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| From | "Bobby Sutliff" <rsutliff@columbus.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: McCartney again |
| Date | Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:27:04 -0400 |
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What absolute and total crap....
EMI is floundering and I applaud Macca's attempt at some sort of different
marketing approach. Yeah, it's all about the money but so what?
Like a tool? I don't really get that at all. It's all about selling units
however you can. Alienating the fan base? Don't think so.
BTW - I think the new album is pretty good with a couple of tracks that
really move me.
I'd love for Starbucks to sell my new record....
Bobby Sutliff
>
> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:53:19 -0700
> From: "Bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Subject: McCartney again
> Message-ID: <00d601c7adc2$33d61fc0$f029fea9@533034B8A6DF4D9>
>
> I'm so tired of reading sh%t like this from people who should know
> better, like Paul McCartney -- here's a few quotes pulled from the
> L.A. Times feature (link below):
>
> "I was bored with the old record company's jaded view,"
>
> "They're very confused, and they will admit it themselves: that this
> is a new world, and they're a little bit at a loss as to what to do.
> So they've got millions of dollars and X budget . for them to come up
> with boring ways - because they've been at it for so long - to what
> they call 'market' it. And I find that all a bit disturbing.
>
> "I write it, I play it, I record it, and that's all fun. And you go to
> the record company, and it gets very boring. You sit around in rooms
> with people, and you're almost falling asleep"
>
> "My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these
> days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They
> know it's going to hit. They don't know when, they don't know where
> it's coming from. But it's sort of hit already. With iTunes, and all
> of that."
>
>
>
>
> **** The truth is, he went with a new company who offered more money.
>
> I know this for a fact, and It just so happened, that the company he went
> with has retail stores where people actually shop on a regular basis,
> for COFFEE. So he's giving it a try. And that company is tied in with
> another record company, Concord, who are doing things exactly like
> all record companies do, and distributing the CD to stores exactly
> like all of record companies do, only they're using the biggest record
> company's distribution co. (Universal Music) to do it. There are a great
> many other things I could say about it, but I can't put it in a public
> forum.
>
> Lemme just say this, I'm kinda bummed McCartney's being this way...
> Instead of being a shrewd businessman, he's kind of acting like a tool...
>
> P.S. And Elvis Costello is a tool too! FCC those guys -- it's all about
> the
> money. Trust me, I know. There are so many music people now, whose
> music I've once dug quite a bit, that are selling out and going for more
> money and trying to pass it off as a shrewd business move, and they
> think they're making smart moves but they're alienating their longtime
> fans now, and making enemies along the way too.
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