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| From | "W. Colter" <deedlemusic@sbcglobal.net> |
| Subject | Re: Henley |
| Date | Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:19:02 -0800 (PST) |
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Fair enough -- if it's true that his label worked out a deal with Best Buy that he personally approved of, then even though he's right about big-box retailers, that's a completely hypocritical stance to take and he certainly loses credibility. I'm suspicious only because that's a pretty big loss of cred, considering how he continues to stick his neck out in public on these issues, and he doesn't appear to be a moron. I'd like to hear what he'd say about this.
As for doing something useful, it seems to me that his RAC/Recording Artists Coalition is a step in the right direction, at least in terms of a platform to mobilize artists in demanding a fair deal from the industry.
W.
>>>>>But those guys approved everything he sent up for them, as a
manager....so
them, along w/ the Rolling Stones, have *no* business or credibility
talking
to any music fans about what ails the music industry until they, using
the
power and influence they have as artists in demand, do something useful
to
the process.
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