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title: Courtney Love does the math (2000)
url: http://www.salon.com/2000/06/14/love_7/#
author: niggler
points: 102
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How powerful is management?  
Who owes whom a favor?  
What independent promoter's cousin is the drummer?  
What part of the fiscal year is the company putting out the record?  
Is the royalty rate for the artist so obscenely bad that it's almost 100
percent profit instead of just 95 percent so that if the record sells,
it's literally a steal?  
How much bin space is left over this year?  
Was the record already a hit in Europe so that there's corporate
pressure to make it work?  
Will the band screw up its live career to play free shows for radio
stations?  
Does the artist's song sound enough like someone else that radio
stations will play it because it fits the sound of the month?  
Did the artist get the song on a film soundtrack so that the movie
studio will pay for the video?