Re: To all, from Linford

[Paul Soupiset <soupiset at toolbox_net>]

>I think they should just be absolutely hard-ass about one thing:
>They need to have complete, and I mean complete, control over the
>content of their record, if it is to be on a major label. They should
>pick everything: the studio, the track selections, the musicians, the
>instruments, and the producer. (Of course I suspect they already
>wouldn't let it be any other way and don't need to be told that.)


Mike -- show me an executive producer that's willing to let any band have
that much creative control, and I'll show you a man with a pocket full of
lent. (Lent don't jingle when you walk.) It sounds great (and touted by
those who would belly up to th' table of the
REM-Success-Story-Can-Work-For-You-My-Friend), but doesn't work. I've been
working around both honest and dishonest record types for a while now, and
IMHO the thing they all have in common is an inability to give up control.
You are correct in implying that Linford would no doubt make the better
decision, but I've seen record politics crush the spirit of too many
friends to be an optimist about that happening.

truly: bon courage, linford et al

NP: eric peters: more than watchmen (killer prerelease)

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        paul soupiset
        creative director
        toolbox studios, inc.
        san antonio, texas, usa

        http://www.toolbox.net

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