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Mind Map by Fern Calderwood, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Fern Calderwood
over 8 years ago
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"American Masters"
Inventing David Geffen
- Knowledge is power
- Neil young conflict
- Geffen unsuccessfully sued Neil Young for
making "uncommercial" records - successful
artists making unsuccessful records with big
advances
- Young's description of Geffen as "a performance
artist, and the art of the deal is his stage."
- Geffen unsuccessfully sued Neil Young for
making "uncommercial" records - successful
artists making unsuccessful records with big
advances
- When Nyro's debut LP failed to
meet expectations, Geffen
responded by
forming a 50/50
publishing-rights partnership
with Nyro and signed numerous
acts to record her songs, several
of which became lucrative hits,
including Three Dog Night's
cover of "Eli's Coming" and a
version of "And
When I Die" by Blood, Sweat &
Tear
- Ability for repetition is key to
launching a hit single via top 40's,
airtime, tv time ect- vital in the past?
- Sold Asylum records to warner in 1975 for 7 million dollar.
The label merged with a major record company. Many
artists felt sold out. Going against original concept of Asylum?
- Next step: After spending later of 70's at warner Geffen
launched Geffen records, which was funded by warner
- No profit first 5 years- huge artists, huge advances-
production of no hit records
- John Lennon, Wang Chung, Donna Summers,- found great success
- John Lennon, Wang Chung, Donna Summers,- found great success
- No profit first 5 years- huge artists, huge advances-
production of no hit records
- Next step: After spending later of 70's at warner Geffen
launched Geffen records, which was funded by warner
- Sold Asylum records to warner in 1975 for 7 million dollar.
The label merged with a major record company. Many
artists felt sold out. Going against original concept of Asylum?
- Ability for repetition is key to
launching a hit single via top 40's,
airtime, tv time ect- vital in the past?
- David Geffen-continously been at the epicentre of popular culture as an
agent, manager, record industry titan, hollywood and broadway producer
and philanthropist
- transformed the music business
- Started his career as a manager for artists.
Advocate for the artist!
- believed artists should have the rights to
publishing and masters of their music
- Geffen and Roberts company offered no
contracts for their artists
- nurturing talent, investing in the artist
and development of new artists!!!
- Launched and nurtured the eagles over a 2 year
period. "Find their sound and their rhythm as a band"
- Launched and nurtured the eagles over a 2 year
period. "Find their sound and their rhythm as a band"
- nurturing talent, investing in the artist
and development of new artists!!!
- believed artists should have the rights to
publishing and masters of their music
- Great political, economic and social influence
- "I'd rather kill myself than get into the music
business today"- David Geffen's words at a press
release
- Dreamworks. Raised 2 billion dollars in one
week to start the independent studio with
Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg in 1994
- Aid's advocate- funded vital research
- Nirvana- David Geffen released "Nevermind in 1991 on DGC-
changed popular culture, huge influences- socially and musically
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