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teherie · 03-05-2009, 09:16 PM

As I read through this topic, I find myself wondering if anyone posting has any idea how difficult it is for an artist to maintain a creative edge when they are under contract by a record company executive who is pressuring them to crank out work that the exec thinks will sell. Milt Okun (John Denver's producer) said that RCA exec's dropped him from their label without warning even though he had outsold every artist but Elvis.

I read somewhere that a critic once panned one of Comedian/Actor/Writer Steve Martin's books. Steve's reply?

"Considering I started out with a bunch of blank paper, I thought it turned out pretty well."

03-05-2009, 09:16 PM	#47
teherie Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Erie, PA Posts: 78	Re: Avid fans get to choose... As I read through this topic, I find myself wondering if anyone posting has any idea how difficult it is for an artist to maintain a creative edge when they are under contract by a record company executive who is pressuring them to crank out work that the exec thinks will sell. Milt Okun (John Denver's producer) said that RCA exec's dropped him from their label without warning even though he had outsold every artist but Elvis. I read somewhere that a critic once panned one of Comedian/Actor/Writer Steve Martin's books. Steve's reply? "Considering I started out with a bunch of blank paper, I thought it turned out pretty well."