He's free
Corbett | April 24, 2007 1:12 AM
I was sitting on the 47th floor of a fancy revolving skyline view hotel bar in Pudong tonight having a drink, and Kenny G was on all the video monitors. I finally couldn't help myself, and asked the manager of the nice French hotel chain, a well dressed Dutch gentleman, what was it with Chinese hotels and Kenny G. Was it a remnant of 80's yuppie wannabes, did Mr. G increase business, did people really want to hear his music all the time?
His honest and direct reply made me laugh and do a double take on Chinese practicality.
"Kenny G is one of the few artists where we don't have to pay royalties to play his music, his earlier stuff that is. Apparently BMG screwed up somewhere, and his rights weren't protected, so we don't have to pay royalties to play his stuff in China. He's completely free for us, and we like that a lot."
Category: Mr. Asia
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Christian
April 25, 2007 8:17 PM
This made my day!!!
:-D
irishstu
May 17, 2007 4:10 PM
Ha ha. This kinda reminded me of "The 40-year-old Virgin", only there it's Michael McDonald rather than Kenny G. Erm... let me just post the quote:
David: Hey, Paula.
Paula: Yeah?
David: I gotta tell you something. I'm really excited about it. Uh, for the first time, today, I woke up, I came to the store, and I - I feel confident to say to you that if you don't take this Michael McDonald DVD - that you've been playing for two years straight - off, I'm going to kill everyone in the store and put a bullet in my brain!
Paula: David, what do you suggest we play?
David: I don't care. Anything! I would rather - I would rather watch "Beautician And The Beast". I would rather listen to Fran Drescher for eight hours than have to listen to Michael McDonald. Nothin' against him, but if I hear "Yah Mo B There" one more time, I'm going to Yah Mo Burn This Place To The Ground.