Re: Who Cares About Commercial Success?

[giliath@UTKVX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Nicholson, Christopher)]

In article <6483.9402190314@daiches.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>, rjc@cogsci.edinburgh.ac.uk writes...
>In article <Pine.3.05.9402171809.B16686-b100000@atlas.cs.upei.ca>, Fiona McQuarrie (fm) writes:
> 
>fm> Let me pose you some questions, disbelievers.
> 
>ok.
> 
>fm> If Kate's records do not sell well, do you think she is going to get
>fm> continued support (i.e. $$$) from the record cos. to keep doing
>fm> what she is doing?
> 
>Well, it seems to me she's probably mor einterested in pounds than
>dillars :-).
> 
> 
> 
>fm> Do you want her work to be widely distributed and
>fm> easily accessible, or do you want her work to be available only in
>fm> small stores and/or by mail order, with little possibility of it
>fm> gaining a wider audience? 
> 
>A wider audience seems irrelevant to me. However, it has to be said
>that she could be mushc less comercial than she is and still be easily
>available. 
> 
>fm> So let's not be too hasty about not giving a rat's ass about commercial
>fm> success. Commercial success ensures that Kate can keep working and that
>fm> all of us can get our greedy little hands on her products ;)
> 
>Of course, the picture may be different from the US, but from here
>KaTe is nicely on the border. Sucessful enough that her albums hit the
>charts and so are available relatively cheaply, but not so sucessful
>that she is under pressure to keep turining out the same old stuff
>every year.
> 
>--
>rjc@cogsci.ed.ac.uk			_O_
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> 
Sorry for the waste of bandwidth, I haven't figured-out how to easily edit on
this thing yet.  Anyway, I tried to reply to this earlier (the poster who is
being replied to here) but something happened and it didnt go through.
As far as I'm concerned, as long as SHE is happy with the money she's making,
I'll be more than happy to sacrifice money, time, and convenience to get the
best she has to offer.  Let's face it, to be commercially successful one must
suck.  He has to appeal to the lowest common demoninator.
To quote Jello Biafra:
"Tin-eared, graph-paper brained
 accountants instead of music fans
 call all the shots at giant record companies now,
 the lowest common denominator rules."  ["MTV Get Off the Air"]

-Christopher Nicholson