On 6/14/07, Bryan wrote: > The thing is, it rankles me a little when the recording artist > says "record labels are dying, their ideas are boring, etc." > and "I decided to go a different way," when, in fact, as in > McCartney's situation, he's going about it the SAME EXACT > way, working with a label that is just selling the CDs the same > way as ever, but managing to make it seem like he's doing > something different. They're also making his album available through emusic for the first time, which means I bought it, unlike his last three (none of which were good enough for me to pay full CD price for, but all of which I would pay the very small per-track price I pay through emusic). If the company he's putting his new stuff out are marketing his stuff more effectively (people are saying they're seeing posters and haven't for previous ones) *and* getting it distribution through other outlets (emusic, Starbucks) which mean sales will be up, *and* paying him more money, then that does sound like being a 'shrewd businessman' to me. -- PEPCAST! - http://thenationalpep.podomatic.com National Pep CDs - http://cdbaby.com/cd/nationalpep The National Pep - Pop Music to hurt you forever - http://thenationalpep.co.uk