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Written by MDonaldson → on 2025-01-27 at 23:55

a couple of decades ago my label partner was also a band manager and one of his bands got lucky and were signed to Warner Brothers

he told the band to be smart and spend as little money as possible so there wouldn’t be much to recoup, and so the band planned on having someone in their circle shoot their first major label music video on the cheap

when my friend/their manager visited the WB offices someone there pulled him aside to tell him they were making a big mistake … (1/3)

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Written by MDonaldson → on 2025-01-27 at 23:59

he was told if the band didn’t spend loads of Warner Brothers’ money then none of the higher ups would pay attention, the band wouldn’t get promoted, and they’d surely fail

so they hired some Hollywood music video director and the video cost like 600k

the band failed anyway, dropped after one album and, of course, never recouped … (2/3)

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Written by MDonaldson → on 2025-01-28 at 00:00

anyway, I think about this story all of the time, especially when we see (tech? AI?) companies that are grossly overvalued and spending way too much money when it’s obvious the job can be done just as well for a lot lot lot less

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Written by Rob Christopher on 2025-01-28 at 01:41

@qburns And the same is true in the film world too!

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