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Post by rick on Apr 26, 2012 1:52:39 GMT -5
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Post by sliderocker on Apr 26, 2012 8:46:37 GMT -5
This story is pretty much the answer on why when you're watching a movie or a TV series even and hearing songs that were hits in the 50s, 60s or 70s, and wondering why it's not by the original artists but by a "soundalike" (sometimes not even that), it's because the record companies that owned the rights wanted huge licensing fees. Now, even the music publishers are getting in on the act, wanting exorbitant fees. Movie and TV producers have the option of not paying a huge fee for a recording but their options are pay up or none if they happen to want a specific song and the music publisher wants a huge fee.
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Post by erik on Apr 26, 2012 9:51:39 GMT -5
Hal Blaine, the Wrecking Crew's prime drummer (having worked with Elvis on his '68 NBC special), said it best in that article: "Business is business, a cold and calculating business, cutthroat at times, and there’s nothing I or anyone else can do about it. You just have to accept it.”
That is so true.
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