Theyll all been the subject of recent documentaries, part of an explosion in popularity of the nonfiction genre.
Record companies used to be relatively passive partners in documentary making licensing songs here and there.
Sony Musics Premium Content Division has become a leader in the space.
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Thats a really exciting proposition and something that were doing a lot of.
The Vandross project is being produced in cooperation with his estate.
That never-before-heard element is key.
And thats a really, really cool feeling.
Ellwood has previously directed documentaries on The Go-Gos, The Eagles, and the Laurel Canyon music scene.
When I was first approached, I said, A documentary?
Im not dead yet!
Lauper joked as she introduced the film at Tribeca, standing next to Ellwood.
Shes a wonderful filmmaker.
An obvious upside for labels is the potential for a music documentary to boost an artists sales.
Its now gone on to become one of the best performing music documentaries in Australia of all time.
A compelling documentary can also pull new listeners into an artists orbit.
Its case by case, Wegener says.
Everybody wants to produce something that an artist is happy with.
It co-producedMystify, a 2019 documentary about INXS front man Michael Hutchence.
Mackay and Wegener arent ready to panic.
So, I think that in my lifetime and in Kristas lifetime were okay for storytelling.
