quoted 5 lines I saw an interview with him last year where he said that when he was first> I saw an interview with him last year where he said that when he was first
> approached for licensing tracks from the album to commercials and movies,
> he was quite reluctant. But then one of the offers he rejected ended up
> getting some studio musician to record a track that was
> almost-but-not-quite the same as one of his tracks, so he figured "what
the
quoted 1 line hell" and signed some deals, partly to avoid such rip-offs to continue,> hell" and signed some deals, partly to avoid such rip-offs to continue,
and
quoted 1 line partly because the album was getting little to no support from radio or> partly because the album was getting little to no support from radio or
MTV
quoted 2 lines (remember, he's on a major label in North America, so sales *matter*> (remember, he's on a major label in North America, so sales *matter*
> whether anyone likes it or not).
That happened with "Go" - a car company used a soundalike track. He ended up
re-releasing the single and giving the money to an environmental group.
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