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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Jacob Slichter's (Semisonic) book |
| Date | Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:40:33 -0400 |
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At Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 09:07:20 Andrea wrote:
>Still, what it lacks as a carefully-crafted piece of literature, it more
>than
>makes up for with its insight into the machinations of the major labels.
>It's
>hilarious to follow along as Slichter mentally tallies up the cost of all
>the
>limousine rides, expensive lunches, designer duds and other star-treatment
>perks, having realized that he and the band will be paying for all of it in
>the end.
But, I bet the band never stopped for one second and collectively decided
that chasing the dragon was going to, in the end, destroy their
career....and their cash flow for years to come. They could have stopped the
gratuitous spending and the climbing cost of what was unrecouped. Does
Slichter, in his hindsight, talk about doing anything about the fact that
they were going to get shafted for all this rock star treatment?
I'm curious to know if he, or the band, begrudges the labels for screwing
them over....or do they take some responsibility for letting themselves GET
screwed? Cos there always seems to be a very self-serving bias to acts who
end up losing the big enchilada and then claim they were victims of the evil
major label empire.
They can't ruin your career if you don't let them.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPages
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