Stevie discusses Possible New

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Well, isn't that the age old irony? Artists work hard at their craft to become successful and then when they do, maintaining success takes precedence over the art. I think Stevie is still an artist, but she's always wanted to make money off of it - and lots of it.

In today's world, nobody is making lots of money on music sales. There will always be a market for new music, but the days of mega-millions are over for Stevie, and have been for some time. The last commercially successful studio album, by the standard she seems to be setting, solo or Mac, was TITN.

How/why do people like Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, and Emmylou Harris find ways of releasing new music when they know it most likely won't come close to matching their past success, but Fleetwood Mac has only released THREE studio albums in 25 years (all relative bombs by their standards)?

Isn't the goal always to make a living (money to support yourself) by doing what you love (music/songwriting) instead of any other mainstream job? It's crazy to think that's not the ultimate goal.

That hasn't been an issue for Stevie since 1976.

why would she bother doing another album at all if she didn't want to fill a creative void?

She's in a band where everybody else wants to fill a creative void. But, I guess that would interfere with her "art".