1 post tagged “emi ripoff”
'I'm just terribly disappointed and disillusioned with the whole
thing, with both EMI and with so-called 'fellow musicians'
alike. At 54 years old, after a 30 year professional life in
music, it's sickening to realize that I've been denied the
fruits of the most commercially successful part of my career, thanks
to the machinations of a huge, fabulously wealthy global company who
prefer to make cheap excuses rather than say, 'o.k., lets be fair, we
made a mistake and we'll reimburse you.' It's unethical, it's
mean and it's cheap and nasty. Paying me whatever royalties I
was originally due wouldn't hurt EMI's financial resources a bit.
(How many millions did they pay Robbie Williamsrecently?)
However, it hurts ME a hell of a lot, and I don't just mean
financially. What is the incentive to carry on when this kind
of thing is considered acceptable practice? No wonder there are
so many sad stories of artists being ruthlessly exploited and driven
to fatal despair. Poor bastards...it's not just me this stuff
happens to.' More / Profiles
