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David Bowie Visionary t shirt By Daniel Davidson

£ 39.00

"Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming" David Bowie.  Daniel mixes up the visionary aspect of Bowie's work with a speculation about what helped him deliver it:  colours in, music and creativity generally, out. David Bowie: artistically extraordinary and original, and commercially as astute as musicians get.  The Beatles lost control of their back catalogue to Michael Jackson.  Jackson bought the rights to their music to the point McCartney needed Jackson's permission to play songs he, McCartney, composed.. By comparison Bowie had his cake and carried on eating it too.  Bowie made a Eurobond issue to monetise his back catalogue. The bond issue delivered a sum not far off what the rights would have made had he sold outright.  The coupon on the bonds paid from the accruing royalties as his music continued to be played all round the world.  There was likely a comfortable surplus after the interest on said bonds had been paid.  So a chunk of money upfront, an ongoing income and he still owned the rights to his compositions...If you meet Paul McCartney don't mention the above, he remains far from pleased with the deal he and the band did with Jackson.

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