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The irony is the same media conglomerates that were criticizing Wall Street are doing the same thing on their own books. Sadly, young actors accept just about

The irony is the same media conglomerates that were criticizing Wall Street are doing the same thing on their own books. Sadly, young actors accept just about any terms to get on a film.

wolco 9y ago
young musicians and even young developers will accept any terms to get in the business. The difference is the developer can wakeup and immediately change jobs but the musician that is signed is basically held hostage.
- RangerScience 9y ago
  A close friend was actually a judge on one of those "find the next star" shows, for singers. He says they pulled some really shady shit over on the kids - handed them a massive contract and two days to "review it" or they'd be dropped from the show; and this was after they'd made it past the first round of culling. The contract was also very unfavorable to the kids, basically putting them completely at the mercy of the record label, for way too many years (and probably a lot more - not my circus, and it's been awhile). I don't remember how it all turned out, except that the specific kid my friend was mentoring through all this went on to win. That same friend has his own troubles with his original label. After making it big, he started to change direction, and the label just stopped putting his stuff out. Really put a damper on his career, since he basically dropped of the map until he got out from under them.
  - brownbat 9y ago
    > After making it big, he started to change direction, and the label just stopped putting his stuff out. This could describe a lot of people, but makes me think of George Michael. A lot of people followed the turn, and felt like it had enormous impact, even if the label wasn't pumping it to the top of the charts. Sales are great, but not all sales have equal impact on people's lives. Michael's later work really connected deeply with the people who followed it, I hope he knew that. If by any chance he was your friend, deeply sorry for your loss.

The irony is the same media conglomerates that were criticizing Wall Street are doing the same thing on their own books. Sadly, young actors accept just about any terms to get on a film.

wolco 9y ago

young musicians and even young developers will accept any terms to get in the business. The difference is the developer can wakeup and immediately change jobs but the musician that is signed is basically held hostage.

RangerScience 9y ago
A close friend was actually a judge on one of those "find the next star" shows, for singers. He says they pulled some really shady shit over on the kids - handed them a massive contract and two days to "review it" or they'd be dropped from the show; and this was after they'd made it past the first round of culling. The contract was also very unfavorable to the kids, basically putting them completely at the mercy of the record label, for way too many years (and probably a lot more - not my circus, and it's been awhile). I don't remember how it all turned out, except that the specific kid my friend was mentoring through all this went on to win. That same friend has his own troubles with his original label. After making it big, he started to change direction, and the label just stopped putting his stuff out. Really put a damper on his career, since he basically dropped of the map until he got out from under them.
- brownbat 9y ago
  > After making it big, he started to change direction, and the label just stopped putting his stuff out. This could describe a lot of people, but makes me think of George Michael. A lot of people followed the turn, and felt like it had enormous impact, even if the label wasn't pumping it to the top of the charts. Sales are great, but not all sales have equal impact on people's lives. Michael's later work really connected deeply with the people who followed it, I hope he knew that. If by any chance he was your friend, deeply sorry for your loss.