OT: record companies

["Kristian Erik Hermansen" <user=152@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Feb 4, 2008 5:23 PM, Matt Shields <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> this is were the math gets complicated.  If this is a new artist (3-4 
> or less albums), they are usually already in the hole from money 
> prepaid upon signing, plus all sorts of costs that the labels can come 
> up with.  What it comes down to is usually the first 2 albums the 
> artist doesn't make very much to live off of, usually because the 
> artist has sold his soul to the devil (the labels).  So the way they 

One of the singers in my old band Texas Pink (Aaron Norrell) was 
offered a million dollar contract when he lived in California.  He 
refused to sign (due to the conditions) and I had the pleasure of 
playing with him when he moved to Boston.  We played for about a year, 
but everyone was so busy with their lives that it is hard to keep a 
band together (as anyone who plays in bands knows).  I then moved to 
California and they got a new drummer. 

>From what Aaron told me, basically you owe the record company a lot of 
money if your album does not sell to recoup the costs.  It's 
essentially a very hefty loan!  Now, that's just crazy to owe one 
million back to a record company :-) 

You can see our old band, Texas Pink, at the link below  The drummer 
in the video is the guy who eventually took my place when I moved to 
California.  In the video, he is playing my drums, which I ended up 
donating to charity when I moved (too hefty for 3000 miles!).  I am 
not sure what Aaron is doing or if they are still playing out in 
Boston. 
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GrC1WnR8cmY

I also had the pleasure of playing guitar for Herb Plimpton in San 
Francisco in The Rogue Signs.  The guy has an amazing voice, and I 
think he should be on the radio.  If anyone deserves a shot at a 
record contract, it is this guy.  Apparently he says the guys in the 
band Tonic gave him the start to land the EP deal he got, at the link 
below.  He also has some Green Day contacts in Berkley, but even this 
is not enough to make it.  It seems almost an incredible battle to get 
record companies to release quality music.  It seems all they are 
interested in are guaranteed sales from poppy female artists with 
boobs (imho).  I don't mean to be sexist here, but it seems that 
breasts sell (see madonna, brit spears, spice girls, etc).  A link to 
The Rogue Signs music is here.  This guy really does deserve a cut at 
a full length studio album, so if anyone has contacts, please let me 
know! 
http://www.kristian-hermansen.com/wordpress/2007/11/12/the-rogue-signs-my-new-band/

Music has reserved a very dear place in my heart ahead of Linux, but 
it is very difficult to make a living in comparison to the technology 
field :-)  My brother Jon is also known to play 
drums/guitar/bass/sing, so if you are looking to start a Linux geek 
rawk band in Boston (highly unlikely), maybe some people could form a 
jam session ... lol (remember the Mini Bosses that played at DEFCON 
one year?).  Jon also enjoys teh punk, emo, and metal varieties... 
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen 
"Know something about everything and everything about something." 

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