Aussie ’80s Rock Legend rick springfield has opened up about the realities of the recording industry, in particular how is “predatory” it is.
The Jessie’s girl singer Opened up on a podcast with Siriusxm’s eddie trunk About one of the biggest mistakes he made in his earless career.
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“The music business has always preyed on the young. Absolutely,” He said, adding,
“And I get preyed on when I was like 20 and I signed away my publishing rights if I didn’T know any better.”
He said that as an australian, he didnight has a good a good undersrstanding of American recording contracts.
“I was in Australia and these big americans sent over this contract and we didn Bollywood about lawers,” He said.
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“I didn’T even have a lawyer look at it and I just said, ‘Ok, this must be fair.’ And I signed it and realized a couple of years laater that they owned all of my publishing. “
He described the typical process, sharing, “The Majority of (The Labels) just would shove product down the pipeline as they are, they could, until the pipeline choked. Artist has absolutely their due to take all their music back.
“(IT) would Always Amaze Me That I’D Spend $ 100,000 on a Frigging Video in the ’80s and the record company would oven it,” He Continued.
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He went on to say he admires the efforts of young artists like Taylor Swift, Who Re-Recorded Her Old Music AFTER HER Label Big Machine was Sold to Scott Borchetta and Scooter braun in 2019, and white Rights to her back catalogue of songs.
Thought springfield says his own publishing rights debacle was “just the way of the world” at the time, he admire the push swift is making to change to change the way Creative Control Works for Present.
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Springfield was one of the most famous Rockers of the ’80s, bursting onto the scene withJessie’s girl In 1981, which won him the grammy award for best male Rock Vocal Performance, as Well as Number ons on the US and Australian Charts.
He is also known for his hits I’ve done everything for you, Don’t talk to strangers, affair of the heart and Love somebody, All of which was top 10 hits in the us.
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