“We never let go. Ever. Even with punctuation. It's frightening. I can't see anyone from any record company ever writing an email to Neil and not getting it back, with corrections.” WritingI CanCompanyRecordsLetting GoScaryFrighteningEmailCorrectionsRecord CompaniesPunctuationNever Let Go Author:Chris Lowe
“I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I was doing what I was doing and nobody understood what I was doing.” ForgetCompanyRecordsUnderstoodMy TimeRecord CompaniesWasting My TimeDemos Author:John Fahey
“I don't get particularly precious about things like this, though. Like the record company said, "We need a radio edit that delivers the hook" - I don't even know what they consider the hook in that song ["Oh No"] - "that delivers the hook sooner." So I'm like, "Okay. I see that." And they were all walking on eggshells, like is this going to be sacrilegious to me or something, to mess with this art I've created? And I'm like, "Great. I get to tinker with it, I get to mess with my song some more."” KnowsNeedsArtSaidSongCompanyRecordsWalkingOkayRadioMessHookEditsRecord CompaniesSacrilegiousEggshellsWalking On Eggshells Author:Andrew Bird
“I think the consumption of music is at an all-time high. But I think the ways that record companies are trying to monetize it is just all over the place. At the end of the day, music is in the clouds. Before, you could hold it, look at it, turn it around. Now, it's just in the air.” ThinkingWayTryingLooksEndsTurnsCompanyRecordsAirMusic IsCloudsAll TimeThe End Of The DayConsumptionRecord Companies Author:Jay-Z
“You don't have to wait for a record company to tell you that you're good or to sign you. You can put your music out on itunes, youtube, soundcloud, so it's kind of a plus, I think.” ThinkingKindWaitingCompanyRecordsPlusYoutubeRecord CompaniesItunesSoundcloud Author:Shanice
“When a record company makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When a manager makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When the artist makes a mistake, the artist pays for it.” ArtistPayMistakeCompanyRecordsManagersRecord Companies Author:Robert Fripp
“When new artists come out and they're not being cosigned or some company doesn't have a stake in it, or someone's not getting paid under the table to produce the whole record or bring it to video, the artist really suffers.” WholeArtistSufferingCompanyRecordsProducePaidTablesVideoStakesNew Artists Author:Pharoahe Monch
“If you get rid of a lot of the poseurs by destroying record companies, maybe it's a good trade-off.” IfsCompanyRecordsTradeDestroyingRecord CompaniesTrade Offs Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“I think what people love about the Steve Jobs story is not just the track record at Apple, but that comeback story, that he was thrown out of Apple, came back and built the company even greater. And that perseverance is so important in terms of entrepreneurship. And nobody is a better role model for that, for all entrepreneurs all over the world than Steve Jobs.” PeopleThinkingWorldImportantStoriesJobsTermCompanyRolesRecordsGreaterModelsBuiltEntrepreneurPerseveranceTrackEntrepreneurshipApplesThrownRole ModelsComebackTrack Record Author:Steve Case
“The fans like the idea we do what we want. It's not an act. Screw the record company and the beaten path. Without MTV or radio, we still have a huge underground following.” WantStillsIdeasCompanyPathRecordsFansHugeRadioFollowingBeatenScrewsRecord CompaniesMtvBeaten Path Author:James Hetfield
“Everybody can perform, there are so many outlets. Musicians are no longer limited. In the past, the record companies made most of the money. I for one am not sorry to see them fade away.” MadePastCompanyRecordsMusicianSorryFadesOutletsRecord CompaniesFade AwayNot Sorry Author:Jake Holmes
“Sometimes, you release an album and the record company just about ignores it, and so many people don't even know it's out. And I'm not about to jump up and down shouting, "Hey folks, look at me! I'm cool and groovy!" That's not what George Harrison is all about.” PeopleKnowsLooksSometimesCompanyRecordsFolksAlbumsReleaseHeyLook At MeUp And DownShoutingRecord CompaniesGroovy Author:George Harrison
“I wouldn't say that we're proactively out there hunting down brands to try to fulfill some piece of a larger battle plan or something. If they have things they want to get to us, we're somewhat easily accessible through our managers and record companies.” IfsWantTryingCompanyRecordsPiecesPlansBattleBrandsManagersHuntingRecord Companies Author:Lars Ulrich
“The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people; before, they were run by creative people.” PeopleRunningCompanyCreativeRecordsGoes OnFinancialCreative PeopleRecord Companies Author:Enrique Iglesias
“Oh, you know record companies. . . at the end of the day, it's business. If you analyse it, you're just a piece of meat. The minute you go bad, it's: 'Next!'.” IfsKnowsEndsNextCompanyRecordsPiecesMinutesMeatThe End Of The DayRecord Companies Author:Enrique Iglesias
