Re: TAFKAP

[Robb McCaffree <nsrjm@nursepo.medctr.ucla.edu>]

Richard Bensam wrote:
> 
> Karen wrote:
> 
> >I submit that one of the reasons TAFKAP admires Kate so much is that she did
> >years ago what he has only now been able to do.  When she was in conflict
> >with EMI she built her own studio, took control of rights to her work, told
> >them she'd be back when she was darned good and ready, and went home to
> >compose.  She refused to be treated the way record companies treat those
> >they can make money from (if you heard how they treat Nusrat and his
> >accompanists you'd be appalled!)
> 
> Beg to differ respectfully on one point.  I've never seen evidence that
> Kate experienced any serious conflict with EMI, unless you're referring to
> the punishing schedule forced on Kate to promote her first album 


Au Contraire!

After the disappointing sales of "The Dreaming," EMI tried to 
force a new producer on Kate so that she wouldn't come up with 
something quite as experimental. This is perhaps the thing that 
prompted her to develop her own studio the most -- though she'll 
cite creative freedom and rented studio costs if asked.

Robb