Comments on: The rise and fall of the Phenix http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/07/27/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-phenix/ Legendary Awesomeness from Matthew Knell... in blog format Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:41:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: tagsmith.org - the cyberworks of Matthew G. Knell - » Blog Archive » The best of…. tagsmith.org http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/07/27/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-phenix/comment-page-1/#comment-77 tagsmith.org - the cyberworks of Matthew G. Knell - » Blog Archive » The best of…. tagsmith.org Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:26:35 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=152#comment-77 [...] The Rise and Fall of the Phenix - a post about Phil Collins. Who knew? [...] [...] The Rise and Fall of the Phenix – a post about Phil Collins. Who knew? [...]

]]> By: Liz http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/07/27/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-phenix/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Liz Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:55:28 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=152#comment-27 Unfortunately, this is an ongoing problem in the music industry. There was an issue about Paul Simon and musicians he used on some of his albums and Chuck Berry was accused of not giving co-writing credit to his fellow musicians which would allow them to share revenues. Plus all of the blues and R&B artists sold their songwriters credit for pennies on songs that were later covered by other (mainly white) artists that made thousands of dollars for the publishing and recording companies. I remember interviewing one band member who told me his band was on the verge of breaking up because the lead singer didn't want to share writing credits with the rest of the band members. Most people don't realize that it is in songwriting, not album sales or touring, where the real money is made, and, as in your case, it is ongoing flow of revenues, not a one-time deal. It's terrible to see the dark side of people you admire, whether they are famous or just people we are close to. I think this is one reason why I've often heard that it is very difficult to go into business with relatives or close friends...money does strange things to people, even small amounts. Unfortunately, this is an ongoing problem in the music industry. There was an issue about Paul Simon and musicians he used on some of his albums and Chuck Berry was accused of not giving co-writing credit to his fellow musicians which would allow them to share revenues. Plus all of the blues and R&B artists sold their songwriters credit for pennies on songs that were later covered by other (mainly white) artists that made thousands of dollars for the publishing and recording companies.

I remember interviewing one band member who told me his band was on the verge of breaking up because the lead singer didn’t want to share writing credits with the rest of the band members. Most people don’t realize that it is in songwriting, not album sales or touring, where the real money is made, and, as in your case, it is ongoing flow of revenues, not a one-time deal.

It’s terrible to see the dark side of people you admire, whether they are famous or just people we are close to. I think this is one reason why I’ve often heard that it is very difficult to go into business with relatives or close friends…money does strange things to people, even small amounts.

]]> By: Shelley http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/07/27/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-phenix/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Shelley Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:04:50 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=152#comment-26 "Rock Band on easy"? Seriously? Give yourself some credit, dude. You didn't miss a beat on the medium-level songs, and weren't too shabby on the hard ones either. :) “Rock Band on easy”? Seriously? Give yourself some credit, dude. You didn’t miss a beat on the medium-level songs, and weren’t too shabby on the hard ones either. :)

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