Wendie Colter...
>> First off, comparing Will's career or "work ethic" to Adam Marsland's is
idiotic.  Don't you think Will has worked his ass off playing, recording,
touring and promoting before, during and after he was signed?

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> Of course Will is in a potentially good place to take over his own career,
thanks to his success via Giant/Warner.  There are countless artists who
tread that path now and the ones that do well enough at it to continue are
the ones who've had previous international success when signed, like Graham
Parker, Jonatha Brooke and Aimee Mann.


I think those two parts of your sermon are related. Because he does have the
leg up that he got from the major label deal, he does have the ability to
farm that into something of his own making. And I didn't compare Will's
career or work ethic to Adam's - I said that I wish every musician had his
work ethic. If Adam had the success that Will had, he wouldn't be selling
albums out of his car trunk, or if he were, he'd be selling a lot more. But
if he doesn't want to do that, fine, god bless him, and as my message
clearly stated, I can understand him wanting to throw in the towel and
respect his decision.

And no, I personally have never signed with a major label as a recording
artist, although I have worked in the industry. (I don't know if you have
either, wendie) And I don't know Will personally, as you might. However, I
know enough people to know how fucked up the industry is right now.

What I also know is that the memo from "Bud" sounded pretty fatalistic and
made it seem like the big brass ring dream went kabloowie, so Will was
taking his ball and going home. That's what I was reacting to, and the
statement about which my comments are based. If Bud is Will's spokesperson,
well...there you go.

b