Eckman, Gerrald & Torgerson Quotes

And the acquisitions have not stopped. So yeah, I think now the idea of artist development has really been thrown out the window by these majors. They really feel like that if you don't deliver hits first time out, and maybe they will give you a second time, it's over. And you know, frankly, that's their business. I'm not gonna sit here and say it's a tragedy for music, because there are labels that are run by intelligent music people, like Glitterhouse and Beggar's Banquet and, you know...
Chris Eckman

I think people are very sceptical now. People are very sceptical. A lot of indie labels have stopped their major label distribution deals a couple of years ago. People are starting to detach because they can see where it's going. I think there was a lot of optimism about it in the early 90's, a lot of small labels aligning with big labels. I think people - bands included - learn their lessons. Again, if they want to sign the Backstreet Boys and Amelia and people like this, and they wanna put it out, then that's their business. That's how it's oriented. You know, there's a difference between a big chain restaurant and some nice restaurant that's on the corner. Y'know, the menus are special and it doesn't appeal to everybody, and it's all very much home-made. And then we have McDonald's down the street. There's somehow a place for both of us. And we're not really the McDonald's kind of band...
Chris Eckman