^Yes, I'd say the idea that Stevie can't find anyone to put her lyrics to music is ludicrous. She knows the same chords she's known since she was a teenager and she owns a guitar and a piano. She can write music, melodies, just like she's always written them.
Furthermore, whether she's on tour or not, let's face it: she basically pays the salary of a few musicians year round. And she has lots of musician friends. She could get them to do it. She's been making her own demos for over 30 years now.
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Originally Posted by CADreaming
I've been thinking about this. Someone needs to give Stevie some updated information. I think there is a higher percentage of people who wouldn't buy their stuff anyway that would be more likely to download illegally -- and even if "fans" do the download, like you say, they probably will buy possible multiple copies, so it washes out. They aren't losing sales, I don't think. But, if she thinks the reason they don't sell Rumours era volume, someone needs to explain it's not due to internet piracy. I don't even know that many people who do that anymore - for anything other than bootlegs - not for new releases. Everyone I know just purchases via iTunes or Amazon.
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And maybe I'm just generalizing. I think FM fans might be less likely to illegally download than a younger artist's fans would be. Maybe that's not true. When Napster was around it might have been interesting to see what their stats were for illegal FM/SN downloads.
Of course, I do agree that Stevie just says this stuff as an excuse for not doing what she doesn't want to do. For whatever reason, she didn't want to record another solo album after TISL and she accused her fans of theft to justify that decision and the people around her encouraged her not to record any longer. Plus, she believes computers have hurt the music industry in general and likes to blame them for the downfall of civilization. But when it comes for not wanting to record, she could at least find a rationalization that isn't accusatory and illogical.
Michele