From Iain Hinchliffe Sent Thu, Oct 15th 1998, 17:41
From Iain Hinchliffe Sent Thu, Oct 15th 1998, 17:41
just for info:- After seeing a posting about Novamute I thought it might be relevant to mention that Mute are, in the light of plummeting record sales (as "drop in the ocean" type of examples both Depeche Mode and the most recent PJ Harvey have sold less than half their 'normal' projected sales and this slump is definitely repeated throughout the UK record industry with another friend at BMG confirming their biggest release of the last few weeks, Republica's latest, selling a measly 5000 units after a huge amount of publicity), undertaking cost saving measures - including letting some staff go and sharing their marketing lady with MoWax (or the other way round or whatever). I don't believe these measures will affect the quality or quantity of current releases in particular but this may certainly affect how ready Mute may be to sign new artists... Iain H.