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Tsunami Isuroko, International Industrial Review, Investigative Reporter, Tokyo, Japan There's nothing worse than trying to do business with a totally ignorant know-it-all programmed with every idiotic idea ever imagined unless it's trying to do business with a paranoid ("Who-have-you-done-this-for-before?" is their universal "I'm a paranoid!" sign board!). Recorded Music and Entertainment Industry Ignorance when combined with paranoia can wreck a project faster than anything else. The greatest nightmares for Record Executives are paranoids who get on the phone to everybody they can get the number of, radio stations, wholesalers, print media, manufacturers, licensers, record stores, etcetera, and run their mouth to the instant destruction of their own project and as often as not incur sales cancellations of other records handled by the company they're back-dooring! Horror stories are real, but happen only to those who are Industry Ignorant or paranoid or both! America's famed Bo Diddley was financially raped for untold millions, but he signed a contract with a charge back clause that would bankrupt the Rothchilds! He was Industry Ignorant and paid the price. He's still hiring lawyers, all of whom take his money knowing they can't do a damned thing! And neither can anyone else. If you sign any contract, make sure there are hard limitations on the charge back or you're never going to collect one single solitary Yen. However, the minute you put a limit on charge back, the label will put an end to negotiations! The only way to avoid that scenario is to be your own Executive Producer (ExP) and then don't stick your nose into areas where the Label, Publishers or General Licensers have the contacts and the expertise. Their money is on the line too, so they'll do their job without your interference. All contracts, and especially ExP Agreements, contain non-interference clauses that apply to the ExP, the Artist, and any and all associates of both under penalties of BREACH! And they must. It takes a great deal of expertise to speak all the Industry Languages, and one word out of context with the right person can kill a project. The worst problems are the industry paranoids who went to work at industry shops: wholesalers, broadcasters, record stores, manufacturers, etcetera; to 'get' that non-existent 'break' themselves. When their big chance didn't happen, they become resentful, and anybody is fair game. They can be handled, but only by experts with authority to spend money and make deals. The artist that 'calls the station', or has their 'friends' call, to hype their record is a fool of the greatest proportion! It takes about five seconds standing in a radio station lobby to acquire the ability to smell a phony 'hype job', and nothing will get your record thrown off the air faster. That's why most Licensers won't send PromoCopies to stations in the artist's area until the record is in demand, and why there are non-interference clauses preventing the ExP, Artist and all their associates from 'taking the record to the station'! IT'S THE ABSOLUTE KISS OF DEATH! The same thing applies to gin-mill juke box copies! There's nothing less professional than a juke box title strip ball point penned on the flip side of some other record that wasn't playing either! Industry Ignorants and Paranoids will do it every time. And when they do: they get a lifetime membership on the Industry's Turkey List! And often as not get all others associated with the product Turkey Listed too, with very few exceptions. Blacklists are illegal, but Industrial Intelligence, such as credit reports, are not! And when any General Licenser or any of their business investors or associates gets damaged by some jerk, regardless of how 'talented' and regardless of their past industry accomplishments: they Turkey List that jerk! And rightfully so. They've probably bankrupted the entire investment other people worked hard to earn and trusted them to make a profit on; defamed and bad-mouthed the very people whose reputation made the investment possible; and thus damaged or destroyed the livelihood of employees all up and down the Industry. If someone caused you to lose your job, or lose a commission you've already worked for: how mad would YOU be? What would YOU do about it? You certainly wouldn't do business with that person ever again. And in this business, you won't! Either you want your music to make money or you don't. If your music is a living room, patio or garage hobby, that's fine! You can do the whole thing your way. After all, you're paying the bills! But if you intend to make money with your musical efforts: you're in the music business, and that changes all the rules. The Recorded Music Industry has its own rules and they will not change to suit the preferences, delusions, dictates, idiocies, stupidities, ignorances or paranoias of anyone, including those in the industry! You can be as original with your music as you want, but the rules will not bend. Only a fool thinks differently, and only a damned fool attempts the process. If you want to lose your money, and risk your reputation, then do so by all means. But if you expect anyone else to pay the bills and lay their reputation on the line just so you can blast off incoherently: YOU'RE CRAZY! Its as simple as that. It may come as a surprise, but there are more Ordained Ministers, Attorneys, Accountants, Medical Doctors, Engineers, Politicians, Firefighters, Bank Officials, Stock Brokers, Postal Employees, Sociologists, Registered Nurses, Administrators, Business Managers, Court Judges, Police Officers, Scientists and Educators doing hard criminal time from each profession than all the Recorded Music 'criminals' in jail combined! Remember, a Music Capitol address does not endow the addressee with any great expertise or honesty. And lack of a Music Capitol address does not strip one of either! For instance: There are no General Licensers based in Nashville "Music City, USA"! And that is the very entity every Country Music Artist must get through to if they're ever going to make a living: The General Licenser. It's the General Licenser that provides anywhere from ONE THIRD to THREE QUARTERS of the Promotion Investment and ALL Distribution costs and expertise. Running an Industry Ignorant or Paranoid mouth within hearing of any of the General Licenser or Label Executive, or any of their investor's ears will get you TURKEY LISTED instantly! The Recorded Music and Entertainment Industry is like a pristine Jungle, it has the promise of everything. But if you will commit suicide, the Jungle is quick to oblige. |
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Since new count began, 22 April 2008.
