The Smack Of Firm Government

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Is it very wrong of me to have a sneaking liking for Guy Hands?

"The power and the decision has sat with the A&R man, who is someone who gets up late in the day, listens to lots of music, goes to clubs, spends his time with artists and has a knack of knowing what would sell.

"They were committing money with no sign off, no nothing."

"What we are doing is taking the power away from the A&R guys and putting it with the suits - the guys who have to work out how to sell music. Trying to persuade 260 people to give up their power has been hard."

"We had labels at EMI that were spending five times as much on marketing as their gross revenues. We told them you could stick a £50 note on the cover of a CD and have the same effect, and we also wouldn't have to pay them. Those sorts of comments don't go down too well."

Comments

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

he should appoint a sidekick called CHICK FEET

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

where do i find these records with £50 notes on?

given that the record "industry" is gerfuckened anyway, we mayaswell have some laughs on the way down and it looks like guy may provide us with several.

[ms-bracken.livejournal.com]

He's a funny guy (http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSL1751976620071217?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews), if mordant jokes about the current economy are your thing...