The reason why it became such a big deal back then is ever since my third album, I wasn’t really taking large advances from the recording companies.
I was recording the albums myself in my own studio.
So the way I looked at it, I owned the work because I paid for it and I did all the work.
I created it.
So I felt like it should belong to me.
That said the companies felt otherwise,
and they would always hold this contract up and say,
Well, you signed it.
And I say, well, I understand that. It’s not like I want to leave.
I just want to, you know, talk about this thing and see if we can’t make it more fair.
Of course, they wouldn’t change because if they change, they wouldn’t really exist.
And that’s kind of the situation we’re in right today.
They’re not going to exist much longer.
