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TheaterJones | Q&A: Herb Alpert | AEG Live »
Herb Alpert Interview (Excerpts):
by Bruce Richardson
published Thursday, March 31, 2016
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"We weren't looking for the beat of the week, we were looking for artists with something unique and special to say,
and we picked those artists and we didn't give up on them. In today's world, if an artist doesn't sell off the bat,
they're gone, jettisoned, off the label. We didn't do that. That's the reason we were successful.
The Carpenters didn't happen off the bat, it took a while for them to mature,
and Cat Stevens...The Police. The Police did, with “Roxanne.”"
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"The Internet has decimated the record industry. It's leveled it, man, completely.
I did that record Rise. My nephew wrote the tune and we produced it together.
We had a good first run, and got another run, a mashup with Hypnotize on a monster R&B record a few years back.
For, like, forty zillion spins, I think the check from Spotify was $18. It's unfair.
The record companies are in cahoots with them. It's an unfortunate situation for creative people."
Herb Alpert Interview (Excerpts):
by Bruce Richardson
published Thursday, March 31, 2016
-----
"We weren't looking for the beat of the week, we were looking for artists with something unique and special to say,
and we picked those artists and we didn't give up on them. In today's world, if an artist doesn't sell off the bat,
they're gone, jettisoned, off the label. We didn't do that. That's the reason we were successful.
The Carpenters didn't happen off the bat, it took a while for them to mature,
and Cat Stevens...The Police. The Police did, with “Roxanne.”"
------
"The Internet has decimated the record industry. It's leveled it, man, completely.
I did that record Rise. My nephew wrote the tune and we produced it together.
We had a good first run, and got another run, a mashup with Hypnotize on a monster R&B record a few years back.
For, like, forty zillion spins, I think the check from Spotify was $18. It's unfair.
The record companies are in cahoots with them. It's an unfortunate situation for creative people."