Big Black – Sleep

I really love this song. All hail the one and only Steve Albini! They sold a quarter million copies! Here is the math that will explain just how fucked they are: These figures are representative of amounts that appear in record contracts daily. There’s no need to skew the figures to make the scenario look bad, since real-life examples more than abound. Advance: $ 250000 Manager’s cut: $ 37500 Legal fees: $ 10000 Recording Budget: $ 150000 Producer’s advance: $ 50000 Studio fee: $ 52500 Drum Amp, Mic and Phase “Doctors”: $ 3000 Recording tape: $ 8000 Equipment rental: $ 5000 Cartage and Transportation: $ 5000 Lodgings while in studio: $ 10000 Catering: $ 3000 Mastering: $ 10000 Tape copies, reference CDs, shipping tapes, misc. expenses: $ 2000 Video budget: $ 30000 Cameras: $ 8000 Crew: $ 5000 Processing and transfers: $ 3000 Off-line: $ 2000 On-line editing: $ 3000 Catering: $ 1000 Stage and construction: $ 3000 Copies, couriers, transportation: $ 2000 Director’s fee: $ 3000 Album Artwork: $ 5000 Promotional photo shoot and duplication: $ 2000 Band fund: $ 15000 New fancy professional drum kit: $ 5000 New fancy professional guitars [2]: $ 3000 New fancy professional guitar amp rigs [2]: $ 4000 New fancy potato-shaped bass guitar: $ 1000 New fancy rack of lights bass amp: $ 1000 Rehearsal space rental: $ 500 Big blowout party for their friends: $ 500 Tour expense [5 weeks]: $ 50875 Bus: $ 25000 Crew [3]: $ 7500 Food and per diems: $ 7875 Fuel: $ 3000 Consumable supplies …
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Dutch beat group Jenny and the Rascals led by teenager Jenny Streur issued just two singles in the mid-1960s but have enjoyed a lasting popularity among fans of Dutch girl pop, thanks largely to their 1966 single You told me a lie. The group came from The Hague. Jenny had been encouraged in her musical ambitions by her parents who had been members of a local mouth organ trio known as the Reillys. As a child, Jenny even stood in for the third member of the group when he was ill. Perhaps more usefully, she also learned to play the guitar. Several years later, she sang with her sister Joke as part of the pre-teen duo the Cocktail Sisters and released several records, including Alleen op de wereld in 1960 and De leuke boy a year later. However, in 1965, at the age of 15, Jenny decided she wanted to form another group, this time with a beat sound, more in keeping with her favourite group of the time, Them. She advertised for lead and bass guitarists and a drummer. Ton van de Neut, Aad Plumiert and, ultimately, Ruddy Fisscher filled the roles respectively, while Jenny sang and played guitar. Her father became the groups manager but because of a dispute with local club owner and music impresario Jacques Senf, the band tended to play dates throughout the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany rather than in The Hague. They also played support for the Troggs. Within a year of forming, they had won a recording contract with the Artone label and released their first single, the garage gem …
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