From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017022109332742255-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Isn't Van Morrison famous for going in and recording something like 20   
   > songs in one setting to fullfill his contract ... so he could leave his   
   > record label ?  Believe that was him. The songs were short, written on the   
   > spot little ditties about people that worked there he didn't like. Might   
   > be worth looking up sometime.   
      
   I always wondered why he looked so sour-puss - The late great Lou Reed was   
   known as the "Rock & Roll Animal", but I've always thought of Van Morrison   
   as the "Rock & Roll Grouch" ;)   
   I've also heard somewhere, where he looks like he'd bite you head off   
   because he's really like that...and being Ripped-Off by Parasites is   
   probably a more-than-good-enough reason.   
      
   > Records make you famous.  They don't make you rich.  You get money by   
   > leveraging that fame into good paying live gigs.   
      
   I've always thought of successful records, i.e. those that get airplay, as   
   being advertisements for concert tours!   
      
   > Or something similar like a book deal, or a line of tennis shoes :-)   
      
   Yeah, but that would be getting away from the Music.   
      
   > As an artist you should never expect to make money off a recording.   
      
   Well, not enough to survive on anyway.   
      
   > Best case it won't cost you much. If you stay in the biz, over time you   
   > can set up your own publishing company and maybe start making money from   
   > that.   
      
   Yep, Indie is definitely the way to go to avoid Parasites.   
      
   > Or get a tv show.  But records are a rip off.  Even if the record sells   
   > and makes piles of money, you won't see any of it, unless you own the   
   > record company. Because that's where all the profits are gonna end up.   
   > That's how the game is, simple. Either you go along and let the records   
   > make you a " star " or you don't play.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   I Hate being Ripped Off, but I Love playing...so ticket sales rather than   
   record sales can still realize the dream.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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