Another sobering "99% percent" sign seen on FB

[pepperbear]

Being a musician myself, this one hit home.

[stlsaxman]

1. too bad the artist and album title are illegible...

but "Columbia Records" screams volumes.

Good Read: "The Business Of Music" by Steve Albini (?)

Here's an apt aphorism from Robert Fripp:

When a musician makes a mistake the musician pays.
When Management makes a mistake the musician pays.
When The Record Company makes a mistake the musician pays.

[Fumesucker]

5. The Chambers Brothers..

And the title is The Time Has Come..

[Le Taz Hot]

8. A GREAT song and a great group!

This happened to the early Blues artists. Bonnie Raitt (goddess love her) started a retirement community for victims of industry abuse of this kind and has raised millions of dollars for it after she found out that one of her idols, Sippy Wallace, was virtually broke. This also happened to many of the Motown artists as well.

So many of these artists signed basically slave-labor contracts when they were young, had no representation and didn't know what they were signing. Some have gone back and sued and won (Led Zeppelin) but many just didn't/don't have the resources to go up against the industry giants.

Here's an instant fix: Some modern-day artists could record some of these songs and donate ALL royalties to them.

[FourScore]

17. did you ever wonder whatever happened to Irene Cara?

I used to know her. She lived in a small, cheesy, one-bedroom apartment in the Bay Area. She didn't get any royalties for her acting or singing film work. She used all her money to sue David Geffin. She lost to his top-notch lawyers and then she was blackballed from Hollywood. She could never get a job again. It was really sad. People in the Bay Area still recognized her and would come up all the time telling her how talented she was and asking for autographs. She was always so gracious. It was heartbreaking. She was in her early 30's then and all used up.

[malthaussen]

14. Was just listening to that again recently

Those dudes could rock out.

Yet another example (if one were needed) of how Big Bizniz screws over the people who actually DO the work.

-- Mal

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. Love this song

god, I'm tired of good people getting screwed over.

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Big Entertainment has no more scruples

or morality than Big Pharma or Wall Street...money-grabbing bastards all.
Absolutely scandalous...
SG

[Justice wanted]

3. OMG! A lot of Musicians from the 60s did get screwed BIG time. Wish I knew who it was would

donate in his honor.

[Tunkamerica]

4. Yeah, musicians in the 60's got screwed. Also, every other decade since recorded

music has existed.

[Fumesucker]

6. There's a HS Thompson quote that covers this..

""The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." -HS Thompson

[corkhead]

7. Lester Chambers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Chambers

[izquierdista]

9. News item from Hollywood

Ken Baker fills us in on the latest gossip revolving around Hollywood richest teens living situations including Taylor Lautner, Justin Bieber, and Miley Cyrus.

Ken reports, “Because of the economy alot of people are living with their parents longer then they use to, and this even includes multi-millionaire teen superstars. Check this out, 19 year old Taylor Lautner recently admitted to living with his parents, and even sleeps in the same bedroom since he was 11 years old!

Also 17 year old Justin Bieber, who is worth over 100 million dollars, still lives with his mom. However not everyone is living with their parents. For example, 18 year old Miley Cyrus, who is worth 50 million dollars, was able to rub some coins together enough to get her own place.

[sudopod]

16. This thread is about music artists.

You must be looking for another thread.

[Lawlbringer]

10. This is also a good speaking point against PIPA, SOPA, ACTA, and the like

Just so we all don't dehydrate ourselves crying for lost revenue for the companies themselves.

[frylock]

12. word..

illegal downloading could stop tomorrow and artists would still get screwed by the labels.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

13. Yup! It really is.

[6000eliot]

11. The record companies are thieving scumbags.

Of course, when they want to get all high and mighty about file sharing, they talk about how it hurts the artists.

[Blue_Tires]

15. A tragic, but common story...

So, so many of the big name artists (and in-house musicians for the record labels) from that era got ripped off