Rodge wrote:Josiah wrote:Johnny D wrote:Ok, that’s enough from the “drum industry sheriff”. And I’m not on drugs… just really strong coffee
Best regards to all,
John P. DeChristopher
Appreciate the post.
To clarify, you are stating that a company like Zildjian, in no way reimburses artists on it's roster for expenses or provides services or products free of cost?
Find it hard to believe Steve Gadd went out of pocket for his meals while on a 3 month clinic tour for Zildjian.... just saying seems there is some serious splitting of hairs concerning what is "paying" someone and otherwise. Just like colleges don't pay their football players right?
Maybe you aren't writing a check for cash, but 5 digits in cymbals and sticks for free every year though, expense accounts, etc. That level of "support" is effectively paying an artist.
What about how companies charge more for "signature" products? You're saying the name sake artist of that product doesn't get even a small percentage of that?
I get royalties off some piddly dink commercial I did years ago, but I have a signature drum stick sold world wide with a company like Zildjian, and I don't get a dime from that?
More to the point, Jo Graphic Designer, in the advertising department is being paid, by the hour, to create and design the advertisement media but the actual people in the content of the advertisements aren't getting a dime? Come on...
Nothing in this world is free, and that includes using the name sake and images of famous musicians. You might be paying people with product instead of cash in most cases, but at that point it's just semantics of the word pay.
Ok Josiah, what do you want man ? Peter Erskine came in, John DeChristopher came in, what do you want to know ? Keep your thouht if you want, but come on man, I think that it's ok now.
I'm kinda with Josiah on this one. It's really hard to believe that there are no financial incentives for being with a particular company whether it be for actually $$ or goods & services. I don't see the difference between Vinnie selling sticks made with his signature and Kobe selling shoes for Nike with his signature. Johnny D said it's fantasy to think companies pay artists to use their image in ads. to me it seems the opposite is true. why in the world would anyone let a company profit from the use of their name & image without any form of pay?? that seems more fantasy to me.
