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- Subject: Re: What does Kate Bush do for money?
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- In article <BzuEBC.Ez8@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:
- >I'm just guessing, but I can't imagine her album sales being so high
- >that she can afford to take off a few years. Does she have another job
- >somewhere?
-
- Well, she doesn't pose for Penthouse. Really, if you are smart enough
- and have clout enough and an income already you can negotiate a *much*
- better deal with a record company than the usual one that new artists
- usually get. Most bands and singers get signed to a dreadful deal that
- gives the record company a vast amount of power over the resulting
- album, control over cover art and promotion, and the ownership of both
- the songs and the recording, in exchange for a large initial sum. This
- is a good deal if you are not very talented and plan to be a one hit
- wonder, but is not a good idea if you are a solid talent and plan to be
- in music for a long time.
-
- Kate and her family took a long time to consider the offer from EMI
- and formed a corporation, Novercia, that would own all of Kate Bush's
- music. Novercia finances the recording and delivers a finished master
- tape to EMI at the end of the process. EMI never *hears* a thing until
- the final mix is done. By contrast, the recording is usually overseen
- by an "A&R" person who steers the session in favor of the company's
- interest.
-
- By maintaining the "mechanical copyright" to her recordings Kate
- gets far more per recording than the usual, and has the right to decide
- the course of her carrer. But this independence costs quite a bit; one
- reason Del Palmer engineers Kate's records is that he's a lot cheaper
- than other engineers. If she tried to hire a top-notch engineer for
- 3 years, Kate's next album would have to cost $45.00 a copy.
-
- Chris Williams
- chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu
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- >Thanks,
- >--
- >-- Jeff (jeffo@uiuc.edu)
- >-- NeXTmail welcome
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