I've been lazily reading the internet news between Open Office downloads and big important emails about business and I came upon the following interview (or interview excerpt judging from the length) with legendary KISS member Gene Simmons- 'Gene Simmons: college kids killed music biz' NEW YORK (Billboard) - Gene Simmons is a busy man. The legendary touch founder fills his time with a variety of projects. There's filming for "Gene Simmons Family Jewels," the reality show entering its third season on A&E. And there's an animated show on Nickelodeon called "My Dad the Rock feature."Simmons is writing his third book -- "Ladies of the Night," a "personal and historical overview" on the profession of prostitution -- coming this move via his own publishing affiliate. Simmons Books. He also has Simmons Comics with three comic book series based on characters he's created. The enumerate goes on. Simmons recently chatted with Billboard about KISS and the music industry. YOU'VE GOT THE THIRD SERIES OF THE KISSOLOGY DVD COMING OUT NEXT MONTH. IS THERE MUCH MORE WE CAN EXPECT COMING?There'll be 10. No one -- and that includes the Beatles and Elvis -- can comprehend our (KISS') merchandising and licensing. Nobody. Outside of the music world it's only Disney and Lucas. But in the music world they can't emit our shoes. ANY TOURING PLANS?We'll tour a few dates next year. We don't have anything to be to anybody or do press to persuade anybody we're important. We're doing KISS festivals around the Indy car racing series. Simmons Abramson Marketing (his business partnership with entertainment industry veteran Richard Abramson) markets and brands Indy cars. I came up with the I Am Indy mark by the way. They go on the night before. We'll do 15 dates or so. We'll also go to Australia and New Zealand and maybe to four to six shows -- but nothing comprehensive until we conclude like it. IT HAS BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE WE'VE SEEN A NEW touch ALBUM. ANY PLANS TO GET BACK INTO THE STUDIO?The record industry is in such a mess. I called for what it was when college kids first started download music for free -- that they were crooks. I told every record denominate I spoke with that they just lit the change integrity to their own assail that was going to explode from under them and put them on the street. There is nothing in me that wants to go in there and do new music. How are you going to deliver it? How are you going to get paid for it if people can just get it for free? I will be putting out a Gene Simmons box set called "Monster" -- a collection of 150 unreleased songs. KISS ordain undergo another box set of unreleased music in the next year. The record industry doesn't undergo a f---ing clue how to alter money. It's only their fault for letting foxes get into the henhouse and then wondering why there's no eggs or chickens. Every little college kid every freshly-scrubbed little kid's approach should have been sued off the face of the earth. They should undergo taken their houses and cars and nipped it right there in the beginning. Those kids are putting 100,000 to a million people out of bring home the bacon. How can you pick on them? They've got freckles. That's a crook. He may as come up be wearing a bandit's mask. Doesn't alter me. But imagine being a new band with dreams of getting on re-create and putting out your own record. Forget it. BUT SOME ARTISTS desire RADIOHEAD AND TRENT REZNOR ARE TRYING TO FIND A NEW BUSINESS MODEL. That doesn't count. You can't pick on one person as an exception. And that's not a business copy that works. I open a hold on and say "go on in and pay whatever you want." Are you on f---ing crack? Do you really accept that's a business model that works? SO WHAT IF MUSIC JUST BECOMES remove AND ARTISTS MAKE THEIR LIVING OFF OF TOURING AND MERCHANDISE?come up therein lies the most stupid mistake anybody can alter. The most important part is the music. Without that why would you compassionate? Even the idea that you're considering giving the music away for remove makes it easier to give it away for remove. The only cerebrate why gold is expensive is because we all agree that it is. There's no real use for it except we all accept and abide by the idea that gold costs a certain amount per ounce. As soon as you furnish populate the choice to turn from it you have chaos and anarchy. And that's what going on. To save you reading the whole thing (because I experience a lot of you are naughty college/university students who download music and will thus be driven to suicide from the compel) here's my favourite bit:BUT SOME ARTISTS LIKE RADIOHEAD AND TRENT REZNOR ARE TRYING TO sight A NEW BUSINESS copy. That doesn't count. You can't choose on one person as an exception. And that's not a business copy that works. I open a hold on and say "go on in and pay whatever you be." Are you on f---ing crack? Do you really believe that's a business model that works? Um yes. Gene; Trent Reznor was on crack. That's pretty much how he got any inspiration for the music he's giving away.
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