Leonard Cohen: A Remarkable Life - Revised And Updated Edition

by Anthony Reynolds

Overview

When a musician dies, it is rarely the end of their story. While death can propel megastars to even further success, artists overlooked in their lifetime might also find a new type of fame. But a badly timed move or the wrong deal can see the artist die all over again. Colonel Tom Parker, the former carnival huckster, understood this high-wire act implicitly and the posthumous career of Elvis Presley has provided a template for everyone else. Estates have two jobs: keeping the artist’s name alive and ensuring they continue to make money. These can sometimes be compatible goals, but often they spark a tension that is unique in the music business. Drawing on interviews with those running music estates as well as music lawyers, record company executives and archivists, Leaving the Building reveals how the music industry is constantly striving to perfect the business of death.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787592322
Publisher:	Omnibus Press
Publication date:	11/18/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	354
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Anthony Reynolds was born in Wales in the early 1970's. He is not the author of the Sci-Fi books. He has to date completed four biographies (On Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers, Jeff Buckley, Japan and Leonard Cohen). The latter has been translated into nine languages, the Japan biography in English and Japanese. He has also published two collections of poetry and lyrics ('These Roses taste like ashes', 'Calling all Demons').