That's one thing people don't realize, is that the money the record companies make from the top-sellers helps fund their investments in lower-selling artists.
And then drop them like hot cakes when they can't, or won't, write hits.
The members of the RIAA aren't in the business to lose money for the sake of art. There is an ever growing list of artists that are changing labels because their music is not the the sickening 'formula' pop that is rampant of late. All the record companies are really interested in now are hits, hits, hits.
No, the melange factor was public knowledge. In fact almost everybody took melange to some degree. That's what allowed them to live for 300 years+. The monopoly only existed because only certain species or people could extract the full effect of the prescience that it offered. The Guild was one of them. That's how I remembered it anyways. It's been about ten years since I read the books.
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It only took Kim Hughes having a cry and a resignation on national TV for the aussies. We've never looked back after that.
And the coveted Rory, the award for The Most Gratuitous Use Of The Word "Fuck" In A Serious Scr^H^H^H Forum, goes to.....
goes to....
Ah, who gives a Fuck
And then drop them like hot cakes when they can't, or won't, write hits.
The members of the RIAA aren't in the business to lose money for the sake of art. There is an ever growing list of artists that are changing labels because their music is not the the sickening 'formula' pop that is rampant of late. All the record companies are really interested in now are hits, hits, hits.
No, the melange factor was public knowledge. In fact almost everybody took melange to some degree. That's what allowed them to live for 300 years+.
The monopoly only existed because only certain species or people could extract the full effect of the prescience that it offered. The Guild was one of them.
That's how I remembered it anyways. It's been about ten years since I read the books.