The Logic Off Topic list

Joeri Vankeirsbilck wrote:

>In short: Kool, thanks for the links. I had them already, buy your
>inside scoop was interesting!
I tried to make them more than interesting.

>I've noticed that decisions in record companies are only made at the
>headquarters.
That was why I also referred you to the IFPI.

>All sister-companies are only responsable for exploitation
>in their territory.
And usually they don't like it.

>That means I'll have to get all info in London and New York as I suspected.
Not all. Contact your local 'Belgium record association; (BPI-type) people. 
They will know exactly, and I do mean exactly, who you need to get in touch 
with. Those local decision-makers will then tell you what it's like on the 
ground; and then refer you like an arrow straight to their superiors in 
London and New York or wherever who hand those decisions down.

>Market data etc is well-documented, however, management decisions and
>their implications are not well-documented.
For that you need the personal angle, so you need to do the people who do 
the documenting, because they have to speak to the people who make the 
decisions before they can document anything. That was my reasoning. So ... 
speak to the people who do the documenting. They will send you to their 
sources ... and those people will send you to THEIR sources.

>It looks like my copromoter will be a Belgian (can't find anyone
>abroad), so I'm not sure I'll write my thesis in english. I'll try to
>make it available as public download though.
Alternatively ... you could respectfully suggest to all of us that it's 
about time we all learned Flemish!!

Kool Musick
Keep Musick Kool


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