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- From: stuarth@csis.dit.csiro.au (Stuart Hungerford)
- Subject: Re: bloody record companies( was Re: Headless Chickens support Poppies!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.225637.26093@csis.dit.csiro.au>
- Organization: CSIRO Division of Information Technology
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:56:37 GMT
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- >>Why do record companies sanitize and blandify good bands??? I mean bigger
- >>record companies of course, i.e. those with enough clout to include a lot
- >>of control clauses in the contracts, like choosing what songs to release
- >>as singles, release dates, etc. Smaller ones don't generally have such heavy
- >>hands... So I have heard...
-
- >I wouldn't be too sure about that! Many small independant companies
- >happily change tracks on overseas product they distribute. In the case
- >of the Chickens Mushroom obviously felt that by holding off and waiting
- >for the new tracks they'd end up with a stronger album. I've heard the
- >new songs live, and believe me, they are a quantum leap for the band.
- >The Chickens themselves, in an InPress interview, seemed philosophical
- >about what Mushroom are doing. Sort of, "Well, there was nothing wrong
- >with the original album, but if they feel they have to change it, that's
- >fine too". It's not as if Mushroom have hired Euphoria to remix tracks
- >or anything... (and if you're reading this, Mushroom... DON'T!!)
-
- I was listening to "In the Mix" on Radio National last night when they
- interviewed the editor of a new journal/magazine on popular music called
- "Perfect Beat". He claims that in their first issue they did some in depth
- "research" on the Hummingbirds and concluded that indie or non-mainstream
- bands are every bit as packaged, sanitised, and manipulated as mainstream
- bands.
-
- Has anyone out there actually read this article?
-
- Stu
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