Prince is way too low on the Arrogance meter. Here we have a guy who took on the Big Label (Warner Music) and officially changed his name to a symbol just to get out of a contract. In Stipe's case (REM), he sold out by signing an 80 million contract with Warners…I don't think Prince and Stipe should be even near each other; they belong in different quadrants (or universe)!
1. That all Americans were knowledgeable, well informed & well traveled. Truth is most of them don't know much about the rest of the world & most have never left their home state. 2. That all Americans are perfect in appearance (like on TV). And then I stumbled into a K-Mart in a mid-western town... 3. America is a free country & you can do anything you want. The first time I brought a can of beer into the student union everyone freaked out... 4. That all the cowboys were the good guys (like John Wayne & Clint Eastwood). Just like the Brits who gave the Chinese opium, the American cowboys gave the Red Indians whiskey.
For the longest time the big labels resisted going online because the traditional music retail biz was raking in huge profits. Label execs were driving big cars and getting big fat bonuses every year. A music CD costs only $0.60 to produce & distribute. The rest - recording/artist promotions/A&P, are billed back to the artist. This is also deducted from the "advance" the label gives the artist when they sign on dotted line. The artist will get royalty payments but this is where the tricky part comes in; 0.01% of 5.0% of actual unit sale. The rest are shared by writers, musicians and label.
1. Ostrich meat cooked with black pepper corns 2. Monitor lizard meat soup 3. Horse meat sashimi (this one didn't go down well) 4. Flying fox (giant bat) 5. Black squirrel herbal soup
2. That all Americans are perfect in appearance (like on TV). And then I stumbled into a K-Mart in a mid-western town...
3. America is a free country & you can do anything you want. The first time I brought a can of beer into the student union everyone freaked out...
4. That all the cowboys were the good guys (like John Wayne & Clint Eastwood). Just like the Brits who gave the Chinese opium, the American cowboys gave the Red Indians whiskey.
The rest - recording/artist promotions/A&P, are billed back to the artist. This is also deducted from the "advance" the label gives the artist when they sign on dotted line.
The artist will get royalty payments but this is where the tricky part comes in; 0.01% of 5.0% of actual unit sale. The rest are shared by writers, musicians and label.
the moment you see the insides of a McD restaurant, your mouth starts to water automatically and uncontrollably.
2. Monitor lizard meat soup
3. Horse meat sashimi (this one didn't go down well)
4. Flying fox (giant bat)
5. Black squirrel herbal soup