“Everybody raps. We rap to make money. We do business. Ain't no other record company out there that sold as many records as we did.” CompanyRecordsRapMaking MoneyRecord Companies Author:Tupac Shakur
“Our first album was a stupid mistake by the record company. They tried to sell us as an alternative act. A big mistake!” FirstsBigsMistakeCompanyRecordsStupidSellsAlbumsAlternativesRecord CompaniesBig MistakeStupid Mistake Author:Lauryn Hill
“We were still able to see the phone records of a potential terrorist cause, we held them, now you have to hope the phone company still has them, you have to argue with their chief counsel by the time you get access to it, and try to find out who they've been talking to before it's too late.” TryingStillsAbleCausesCompanyTalkingRecordsLatePhonesAccessArguingTerroristChiefsToo LateBefore It's Too Late Author:Barack Obama
“I still have every record company sending every new, hot track to me, to do music videos, so I'm chained by the foot to pop culture. I still know what kids dress like and speak like, and I still hang out with them. It's just the nature of my day job. I am a freak of nature that has to understand them.” KnowsStillsKidsJobsCultureSpeakCompanyRecordsFeetHotDressesTrackPopsVideoHanging OutFreakPop CultureRecord CompaniesChainedDay Jobs Author:Joseph M. Kahn
“I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it - like, they say "rock". Because the white singers can't sound like James Brown, they call him "soul". They've been doing that for years. That's the prejudice crap.” YearsSoulKidsUsedEnjoySoundWhiteCompanyRecordsRocksListeningBandPrejudiceRadioSingersLabelsBrownCrapRecord Companies Author:Miles Davis
“I saw the Ramones, early on at a country-rock palace in Denver. They were opening for some record-company band, so the local music establishment, and I emphasize the word "establishment," was there in force, and the handful of us who knew the Ramones were up in front. And half the fun was, you know, not only were the Ramones the most powerful band I had ever seen at that point, but they made it look so simple - that anyone could do it, hell, even I could do it. This is what I should be doing.” KnowsShouldLooksMadeCountryFunForceSimplePowerfulHalfCompanyHellRecordsSawsRocksFrontsBandLocalsOpeningMade ItMost PowerfulEstablishmentHandfulPalacesRecord CompaniesDenverRamones Author:Jello Biafra
“I can do whatever I want, I can have my band, I can use different people, I can use studio players, it's complete, total freedom for me. If I want to make a video, now that I own my own record company, if the video has an American flame being engulfed by a huge puddle of oil, I can do that, I can say that if I want to.” PeopleIfsWantI CanDifferentUseCan DoMy OwnCompanyRecordsPlayerHugeBandStudiosOilVideoFlamesDifferent PeoplesRecord CompaniesPuddles Author:Richard Patrick
“I heard a quote once in a documentary about a band that said you're better off owning everything 100 percent and selling 20,000 copies of an album than signing with a record company and selling a million copies. There has never been a truer statement about show business than that.” SaidShowsCompanyMillionsRecordsHeardBandPercentAlbumsStatementsSellingCopiesDocumentariesBetter OffShow BusinessSigningRecord Companies Author:Bill Burr
“During the 1999 debate over Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China President Bill Clinton said, 'In opening the economy of China, the agreement will create unprecedented opportunities for American farmers, workers and companies to compete successfully in China's market. WRONG: Our trade deficit with China has increased from $83 billion in 2001 to a record breaking $342 billion in 2014.” SaidOpportunityPresidentCompanyEconomyRecordsNormalRelationTradeBillsClintonWorkersChinaBillionsDebateOpeningPermanentAgreementFarmersDeficitUnprecedentedPresident Bill ClintonRecords Breaking Author:Bernie Sanders
“I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind.” MindSaidWantedCompanyRecordsBest ThingsThings To DoThey SaidRecord CompaniesLush Author:Etta James
“I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to see us.” WantTogetherCompanyRecordsReadyBandMajorsWorking TogetherInvitesRecord Companies Author:Tommy Bolin
“These record companies are going to be going out of business pretty soon, because people are just going to be downloading what they want to hear.” PeopleWantCompanyRecordsGoing OutRecord Companies Author:Lester Bowie
“I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't have to work anymore in life because when the rappers started sampling... I'm the most sampled artist in history.” ArtistCompanyMillionsRecordsDollarsSellingRapperPublishingSampling Author:Rick James
