At Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:39:35 Bruce wrote:

>What on *earth* is the  problem w/ all these young bands on major labels(or
>large indies for that matter....)?!    it's been almost TWO years since 
>they
>recorded that album(okay, maybe 20 months) and they are only now just going
>in to record the follow up.
>
>Which wil take many months to record, many months *more* than it should.
>And then more months to get the follow up slated w/ the label's promotion
>schedule and then trickle on out.   Becoming easily 2 1/2 years since they
>finished the first one.
>
>Shee.   No wonder 'that guy' (sic) in the Onion lost interest.  ;-)
>
>Rooney who?  It's not like the funds aren't there to record this one
>sooner......

1) Band blew load (artistically) on first record.....25 years to write the 
debut, three months to write the follow-up.

2) Band's been on the road so there's no time to write.

3) Record label has to decide whether they still a) exist b) give a fuck c) 
have the dough

4) Major labels still haven't figured out that albums has a 12 week life 
span....which dates right back to the Beatles. Get a new album out BEFORE 
the audience a) gets bored b) forgets about you c) forgets they're bored.



Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPages