Originally Posted by
Vector
Thanks for the welcome, and I fully agree it striking people differently. We share the fact we both became more interested in the band, but just in different ways. I expected to watch it, enjoy it, then move on. Instead I found myself baffled at some of the stuff, and some of it not making any sense. So I started on this quest to educate myself and see where it would lead me.
Music is art, it's creative expression. Which is pretty much the opposite of what a business is. So sad they have to go hand in hand in order for a band to make it big.
Indeed
I think that is why so many artists/groups want to find the right manager and leave the business aspect to them. As long as they can trust the guy, why allow all the other junk get into the way of making great music.
The Eagles seemed to start out with the best of intentions, yet got sucked into the business side because of greed. They did not like the idea of so many different people making money off them, even though much of it was standard practice of the time. So they went and started doing their own publishing, promotion, etc. to make even more money.
On the one hand there is nothing wrong with that, but it certainly has you thinking and worrying about other things rather than fine tuning your craft.
When Felder started to wonder why Frey/Henley and Azoff were making more money off these ventures than the other guys, it created friction. According to his book he was told that "those guys are single, so they have more money". Yet Felder thought to himself, how come Azoff can afford to invest so much. He later found out that different aspects of the Eagles business were being steered to Azoff's interests, presumably with Frey and Henley's knowledge.
At that point ones wonders whether Frey took the same attitude that he and Henley(with the help of Azoff) should make more money, just like he would many years into the future. Now that is purely speculation on my part, but considering Frey's attitude years later, it does not seem like too much of a stretch.
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