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And Finally
Gray would like the opportunity to go all arty for a while
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 1 July 2010
Macy Gray reckons the record industry should be more willing to let artists make cheaper less mainstream and therefore less commercially successful albums in between the big crowd pleasers, in the same way movie stars can do nerdy arthouse flicks and low interest theatre projects between the Hollywood blockbusters.
She has a point you know. Perhaps record deals should allow artists some arty endeavours between high demand releases. Though us music hacks would have to agree to not write artists off when said arty records only achieved moderate success.
Speaking to Stylist mag, Gray said: “I like people who do art for the sake of art. Actors have the luxury of making a big movie and then they’ll do a little independent film. In music, it’s almost like a crime if you do something less successful. Record labels are short-sighted. They want to make money and make that clear. I want to make money too, but my work is also an art”.
Gray’s new album ‘The Sellout’ was released last month. I’ve not heard it, so don’t know if the title means it is the sort of big mainstream release her label demands, or an ironically titled arty side project. Given what I’ve heard about sales figures so far, one hopes the latter.
