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Nick Mason encourages communication among labels, artists

Posted January 20, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Nick Mason is the subject of a brief story in Classic Rock magazine. The Pink Floyd drummer has joined Featured Artists Coalition, a group devoted to bettering communication among recording artists and their business side counterparts.

“There is a tendency for musicians to view labels as just people in suits, but we are trying to get the two sides to talk,” he says in the article, “because it can only be to everyone’s benefit.

“One thing we want to see is for labels either to explore more of their back catalogue, or to give the rights back to the artists. So many companies have material in their vaults they don’t even know exists.”

Let’s hope.

Read the full article online.

One comment on “Nick Mason encourages communication among labels, artists”

  1. CHRIS D says:

    I HOPE SO I BET ROGERS LABEL HAS GARAGE FULLS OF STUFF,LIKE TO HEAR MORE RARE SYD TOO


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