Posted on 07/14/2010 11:38:18 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
Darth Vader Banned From 'Star Wars' Party (inside movies July 12, 2010)
Dave Prowse, who wore the Darth Vader costume in the first three 'Star Wars' films, has been banned from the forthcoming Lucas Film Star Wars Celebration party in Orlando, Florida. Not only that, he's been told his presence won't be welcome at any Lucas Film/Star Wars-related events.There could be a reason, though, seeing as Uncle George is probably fuming at the comments Prowse recently made to SlashFilm about not receiving any residual payment for 'Return of the Jedi' -- because it didn't make a profit
Music PING
My favorite singer, Dwight Yoakam, went with an independent label, New West, reportedly for more artistic freedom but after reading this I suspect some of the reason may have been to keep some of the money he earns. Related to this post, I have heard that recording artists make pretty much all their money on tour, not from record sales.
Paul McCartney went from EMI to Concord (a jazz label) this year.
EMI sold 69,000 post-Beatles albums from McCartney last year. Or so that is the tally.
Music on radio and tv sucks so much because the public is fed what the big labels are forcing, as they did in the 1970s.
The monopoly needs to be broken up. The racketeers in the music industry (real crooks) need to be sent to prison.
None of this will happen. So now the public listens to music off the grid and “big sellers” are far below what they once were.
450,000 bands instead of 14,000.
Artists make their money via publishing, ASCAP/BMI, and touring. If they don’t write their own songs, it is with touring. Some artists make a lot on recording. But the bulk just get their advance per album.
There was a time when I was a college kid with a guitar and keyboard, just wishing I could get hooked up with a deal like this. What a sucker.
Now with the digital revolution anyone can produce an album start to finish in their basement—with absolute control over the project and the same return: zero. :)
I’m sure more and more especially established bands will go the independent route. Radiohead apparently licensed the release of In Rainbows to the labels. After they gave it away for whatever people wanted to pay for the digital download.
Trent Reznor is now unsigned as well I think.
Who pays the song writer (if it is not the musician)?
The guy who sang his “pants on the ground” song on American Idol should have gone into a studio within a week to record that and sell the mp3 through itunes/Amazon.com
He would have sold 50,000 units minimum in that first week.
Yeah! Something goes viral like that...boom...you gotta capitalize on it.
Not sure why that didn’t happen.
I actually read Courtney Love’s article when it came out. It was good for the first few pages but then started to meander. Nevertheless, before I read it I was against stuff like Napster. After reading it I was all over downloading music. ;)
Musicians are to record labels what cars are to Hertz.
Didn’t musicians, before the advent of recording, make their money performing? Sounds like a good paradigm to me. And just like professional athletes, if they really stand out they can even make money sponsoring products/companies.
>>Now with the digital revolution anyone can produce an album start to finish in their basement—with absolute control over the project and the same return: zero. :)<<
But it is a lot more fun!
Music is like softball. People do it because they enjoy doing it.
Because by being on American Idol, he is under contract and cannot do so.
Katie Perry had 2 number 1 hits and couldn't make ends meet so she had to start doing zit medicine commercials.
And whoever invented Ke$ha deserves the death penalty. :)
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