Dance Appreciation Thread

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by Jyqm

It's certainly ballsy, but a multimillionaire offering to put up some of his own cash to release his music as he wants it isn't particularly commendable. There are tons of musicians who do this every day, who have a lot less money in their bank accounts, and a lot more riding on the potential success of their music.


I don't know, how many? I see a lot of overstuffed CDs out there these days with lots of filler, and lots of great 11 song albums... and lots of crappy 11 song albums. I can't think of any popular musician who has the attitude of "I just want to do the bare minimum because I don't care about my music," though.

But to still DO IT WHEN YOU DONT HAVE TO. That's commendable to me. He was more concerned with the art and craft of the album than the money he stood to profit from it. Wake up.

Almost every major album released today has less than 12 songs on it. most records companies will pay "x" amount of royalties on an album that has fewer songs on it. I don't know of a musician that wants to do the bare minimum either, but with the majority of CDs being released with LESS than 12 songs...doesnt that stand to show that most artists are not willing include more work on an album simply because of money...? I've been saying it for the past up-teen posts...its about money. A manager says "hey you know this album flows better with 15 songs...but you're only gonna get paid for 12 of them..." Dont think for a second that they wont pull those tracks. This goes right back to the argument about about the double album/Lindsey's personal cash stash thing.

As far as your argument about the setlist...there's no way around it. Complain all you want. I won't defend the crappy setlist-as-usual but I'll give you reasons WHY it is the way it is. If you dont like them I dont know what else to say.