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dima_olkov 
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 Topic: Talked to Tony Levin
Posted: October 23 2005 at 23:36 |
Yesterday I had a pleasure of meeting Tony Levin in the airport...
He confirmed that rehearsing for new KC is in progress but he did not tell any specific timelines... though some more or less official information refers to 2007 for new KC stuff... let's hope
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Jeremy Spade
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Posted: October 23 2005 at 23:46 |
Wow, that is intensely cool... ok, two questions. What airline does he fly? and does security allow his "stick" in the passenger compartment?
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dima_olkov
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:42 |
He was touring with his band... he had a concert in Moscow and was flying Delta to NY.
He had three sticks with him. He had to open all of his boxes - STICKS ARE LOOKING COOL, I'm telling you...
More than that, he is a very nice guy ;-)))))
BTW, he was flying ECONOMY CLASS! Does not he have enough money to travel in BUSINESS?
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goose
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:47 |
 dima_olkov wrote:
Does not he have enough money to travel in BUSINESS? |
Why We Shouldn't Download Music, Vol. 1
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Ed_The_Dead
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:49 |
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:50 |
goose wrote:
dima_olkov wrote:
Does not he have enough money to travel in BUSINESS?
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Why We Shouldn't Download Music, Vol. 1 |
Do you know that the musicians make a PITTANCE from album sales???????
The lion's share of their money comes from tour revenue and merch.
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FragileDT
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:52 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
goose wrote:
[QUOTE=dima_olkov]
Does not he have enough money to travel in BUSINESS?
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Why We Shouldn't Download Music, Vol. 1 |
Do you know that the musicians make a PITTANCE from album sales???????
The lion's share of their money comes from tour revenue and merch. [/
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Exactly. Hardly anything is made on CD sales.
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One likes to believe
In the freedom of music
But glittering prizes
And endless Compromises
Shatter the illusion
Of integrity
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dima_olkov
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:57 |
I believe most of the money from CD sales come to producers. Musicians get around 5-7% of the profit.
In Russia almost all the music is downloaded for free from internet. Hardly anyone can afford buying CDs for $12-18 - that's too much for Russia  .
BTW, Deep Purple can afford having their own jet. Tony Levin should be quite well-off considering his studio work with lots and lots of other musicians... plus add KC CDs sales which should not be bad at all
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Empathy
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 12:04 |
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I've heard he's a really nice guy. There are few players I can think of
who have played with as many legends as Tony. KC, Gabriel,
Bozzio/Levin/Stevens, LTE... I'm sure I'm missing a few. I mean
*sheesh*! Belew gives him a run for the money in the "I've played with
everyone" department. (Zappa, Bowie, NIN, Porcupine Tree).
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DEzerov
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 12:08 |
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The moon is made by some lame cooper and you can see the idiot has no idea about moons at all - Nikolay Gogol
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 12:10 |
dima_olkov wrote:
I believe most of the money from CD sales come to producers. Musicians get around 5-7% of the profit.
In Russia almost all the music is downloaded for free from internet. Hardly anyone can afford buying CDs for $12-18 - that's too much for Russia .
BTW, Deep Purple can afford having their own jet. Tony Levin should be quite well-off considering his studio work with lots and lots of other musicians... plus add KC CDs sales which should not be bad at all
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Most of the cd sale money goes to record companies,management,etc.A band can make around 8 cents on the dollar from cd sales,and have to split that 8 cents on the dollar between all the members of the band.
All those people saying downloading music is taking money out of musicians pockets have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.
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goose
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 12:32 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
Most of the cd sale money goes to record companies,management,etc.A band can make around 8 cents on the dollar from cd sales,and have to split that 8 cents on the dollar between all the members of the band. |
edit: my post was complete rubbish. I'll redo it later.
Edited by goose
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sleeper
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 14:52 |
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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goose
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 15:09 |
There are at least two indie shops in Grimsby, so unless you live completely out in the sticks there should be one nearby 
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stinkfist
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 15:28 |
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DEzerov wrote:
Universal, BMG/Sony, WEA, Capitol/Virgin...
Tower, Sam Goody, FYI, Virgin Megastores, HMV...
Support indie labels and indie shoppes!!!!!
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why the hell would i shop indie when all of the stores you listed have all the CD's AND DVD's i wanna buy in them and besides indie stores aren't any less expensive and btw it costs me a dollar for a song offline. $20 for a new CD with only 10-12 songs on it and their merchandise is sooooo expensive concert tickets for some bands are unbelievably high to me... its all a little excessive
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how can this mean anything to me?
when i really dont feel a thing at all
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Pseud0
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 17:21 |
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actually not buying cds does take money out of the pocket of the artists
without cd sales, bands will not stay signed - therefore there is no music at all
buy cds you fools - i command you
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Catholic Flame
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 20:31 |
dima_olkov wrote:
BTW, he was flying ECONOMY CLASS! Does not he have enough money to travel in BUSINESS? |
It probably is because he doesn't want to put on airs. Fripp takes public transportation because he doesn’t want to get into that "Rock Star" mode that destroys a lot of artists. Maybe Levin feels the same way.
Interesting how this post changed into a discussion of the economics of MP3's.
Edited by Catholic Flame
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