Got an email from Burns this morning that reminded me that I've missed noting a few things...
Angela Gossow
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=80827
Angela Gossow, in mid September:
"Support your favorite bands. None of us are selling CDs anymore... not really. You know why damnit."
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=81573
Angela Gossow, in late September:
"I don't make any money from being in a metal band. ARCH ENEMY sells 200,000 copies [of each album] worldwide. I can hardly pay my rent from that... Every month I make 800 euros, which isn't very much."
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=82007
"Arch Enemy made their first US chart appearance on the release of their latest album, hitting #84."
No, 800 a month isn't a whole lot, but somehow I have not so much sympathy for somebody making a living off of their (presumably) dream job, not to mention all the world-traveling on other people's dimes, not to mention the thousands of people constantly saying how awesome and talented and beautiful she is. Whine whine whine.
Complaining that "none of us are selling CDs anymore" like she's a bitter ex-platinum selling artist is particularly rich. Arch Enemy is at its commercial peak, isn't it? Doomsday Machine debuted at #87 a couple years back, so that sounds pretty steady to me. Pity as marketing ploy, or a lack of perspective?
"I've just spent six months in the studio making an album and so I made no money at all."
Holy jumping Jesus Christ! This better not be "Every day for six months" or I know where all their money is going! I should find out exactly how long all of my all-time favorite albums took to record. I suspect my entire top ten didn't take six months total if you count only actual days.
Timo Tolkki
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=81912
He has been working hard on this project, entitled "Saana - Warrior of Light Part 1: Journey to Crystal Island".
Frightening that there are probably some people who can't wait to hear this. Read the entire news item. It's a hoot. I'm just wondering why "Miss K" never shows up anywhere anymore. She was just a hired model for a photoshoot, wasn't she?
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=82145
"They made unreasonable demands on me, did not keep their promises, repeatedly ignored their promises, changed their views 360 degrees, but expected me to understand them immediately and could not see things from my point of view."
Awesome.
Heavy As Hell
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=81928
"HeavyAsHell.com is a community-based popularity web site with an emphasis on all things pertaining to heavy music."
Sounds like a finger on the pulse of heavy metal.
Soilwork
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=82120
"SOILWORK Frontman Says New CD Is 'Almost Like A Best-Of Album'"
I suppose that is a better thing to say than, "This is our most mature album ever, but still the heaviest album we've ever done."
Bad Documentary Ideas
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=81598
""Behind the Suit and Tie", the story of the dying world of CD sales."
I know if I wanted the real deal on anything going on in the music industry, I'd go ask Crash Music.
I hope The End is only there to brag. "Shit, we didn't even exist ten years ago and now we're a multimillion dollar business! You should have been there for early shenanigans like our distribution situation for Epoch of Unlight when they went on tour with Dimmu Borgir! And when we financed albums by charging them on personal credit cards, those were the days!"
If the paragraph Blabbermouth quoted from the press release is any indication, we'll be lucky if this documentary ends up saying anything at all. "For example, digital distributors like iTunes make 30%, the distributor makes 20% and that leaves the label and artist 49 cents to split." Who is that second distributor? Is this documentary really going to tell us that evil legitimate downloading is killing CD sales? Will this documentary bother comparing these numbers with a similar breakdown for CDs (especially CD singles, which is the real comparison) in stores? I have this amusing thought of the documentarians ending up trying to make their point comparing the dollar figures of a full-length album in stores with single song legal downloads.
"As most new artists today feel that a record label should pay their bills and advance them huge money it's just not possible in this day and age."
This will be hard-hitting commentary.
Angela Gossow
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=80827
Angela Gossow, in mid September:
"Support your favorite bands. None of us are selling CDs anymore... not really. You know why damnit."
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=81573
Angela Gossow, in late September:
"I don't make any money from being in a metal band. ARCH ENEMY sells 200,000 copies [of each album] worldwide. I can hardly pay my rent from that... Every month I make 800 euros, which isn't very much."
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=82007
"Arch Enemy made their first US chart appearance on the release of their latest album, hitting #84."
No, 800 a month isn't a whole lot, but somehow I have not so much sympathy for somebody making a living off of their (presumably) dream job, not to mention all the world-traveling on other people's dimes, not to mention the thousands of people constantly saying how awesome and talented and beautiful she is. Whine whine whine.
Complaining that "none of us are selling CDs anymore" like she's a bitter ex-platinum selling artist is particularly rich. Arch Enemy is at its commercial peak, isn't it? Doomsday Machine debuted at #87 a couple years back, so that sounds pretty steady to me. Pity as marketing ploy, or a lack of perspective?
"I've just spent six months in the studio making an album and so I made no money at all."
Holy jumping Jesus Christ! This better not be "Every day for six months" or I know where all their money is going! I should find out exactly how long all of my all-time favorite albums took to record. I suspect my entire top ten didn't take six months total if you count only actual days.
Timo Tolkki
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=81912
He has been working hard on this project, entitled "Saana - Warrior of Light Part 1: Journey to Crystal Island".
Frightening that there are probably some people who can't wait to hear this. Read the entire news item. It's a hoot. I'm just wondering why "Miss K" never shows up anywhere anymore. She was just a hired model for a photoshoot, wasn't she?
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=82145
"They made unreasonable demands on me, did not keep their promises, repeatedly ignored their promises, changed their views 360 degrees, but expected me to understand them immediately and could not see things from my point of view."
Awesome.
Heavy As Hell
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=81928
"HeavyAsHell.com is a community-based popularity web site with an emphasis on all things pertaining to heavy music."
Sounds like a finger on the pulse of heavy metal.
Soilwork
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=82120
"SOILWORK Frontman Says New CD Is 'Almost Like A Best-Of Album'"
I suppose that is a better thing to say than, "This is our most mature album ever, but still the heaviest album we've ever done."
Bad Documentary Ideas
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=81598
""Behind the Suit and Tie", the story of the dying world of CD sales."
I know if I wanted the real deal on anything going on in the music industry, I'd go ask Crash Music.
I hope The End is only there to brag. "Shit, we didn't even exist ten years ago and now we're a multimillion dollar business! You should have been there for early shenanigans like our distribution situation for Epoch of Unlight when they went on tour with Dimmu Borgir! And when we financed albums by charging them on personal credit cards, those were the days!"
If the paragraph Blabbermouth quoted from the press release is any indication, we'll be lucky if this documentary ends up saying anything at all. "For example, digital distributors like iTunes make 30%, the distributor makes 20% and that leaves the label and artist 49 cents to split." Who is that second distributor? Is this documentary really going to tell us that evil legitimate downloading is killing CD sales? Will this documentary bother comparing these numbers with a similar breakdown for CDs (especially CD singles, which is the real comparison) in stores? I have this amusing thought of the documentarians ending up trying to make their point comparing the dollar figures of a full-length album in stores with single song legal downloads.
"As most new artists today feel that a record label should pay their bills and advance them huge money it's just not possible in this day and age."
This will be hard-hitting commentary.
