In Reply to: The "benefit" DG offers is that THEIR name is on the CD, too... posted by John Marks on August 11, 2016 at 09:27:56:
If that is what DG is thinking they are wrong or are just selling proverbial swamp land. I can't imagine any legit classical artist falling for this scam. and it is a scam. All the money in classical music is in playing concerts. Why would any legitimate soloist pay DG 10% of their concert money? There is no way this deal pays off for any artist on any level in the business. No artist sells enough CDs to make it worth them fronting production costs and giving up 10% of their real source of income. And any artist that will sell a substantial number of CDs won't be settling for this deal. I'd say DG is acting like predatory lenders leading up to the housing market collapse.
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Follow Ups
- Those are some pretty weak presumptions in this day - Analog Scott 13:20:12 08/11/16 (10)
- Yes, except ... - rbolaw 13:32:04 08/11/16 (9)
- Vanity of vanities! All is vanity - jsch3 14:19:30 08/11/16 (1)
- RE: Vanity of vanities! All is vanity - rbolaw 16:20:23 08/11/16 (0)
- "they need to make it back somehow." - Analog Scott 14:08:56 08/11/16 (6)
- It hunts for Naxos. nt - rbolaw 14:10:26 08/11/16 (5)
- Naxos is getting 10% of their artists' concert fees? - Analog Scott 14:31:40 08/11/16 (4)
- Read my earlier posts for more info about Naxos. nt - rbolaw 16:18:16 08/11/16 (3)
- I don't know about your earlier posts about Naxos - Analog Scott 18:48:22 08/11/16 (2)
- OK, but why ask me if you don't want to know the answer? - rbolaw 19:52:20 08/11/16 (1)
- I didn't say I don't want the answer but you brought up Naxos not me - Analog Scott 20:01:20 08/11/16 (0)