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Sunday, March 04, 2001

Getting a law degree signed his death warrant with the major record labels

"In the mid-1970's, if you wanted to make a record, you went to a record company. The pop labels had tons of money, and, if the stacks of vinyl that arrived in my mail every day were anything to go by, they signed virtually anything that moved. But they did so under strict conditions, using contracts whose terms could only be described as Draconian."

New York Times. Ed Ward writes about Andy Zwerling, one of music's gray men, lost in the background, struggling for the front, with talent and drive to spare. "If the company didn't like what they turned in, the label might ask for its money back. Those unwilling to comply could be forced to remain under contract for years, unable to record for anyone else unless a new label bought out their debt."'

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