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krisolin OP t1_j93qj5v wrote
Yes, I would have to agree with you on that. Kraftwerk name was huge at the time. Still is! Reminds me when Eno of the Roxy Music fame produced the 95 Microsoft sound. He got lot less though.
OwenLoveJoy t1_j91an2m wrote
The fun fun fun of the Hanover Expo
Mattress_Of_Needles t1_j90sici wrote
Shit, I'll make you one shorter or longer, whatever you want, for a fifth of that.
WhyNeaux t1_j91ndgf wrote
You’re not Kraftwork
Mattress_Of_Needles t1_j91pm9u wrote
How dare you!
krisolin OP t1_j90zat1 wrote
It's crazy, man! They did get some neg. feedback from it, so decided to do a full song in four different languages after that.
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SPACEMAN_B1FF t1_j91mwvn wrote
50,000€ per second is an impressive rate. (In reality, the whole production process likely took quite a bit longer.)
Kharon8 t1_j91v3ey wrote
Yes and all the other stuff too: Permission to use images and band name and all.
At some point in rising fame you are not paying to the venue to show your name, venue pays you to show your name.
IMHO Kraftwerk passed that limit in 1970s, after Autobahn. In Germany, at least. Globally after The Man Machine.
They had a number of records (3) before Autobahn and having 2 of them, I can say they are ... shall we say ... 'experimental'. I'm still not sure if they are horrible or brilliant .... but nothing between is possible. :)
krisolin OP t1_j93rgkj wrote
Yes, I recon it was the whole "PR package", not just the 4 seconds of music,...which actually is not very good at all (I suppose I can say that as I am a big Kraftwerk fan).
krisolin OP t1_j93qqw4 wrote
Of course; who knows about these artists? Could have taken weeks or months as far as we know!
Cyanopicacooki t1_j959ge0 wrote
It's Kraftwerk, I'd say that was pretty good value for money. I forget how much Brian Eno for the 3.25 seccond Windows 95 start sound but it was in the same ball park.
krisolin OP t1_j95axjx wrote
Eno got paid $35k. That'd be a bit more realistic payment than what Kraftwerk got :)
Mental5tate t1_j95j81y wrote
Kraftwerk are revolutionary artists and are very well known there are influencers who make millions just peddling mineral water and vape pens to kids on their Roblox stream, what a world we live in🙃
krisolin OP t1_j98bwmj wrote
I have never heard of a Kraftwerk Roblox stream! What is it?
ElfMage83 t1_j92o6fz wrote
€200 is nothing, unless you meant €200,000.
krisolin OP t1_j93g7ed wrote
It was 400,000 DM which was roughly €200,000 in 2000. This is about 220,000 USD in today's money.
Kharon8 t1_j91t3dk wrote
Well, they didn't get paid because they made 4s of music, they were paid because they are Kraftwerk and Hannover Expo used that quite a lot in advertising, imagery and sounds and all.