Now here's another one.
R
emember a little while back, I was going on about a debut CD by a singer called Nellie McKay and the difficulty I had finding the thing. What stood out from this CD even more than the music (which I really liked) was that it was a double CD - two albums worth of music. I thought that was pretty unusual for a debut album - especially from a major label. And the music got pretty good reviews, especially from the critics.Fast forward to 2006. McKay's new album was suppose to be released in January. It wasn't. Instead, she was.
Sony really does seem to be having trouble with their female artists who don't fit into cookie-cutter mainstream pop don't they.
And why was McKay dumped you ask? Because of a fight over the length of her second album. Now she wasn't wanting to release some six disc prog-rock odyssey. She'd prepared a 23 track 65 minute disc. Sony instead wanted her to release a 17 track 48 minute album. And they weren't going to let her
disc out of the warehouse until she agreed. So - they dumped her.Is it no wonder the general public has such a casual attitude when it comes to downloading music? When a record company signs a performer to produce music, they deliver an album and the response of the company is "No - we don't want to put out that much music. Let's leave half the album on the studio floor." I guess it's just the general public's way of showing them the same respect they seem from the recording companies.
Now sure McKay probably didn't do herself any favours when she kept telling all he patrons at her most recent concerts the personal email address of her studio chairman and asking them to email him to get her full album out. But still.... why shaft fans in this way?
Bloody Sony.
[Listening to: Blur - Parklife - Parklife (3:05)]
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