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From: April Leigh

To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM

Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 10:46 PM

Subject: Re: Creed on MTV

In a message dated 11/5/2001 5:47:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, Marc_Levitt@BROWN.EDU writes:

That's not my point.  The larger critique aims at the tendency towards the
televisation of music.  Image, image, image.  I thought this music was
wonderful because it touched you folks.  Now things are getting a bit
clearer.  Marketing plays as much a role as anything in the affinity for
Creed.  And man do they have great promoters.

Actually...if you know anything about Creed, which you obviously don't...They don't like making videos.  Mark said once he wished they never existed.  They are included in record contracts...you don't make royalties off of how many times your video gets played on MTV or VH1...there is one sole purpose in videos: advertising.  These guys do it because they have to.  Artists today are victims of their labels and their contracts...It's not about their choosing to market themselves this way...it's about the label choosing to market them this way whether they like it or not.

Leigh