[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

Well. Don't you also start mixing up artistic freedom with dumb marketingchoices, incoherent and inconsequent. All true. But that has nothing to do with the heartfelt passion for artistic freedom. Just acknowkedge that. I also say that his marketingstrategies are and were dumb. Thaqt's why I love the guy. He simply doesn't know how to do it because his artistic drive is constantly conflicting with it. Yes. And vice versa, before you are going to say that.

I'm not even saying that he's made "dumb marketing choices" -- all I'm saying is that he's not a slave to Warner Bros. He could easily go elsewhere if he honestly and truly wanted to. So many other artists who were unhappy with the "marketing machine" have done that. It can be done... as long as you're willing to work for less.