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Forget best album lists or worst album lists or most influential artist lists and everything else. Blender Magazine has upped the ante by cutting through all the minor shit and giving us The 50 Worst Things To Ever Happen To Music.
As with anything, there are begrudgingly agreeable parts (#6 is
Madonna's faux English accent) and ridiculous parts (#23 is Woodstock
'99, but then you realize that Blender's readership was probably there,
molesting half-dressed drunk women and throwing mud at each other).
Above all, choice #50 is a decent gauge to see if you want to make your way through the rest of Blender's piece.
50. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Has any record’s influence upon music proved so malignant? Concept
albums, progressive rock, Brian Wilson’s nervous breakdown, baby
boomers yammering away about the Summer of Love, musicians taking
themselves more seriously than cancer surgeons — all the Beatles’
fault. And is there anyone alive who hasn’t suffered a collapse of the
will to live during “When I’m Sixty-Four”?
Hmmm....Check it all out and see what they've left out.
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| For an Album on sale @ $13.99:
$4.99 goes to the Label (marketing expenses, corporate overhead, lawyers, label staff, real estate, video costs, etc)
$0.85 goes to Publishing (usual rate of $0.08 per song)
$1.80 goes to Artist Royalties
$2.65 goes to Distribution/Manufacturing
$2.50 goes to the Retailer
and $1.20 goes to Returns/Misc.
For a record on sale for $11.99, out of that two dollar lower price,
$0.75 to $1.00 came from the record label, and $1.00 to $1.25 came from the retailer.
Digital Album @ $9.99:
Label: $4.99
Publishing: $0.80
Artist Royalties: $1.10
Distrobution/Manufacturing: $1.00
Retailer: n/a
Returns/Misc: n/a
Service Provider: $1.40
Credit Card Fees: $0.50
Bandwidth Costs: $0.20
just thought you might like to know.
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