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Originally Posted by LP
Back to basics then, how does this all work? For example, would someone like Meat Loaf approach record companies directly or would he have a manager to do that? Why do you think Virgin would not touch this, if that is the case?
It makes sense to me that any proposal is set out in advance, i.e. singles, videos, promotional budgets and strategies etc? Surely this would have been thrashed out before anything was signed?
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Luke, i would imagine Meat and his management or whoever the strange people who are looking after him did go to record companies and laid their cards out on the table. Maybe the record companies didn't like what they were hearing, figured the album wouldn't sell etc... hence all the trouble he had getting a record deal in the end (having to tour on an album which wasn't even released). The record company might not be pushing for huge promotion (actually they are NOT pushing for huge promotion) becuase the people in charge obviously don't think that there's a market out there for Meat.