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From: rave123@pipeline.com
Date: 31 Aug 1996 13:40:38 GMT
Subject: Re: Kate does commercials!!
To: rec-music-gaffa@uunet.uu.net
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: PSINet/Pipeline USA
References: <505ma4$k24@bolivia.earthlink.net>
Sender: owner-love-hounds
In article <505ma4$k24@bolivia.earthlink.net>, mizzell@earthlink.net writes: >""...many agencies shy away from contacting original artist. Andrew >Chinich, executive producer and head of the broadcast department at >TBWA Chiat/Day in New York, says that it's because "people think it's >more money, but it's not. I don't pay an artist more than I pay a >music house." >Part of the problem is that all but the most powerful artist are under >such strict contracts that the record companies frequently set the >terms and often take the lion's share of any commercial money. In >fact, Chinich went directly to Kate Bush to purchase one of her >earlier hits. > >"I told her, "I could give $250,000 to Sony or I can throw it at you." >Unlike many less-established bands, Bush had enough clout as an artist >to take the deal. What "early hit" was purchased???