“Concerning iTunes, the deals have mainly been done with the record companies. But the artists, with some exceptions, haven't been very well-represented. This is partly because the record companies have largely been copyright owners.” WellsDoneArtistDealsCompanyRecordsHavensExceptionOwnersCopyrightRecord CompaniesItunes Author:Peter Gabriel
“But I did mine through a production company. All the music I did, I gave to the production company. Then the production company would give the record company the album. I used to do all my albums like that. It was fantastic. But now, understand, I have never planned to do anything with these other tapes. The one that are released, like the Virgin Ubiquity you have there, I wasn't going to do anything with that music. One day, I was talking to this guy that owns BBE over in England, and I said I've got some tapes and stuff that you might be interested in, and he went berserk.” GivingSaidMightUsedGuyStuffCompanyTalkingRecordsMinesOne DayEnglandAlbumsProductionsFantasticTapeVirginsThis GuyRecord CompaniesBerserkUbiquity Author:Roy Ayers
“They don't encourage quality today. When I was coming along, Columbia Records would sit with you and assume it would take two or three albums to get the act where it needed to be. Then the company would structure its promotion based on one, two or three years. They encouraged quality and innovation - that's why groups like the Beatles would use sitars, string orchestras and so forth.” YearsTwoUseTodayThreeQualityCompanyRecordsGroupsNeededInnovationStructureAssumingAlbumsStringsThree YearsOrchestraPromotionColumbia Author:Ramsey Lewis
“When I do an album I try to find a producer that's excited about something that they want me to sing, and I check with the record company to find out what they think they can sell - which is their No. 1 priority.” ThinkingWantTryingCompanyRecordsSellsAlbumsExcitedPrioritiesChecksProducersWant MeRecord Companies Author:Johnny Mathis
“About 1990 there was a huge shakeup in the music industry and the 6 major record companies fired all the music people and hired business graduates to take over the spots. So the music became not as important. What really became important was the bottom line, how much money you could make.” PeopleImportantLinesCompanyRecordsHugeIndustryMajorsMusic IsBottomSpotsGraduatesBottom LineMusic IndustryRecord Companies Author:Geoff Tate
“I gave away the money advanced from my record company on my first album, I'm the type of person who likes to give. I gave to my sister. She has four little babies and bought an old house and it needed repairs.” GivingFirstsLittlesPersonsHouseCompanyRecordsFourBabyTypeNeededAlbumsLikesMy SisterRecord CompaniesOld Houses Author:Jo Dee Messina
“I have always been involved with radio, whether it was as an artist talking to radio about my own songs, or as a promotion man at Def Jam to working records through my company. In 2000 I was asked to host a show in Norfolk VA and through that show I was then asked to host the morning show in Detroit. The concept of the show was around Hip Hop. We were active in the community and we wanted to do a local show that had a hip hop feel around it.” MenFeelsShowsWantedArtistSongCommunityMy OwnCompanyTalkingMorningRecordsInvolvedConceptsHip HopRadioActiveLocalsHipsHopsHostPromotionJamDetroitNorfolk Author:MC Serch
“I certainly never doubted the ability for the guys to get together and make good music, but there was so much legal business with the record company that it ended up being like five albatrosses around our neck.” TogetherGuyAbilityCompanyRecordsFiveNecksDoubtedGet TogetherRecord CompaniesAlbatross Author:John Bush
“Some record labels want to package you in a certain way and we didn't want that. Once the record company saw we had some substance and were not a one hit wonder. They got 100% behind us.” WayWantCertainBehindsCompanyWonderRecordsSawsLabelsSubstancePackagesRecord CompaniesRecord Labels Author:Christian Burns
“That was an idea of the record company, and also that was my first album after MCA and we wanted to come back with a strong album that would be noticed. If we put the vocals by very talented people and very meaningful songs, then the vocals would be a platform so that I could be noticed again. All of the MCA albums were just loaded with problems -- you know, the right musicians, the engineers. The record company would say 'You have to make music for black radio, you can't do what you have been doing with The Crusaders.' Everybody was telling me that was over, finished, done.” PeopleIfsKnowsFirstsHas BeensIdeasDoneProblemWould BeWantedSongStrongBlackCompanyRecordsMusicianRadioAlbumsFinishedMeaningfulPlatformsEngineersVocalLoadedRecord CompaniesVery MeanVery MeaningfulMeaningful Song Author:Joe Sample
“They wanted to 'radiofy' what I was doing. I was also in a position where I was compromised. I was much younger and maybe it is because I am Irish but there was a guilt factor when the record company pays you a lot of money, you feel obliged.” FeelsWantedPayCompanyRecordsPositionGuiltFactorsLots Of MoneyObligedRecord Companies Author:Damien Rice