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Hunter T Wolfe
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Re: Steve Albini on the surprisingly sturdy state of the music industry
Nov 22, 2014, 10:55
IanB wrote:
I don't think In Utero was a fee-only gig though. A couple of points on a record selling 10m copies or whatever it ended up doing will buy quite a lot of out board. I still think his perspective comes off as a akin to the champagne socialist but hey ho. Maybe my wanting my grandkids (when they come along) to have a socially relevant mainstream is tilting at windmills.


It's on record that Albini took a flat fee of $100,000 for In Utero. Not peanuts, but I dare say it's all gone by now.

I agree with your main point about wanting a socially relevant mainstream but that doesn't necessarily run counter to what Albini was saying. His main point, which I agree with, seems to be that back in the day most bands, signed or not, never made any money anyway, and it's the middlemen that are now whinging about the death of the industry. Most bands never even got to make records. Now everyone can make pretty pro-standard recordings at home and everyone has a chance to get heard. The bands still aren't getting paid, mind.
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