Miami Herald interview with Mr. Tyler
The entirety of the interview is here.
Nice interview, overall--lots about him and his grandkids and random shit you might not have known about the five of them [Amy says: Mr. Tyler has TURKEYS named Harley and Davidson? Where the fuck have I been?].
What we want to know, though, is why the following passage hasn't already hit the fan, as it were:
Q: How far are you into the latest record deal?
A We're out after the next record (which he says will come later this year). I don't know (what happens then), but if Aerosmith sold only 100,000 copies on the Internet, we'd make more than selling a million for a big label...no matter how you slice it, everybody's making more than the band.
Q: How different is it now, with corporate guys running labels instead of 30 years ago when maybe you had more music lovers running the labels?
A I don't know of anybody who's running a label who not looking at the final numbers, after the dollars they make. We're a band. We split a quarter.
Q: So are you saying (you'll record without a label)?
A I don't know. Maybe.
Some serious, serious inferences can be made from that bit--especially all this hooha over the rumors of this being their last tour. We here at Draw The Blog would love, love, L-O-V-E to see an independent release from the boys, but, while other bands are not Aerosmith, we're skeptical as to how far they could get without a major label behind them.
We'd also love to know who's in the running for picking them up, if they are indeed in the market for another label.
Nice interview, overall--lots about him and his grandkids and random shit you might not have known about the five of them [Amy says: Mr. Tyler has TURKEYS named Harley and Davidson? Where the fuck have I been?].
What we want to know, though, is why the following passage hasn't already hit the fan, as it were:
Q: How far are you into the latest record deal?
A We're out after the next record (which he says will come later this year). I don't know (what happens then), but if Aerosmith sold only 100,000 copies on the Internet, we'd make more than selling a million for a big label...no matter how you slice it, everybody's making more than the band.
Q: How different is it now, with corporate guys running labels instead of 30 years ago when maybe you had more music lovers running the labels?
A I don't know of anybody who's running a label who not looking at the final numbers, after the dollars they make. We're a band. We split a quarter.
Q: So are you saying (you'll record without a label)?
A I don't know. Maybe.
Some serious, serious inferences can be made from that bit--especially all this hooha over the rumors of this being their last tour. We here at Draw The Blog would love, love, L-O-V-E to see an independent release from the boys, but, while other bands are not Aerosmith, we're skeptical as to how far they could get without a major label behind them.
We'd also love to know who's in the running for picking them up, if they are indeed in the market for another label.
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