David Bowie would have did not develop into a star in at present’s profit-obsessed music trade, one in every of his producers mentioned yesterday.
Nile Rodgers, who co-produced Bowie’s album Let’s Dance in addition to having a massively acclaimed music profession of his personal, mentioned trendy labels would by no means have given the British star so many possibilities to seek out business success.
Bowie, who died nearly eight years in the past aged 69, launched a collection of unsuccessful songs within the early a part of his profession.
And his 1967 debut studio album reached solely quantity 125 within the UK charts.
David Bowie (pictured in 2004) would have did not develop into a star in at present’s profit-obsessed music trade, one in every of his producers mentioned yesterday
Nile Rodgers (pictured in 2018), who co-produced Bowie’s album Let’s Dance, mentioned trendy labels would by no means have given the British star so many possibilities to seek out business success
David Bowie is pictured with Nile Rodgers (each wearing white fits) on the Frankie Crocker Awards on the Savoy in New York in 1983
Rodgers, 71, co-founder of disco legends Chic, teamed up with Bowie for 1983’s Let’s Dance, which topped the UK chart and reached quantity 4 within the US.
Appearing earlier than the Commons’ tradition committee to speak in regards to the economics of music streaming, he mentioned of Bowie: ‘They gave him all that point to try to make successful. Those days truthfully are really over.’
Two years in the past, the committee printed a report calling for artists to be given a extra equal share of income as a part of a ‘full reset’ of the streaming market.
Rodgers, who’s a producer-in-residence for Apple Music, cited a narrative claiming US rapper Snoop Dogg was paid simply $45,000 (£36,000) for a billion streams on Spotify.