapens the music. Reduces it to brand recognition.
>
> Michael
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> "To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest."
> M.K. Ghandi
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