Talked to Tony Levin
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Topic: Talked to Tony Levin
Posted By: dima_olkov
Subject: Talked to Tony Levin
Date Posted: October 23 2005 at 23:36
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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 ------------- PF, Genesis, KC, Yes, VdGG, GG, Camel, Jethro Tull |
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Posted By: Jeremy Spade
Date Posted: October 23 2005 at 23:46
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Wow, that is intensely cool... ok, two questions. What airline does he fly? and does security allow his "stick" in the passenger compartment? |
Posted By: dima_olkov
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:42
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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? ------------- PF, Genesis, KC, Yes, VdGG, GG, Camel, Jethro Tull |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:47
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dima_olkov wrote:Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:49
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:50
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. -------------  |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:52
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. [/QUOTE] Exactly. Hardly anything is made on CD sales. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: dima_olkov
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 11:57
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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 ------------- PF, Genesis, KC, Yes, VdGG, GG, Camel, Jethro Tull |
.Posted By: Empathy
Date 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). ------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: DEzerov
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 12:08
Universal, BMG/Sony, WEA, Capitol/Virgin... Tower, Sam Goody, FYI, Virgin Megastores, HMV... Support indie labels and indie shoppes!!!!! ------------- The moon is made by some lame cooper and you can see the idiot has no idea about moons at all - Nikolay Gogol |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 12:10
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. ------------- |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 12:32
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 14:52
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Thats a greate idea but finding indie shops is near impossible, forcing us to either download or accept daylight robbery at HMV ect ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: goose
Date 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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Posted By: stinkfist
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 15:28
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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 ------------- how can this mean anything to me? when i really dont feel a thing at all |
Posted By: Pseud0
Date 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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Posted By: Catholic Flame
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 20:31
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. |