Re: (TV) prestige signings

["Nick Powell" <nick@powelln.freeserve.co.uk>]

Ray

Don't disagree with you very often but I can't see how, in the year 2000,
anyone could consider those two hip and cutting edge.They might have back
catalogues but.....................
-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond <ray@wavewalker.freeserve.co.uk>
To: tv@obbard.com <tv@obbard.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 12:15 PM
Subject: (TV) prestige signings


>I'm sure Lou and Patti are thought of as "prestige" signings by their
>respective record labels.This way they can continue to  kid themselves that
>they are SO hip and cutting edge- i'm sure at the end of the day they care
>little about how many units these artists are gonna shift-it's purely a
>cosmetic/vanity exercise....
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Maurice Rickard <maurice@mac.com>
>
>> Mainly a debunking of the "key man" idea (the "I'll follow Clive
>> wherever he goes" kind of thing), the article mainly argues that
>> artists won't follow executives to other companies.  Okay, fine--but
>> why do they stay?  One compelling reason buried at the end of the
>> article is that by leaving, the artists lose any say in how the back
>> catalog is administered.  (Of course, how many artists have any say
>> on this to begin with?)
>>
>> Throwing another theory on the fire,
>> --
>> Maurice Rickard
>> http://mauricerickard.com/
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