I just want to know what Neil Diamond makes and why he doesn’t answer my letters. Why???

I am starting something focussing on artists online presence and working with labels and management companies to give artists a solid web life. It’s a little weird and doesn’t make sense now, but hopefully soon. For now check out the “Featured” blog links at the top, and that hopefully will give you an idea.

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I bet it wouldn’t be too hard, you’d probably just have to spot him doing back flips.

Not a bad deal.

(Sorry for not having a comment on the actual content of your post.)

I think the Christian market is a bit different. Here’s one reason: We’re cheap. For some reason Christian artists, labels, managers and company often demand a deal – as if because what we’re doing has something to do with Jesus we shouldn’t pay full price for anything.

I hired Richard Dodd to mix my last CD. He engineered Johnny Cash’s last albums. He’s mixed Green Day, Tom Petty (got a Grammy for that). He hangs with Rick Rubin! While we were in the studio together he got a call from Rick asking him to mix Weezer’s record Make Believe. My point: He’s a big deal. Worth every penny.

But we didn’t pay him full price. I was so embarrassed to discover that someone above me in the chain had begged him for a deal because we’re a “small Christian label.”

So guitar players, merch guys, web guys, engineers – everybody but managers, artists and labels – are often getting paid less than their work merits. And if you won’t take less somebody behind you in line will.

Before you can figure that out, you’ll have to decide what you want to be when you grow up.