Interesting perception Colin. Your right , that money spent on greasing the wheels, regardless if it was spent as payola , or propaganda marketing concept, or hype, was a form of paying to get your music played.

I always find it interesting to go check out the ECMA charts and see the really big names, here in the states, not in the top 40 charts over there.

The reason is the industry considers it a small market and invests very little money in advertising there. Without all the hype and the propaganda their super stars don't fair as well in the open market.

Billy Darnell

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