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Topic History of: TOTAL COLLAPSE OF CHART SANITY! Please read Deep Throat (nm)
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Manager Man |
They need some kind of measure to show to their bosses which projects are worth continued funding and which are not.
If there were not some kind of chart - and labels were funding acts for considerable time and allowing for them to develop, the most likely initial reaction is that fewer acts would get signed in the first place. |
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Bern |
I think this only matters if you're bothered about where things come in the chart. I wonder who is? Chart positions don't make songs better or worse, they're not even very reliable opinion polls (a few fans make a big difference), and they do NOT influence whether or not we playlist something on the 40-odd radio stations I'm working with. That's been the case for years, and it's bugged me how much effort the labels go to for a chart position rather than long term building sales.
This is what I can't understand - who actually does use the chart to decide whether or not to support a tune? Shops? Newspapers? I don't think it's consumers, and it ain't me! |
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Manager Man |
Wasn't this rule introduced at about the same time as they decided to stop labels issuing a 2nd CD the week after the original release - to keep the momentum going? |
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Kev |
I presume you're talking about MCPS? If not, this is another area that makes the current industry set-up very geared towards a major monopoly. |
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Martin K |
The majors appear to have got into a lovely habit of releasing recordings that are finished without an advance being paid.
Nice work if you can get it.
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