http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/03/ok_gos_damian_kulash_talks_abo.html?mid=agenda–20100310
Damian Kulash seems like a pretty bright guy – and he’s easy on the eyes, so I’m paying slightly more attention to him than I maybe should. Nevertheless, an interesting quick interview on nymag’s Vulture about why they dumped EMI.
my favorite bit is this, and i’m definitely going to have more to say on this theme:
What other problems were you having with EMI?
The issue is that they just don’t have any money. The reason a band signs with a label is because they can provide start-up capital, and their business model has sort of collapsed. There was lots of little bones of contention, like when there were chances for us to promote things and they just didn’t have the money to do so. It was a lot easier to be generating the budget ourselves or through corporate partners.