Black Dog Droid writes:
quoted 9 lines Bjork who has an army of many other> > Bjork who has an army of many other
> > people to support her in those tasks.
>
> Mr Drukman wrote:
> > the scope of your delusions are frankly quite breathtaking.
> > i just don't even know where to start with this.
>
> you *could* start by not putting everybody's back up with asinine
> comments, jon.
you *could* also do me the courtesy of not taking my responses out of
context. i wasn't claiming that gonzi was wrong when he suggested
that bjork had an army of collaborators. i was suggesting that his
anti-collaborative attitude was pretty amazingly stupid.
quoted 3 lines if mr cylob (as an example) wants a string sound,> if mr cylob (as an example) wants a string sound,
> he has to NICK IT! very punk, very right on, very
> underground.
is it fair that bjork can afford to hire a real string section?
perhaps not. does it make her music worse because she can? in your
mind, yes. in my mind, nope. i guess we'll have to agree to
disagree.
quoted 8 lines The sounds are siphoned out of their synths, and downloaded into mr> The sounds are siphoned out of their synths, and downloaded into mr
> hooper's [or whoever's] (s)hit machines. They may get asked to hang
> around while mr hooper [or his team of experienced engineers] sugars
> their original muse beyond all recognition.
>
> Six months of this sausage factory, then you pop out the other side,
> out of favour, like (poor old) plaid, goldie, and tricky. haha,
> worth it, was it boys?
well, this happens on a daily basis in the music industry. it
happened to me (ask me about the hardkiss brothers some day). you can
take the moral high ground by only listening to "100% pure
underground" records (if such a thing really exists) or you can just
listen to what makes you happy. i decided a long time ago that i
didn't care where it came from or who got shit on in the process of
creating it. people love those hardkiss records that i worked on, and
i'm glad they get off on it. i'm sorry my name isn't prominently
featured but, you know, i was stupid and naive at the time. i've
learned my lesson since then. there's already so little joy in the
world, god forbid i would take it away from somebody.
quoted 3 lines One little indian would probably put out a record of bjork farting,> One little indian would probably put out a record of bjork farting,
> if they thought people would buy it. When major labels have a 'star'
> of her quality, what she says, GOES.
i'm sorry, she is just not that big a star! if her new one doesn't
sell, SHE GOES. i'm sure she can get re-signed somewhere else, but
that doesn't change the fact that there is incredible pressure on her
to "move the product".
quoted 3 lines There is a huge amount of pluggers, tweakers, and general dogsbodies> There is a huge amount of pluggers, tweakers, and general dogsbodies
> that work at selling *EVERYTHING* she puts out, propelling it up
> into the charts. it's big business, mate.
yep. and of course they use that as an excuse not to pay her for her
work.
quoted 2 lines She wanted to work with black dog, mr massey, and mark bell, because> She wanted to work with black dog, mr massey, and mark bell, because
> we have *credibility* something which she skates on precariously.
uh huh. who is she trying to impress then? obviously not "us". and
since the average yobbo doesn't give a squirt about massey or bell or
plaid, where does that leave her?
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