Record Label attitude

[chandra]

I was reading a music industry rag and the following quote caught my attention.

Mr. Parker from Sony Music was quoted as saying in relation to their decision to sign John Mayer, "The market we're going for is discerning music buyers who know their music, and they want a quality album, whether it's from a new artist or a well-known singer".

I guess, by saying this, he is tacitly admitting to the industry practice of selling crap to those who don't know their music

[JSngry]

Either that, or the bar for being one of the "discerning music buyers who know their music" just got a lot lower...

[7/4]

Either that, or the bar for being one of the "discerning music buyers who know their music" just got a lot lower...

Ah...I love this place.

[Jim Alfredson]

Either that, or the bar for being one of the "discerning music buyers who know their music" just got a lot lower...

Or he's outright lying.

[pryan]

I guess Sony thinks there's room for another sqaure on their roster.

[Jazzmoose]

"Of course, we'll probably have to settle for bucks from the moronic fools we normally pull in with our twaddle, but what the hell", he continued...

[PHILLYQ]

'We also have to sell to people who don't buy the crap we normally sell', and with that, the marketing guy dislocated his shoulder while patting himself on the back.

Sharp eye, Chandra

[chris olivarez]

It's all about what they think will give them the heftiest bottom line. Whether it's someone who they think will be perceived as "hip" or "quality" or if it's a case of trying to clone some other labels artist or whatever it's all about the$. The more the merrier.

[clifford_thornton]

Gone are the days when Columbia would sign Burton Greene as a tax write-off!