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Originally Posted by White of High
I didn't say Meat did all of his albums for money. Bat1 or Dead Ringer wasn't for money, he had fire. Bat3 was for money and yes, HCTB was for money. The only video (Los Angeloser) was a kitsch, they recorded two rap songs with rap stars and 'celebrities' from a TV show, he had famous guest stars like Jack Black and Dr. House on piano. C'mon, why not his old friend actor-musican Dennis Quaid? Because he is not trendy anymore? All HCTB was about business...
It can be silly but don't be naiv, music is more money industry than hobby in the last 20 years...
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I can't disagree. There's nothing wrong with that either.
There has to be a balance of things you do as an artist and things you do for money. There's no reason why you can't do both.
Even Steinman has admitted that he did some things for the money. Was Air Supply's version of MLOONAA bad? Certainly not. Would he have preferred someone else to do it? Certainly. Did he make Pandoras Box: Original Sin for the money? Probably not.
Now with ML you have his the 80's production on BA and BBIS. He said that he hated how they sounded, yet he still released them (or even got those type of producers to begin with). Why? To make them more marketable, so that a song is catchier for it's era so that people with hear it and and go buy the record.
Musicians do things for the money folks. If they didn't make money than they would have to get real jobs and have less time making music. That's why being an artist can be so hard, because it's all about compromises.
What one says and what one does are two separate things.