Comments on: The Prince Flap http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/06/30/the-prince-flap/ First in Music Analysis Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:54:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: The top 8 things unsigned/independent artists do wrong 24/09/2007 « Sentric Music’s Weekly Blog by sP http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/06/30/the-prince-flap/#comment-118102 The top 8 things unsigned/independent artists do wrong 24/09/2007 « Sentric Music’s Weekly Blog by sP Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:59:05 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/06/30/the-prince-flap/#comment-118102 [...] aditional’ music industry model is still working at the uber famous level but below that it’s dying on its arse. Too many bands these days are just waiting [...] [...] aditional’ music industry model is still working at the uber famous level but below that it’s dying on its arse. Too many bands these days are just waiting [...]

]]> By: Ged Malone http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/06/30/the-prince-flap/#comment-89115 Ged Malone Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:49:07 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/06/30/the-prince-flap/#comment-89115 love the letter... look after Simple Minds....did 2 cover mounts cd's with the Sunday Express in April...... re recording restrictions are up......so no money to the label.......got paid a shit load of money....all good....next week in Music Week a big backlash from retail..how cover mounts are devaluing music....FUCK YOU!!!! Ged Malone love the letter…

look after Simple Minds….did 2 cover mounts cd’s with the Sunday Express in April……

re recording restrictions are up……so no money to the label…….got paid a shit load of money….all good….next week in Music Week a big backlash from retail..how cover mounts are devaluing music….FUCK YOU!!!!

Ged Malone

]]> By: Gil Moore http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/06/30/the-prince-flap/#comment-89114 Gil Moore Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:48:28 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/06/30/the-prince-flap/#comment-89114 Bob.. Prince recorded "Musicology" here at Metalworks to tape at a time when nobody had recorded analog here in over 2 years !! ..for once - a record sounded real - and it translated..wow..QUALITY - what a novel concept.. ( the ticket/CD premium strategy was a field-lapper ) Gil Moore Bob..

Prince recorded "Musicology" here at Metalworks to tape at a time when nobody had recorded analog here in over 2 years !!

..for once - a record sounded real - and it translated..wow..QUALITY - what a novel concept.. ( the ticket/CD premium strategy was a field-lapper )

Gil Moore

]]> By: Scottie http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/06/30/the-prince-flap/#comment-89113 Scottie Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:48:03 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/06/30/the-prince-flap/#comment-89113 Hi Bob Read your mail and Prince may well have the last laugh, Rosie Gaines one time Prince and the new generation member who had a big UK hit in the uk in 1997 with Closer than Close, In the last three year the three national biggest newspapers (The daily star, The sun and News of the world in the uk have included this track on there cover mount cd's giving them away free, They pay a good non exclusive license fee, the deals all all done within two or three phone calls and a fax and between the three of them they have given away 12 million copies of this track and they also pay the mcps on that amount, albeit they get a slightly reduced rate..good business, good revenues, great exposure and absolutely no hassles. Scottie Rosie Gaines manager Hi Bob

Read your mail and Prince may well have the last laugh, Rosie Gaines one time Prince and the new generation member who had a big UK hit in the uk in 1997 with Closer than Close, In the last three year the three national biggest newspapers (The daily star, The sun and News of the world in the uk have included this track on there cover mount cd’s giving them away free, They pay a good non exclusive license fee, the deals all all done within two or three phone calls and a fax and between the three of them they have given away 12 million copies of this track and they also pay the mcps on that amount, albeit they get a slightly reduced rate..good business, good revenues, great exposure and absolutely no hassles.

Scottie
Rosie Gaines manager

]]> By: Randy Phillips http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/06/30/the-prince-flap/#comment-89112 Randy Phillips Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:47:41 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/06/30/the-prince-flap/#comment-89112 Finally, you've gotten it right! AEG Live UK, brought the concept of packaging an already recorded "live" CD in London's #1 daily as a promotion for his record-setting 21 nights at the new O2 Arena to Paul Gongaware & John Meglen, co-Presidents of Concerts West, our touring division, who in turn took it to Prince along with 20 other marketing ideas. He pooh-poohed most of the others and zeroed in on the Daily Mail offer. My colleagues and I then negotiated a simple agreement, also at his direction, granting only extremely limited rights of distribution. Even though he was, and still is, contemplating making a distribution deal with Sony/BMG for his new "collection" ("album" is so 2006!) of music, the dream of being able to put his songs in the hands of 2,800,000 people was overwhelmingly enticing to him. What started out as a marketing idea to help sell over 300,000 tickets in a single market (which is also happening), Prince turned into another master stroke. As an artist, Prince is a musical genius, and, yes, as a futurist, the music industry business model is slowly approaching his vision. AEG Live can only thank him, again, for making us look good as he did in 2004 when we included his new CD in the price of a ticket at 88 sold-out arenas in North America. I just wanted you to know the genesis of this. You did get it right and Prince deserves all the credit. Ironically, I am sure he could care less about the credit! Randy Phillips President & CEO AEG Live Finally, you’ve gotten it right! AEG Live UK, brought the concept of packaging an already recorded "live" CD in London’s #1 daily as a promotion for his record-setting 21 nights at the new O2 Arena to Paul Gongaware & John Meglen, co-Presidents of Concerts West, our touring division, who in turn took it to Prince along with 20 other marketing ideas. He pooh-poohed most of the others and zeroed in on the Daily Mail offer. My colleagues and I then negotiated a simple agreement, also at his direction, granting only extremely limited rights of distribution.

Even though he was, and still is, contemplating making a distribution deal with Sony/BMG for his new "collection" ("album" is so 2006!) of music, the dream of being able to put his songs in the hands of 2,800,000 people was overwhelmingly enticing to him. What started out as a marketing idea to help sell over 300,000 tickets in a single market (which is also happening), Prince turned into another master stroke.

As an artist, Prince is a musical genius, and, yes, as a futurist, the music industry business model is slowly approaching his vision. AEG Live can only thank him, again, for making us look good as he did in 2004 when we included his new CD in the price of a ticket at 88 sold-out arenas in North America.

I just wanted you to know the genesis of this. You did get it right and Prince deserves all the credit. Ironically, I am sure he could care less about the credit!

Randy Phillips
President & CEO
AEG Live

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