Comments on: EMI Artist Crackdown: Guy Throws the ‘Hand’ Down…

By: Facekicker

Facekicker — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:40:13 +0000

“Labels need to start treating artists like the employees that they are.” ????!!!!!!!!

Wow. I am speechless. If you told any employee at any company that operates legally in this country that you would let them bust their butt to hone their skill their whole life, let them work for months on end without a day off, to pay them NOTHING as consideration for the product they sold you would get kicked in the face. Seriously, what label do you work for? Let us all know so we can NEVER CONSIDER WORKING WITH YOU. And I loved how you used “in the way label handle their artists” after the previous quote. You can “handle” Fergie. You can “handle” any other BULLSHIT ARTIST that you promote through soft drinks and slutty clothing lines. BUT YOU CAN’T “HANDLE” A TRUE ARTIST. If you would have told the boys in Zeppelin how you would “handle” them, they would have thrown your ass off of their balcony Shug Knight style…… only better. “Handle” THE EAGLES. They just went and sold a fucking million records AT ONE STORE WITHOUT YOU ASSHOLES. Seriously, this is stupid. Go keep signing these bullshit assclowns you have been coming out with, the rest of us will find our own money and do it without “being employeed” or “handled” by you dicks.

By: Webster

Webster — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:14:18 +0000

I’ve been saying that artist budgets/advances need to be cut for a while now. When you actually work with these popular artists and you see their lack of work ethic you begin to see that they’re not worth the money. Some artists cost the label upwards of $50K every time they travel. Yet, they never show up on time for press/promos or cancel all together. Labels need to start treating artists like the employees that they are. Whether or not he’s right or wrong, at least he is aware that something needs to change in the way label handle their artists.

By: Hoodgrown

Hoodgrown — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:33:03 +0000

If you want to cut some of the fat out of these record companies how about cutting the salaries of some of these higher level execs.

That would be a good start….

By: tina

tina — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:30:44 +0000

Having to many artists is not the problem.Big artists always pay for developing artists. EMI has to much overhead and the big artists are not releasing records. Instead Guy Hands comes out slicing and dicing. Same old song and dance. I must agree, he overpaid and entered a business he knows little about.

Guy hands is complaining about big artists advances and over paying. Stop whining and don’t sign artists. If you don’t then someone will.

By: Tim Towner

Tim Towner — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:29:02 +0000

I think that’s the whole problem with the bigger labels. They have too many artists.

No matter how he came to this realization, it’s a good move on his part.