But no, the record industry refused to embrace the idea and so what happens is, people just go ahead and do it anyway, which means there is less and less money going into the industry.
"Richard Christopher "Rick" Wakeman" is an English keyboardist/keyboard player and composer best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes (band)/Yes. He is also known for his solo albums, contributing to the BBC comedy series Grumpy Old Men (TV series)/Grumpy Old Men and for Rick's Place, his former radio show on Planet Rock (radio station)/Planet Rock that aired until December 2010.
Wakeman's music career began in 1969 when he left study at the Royal College of Music in favour of session music work. He went on to feature on songs by various artists including David Bowie, T. Rex (band)/T. Rex, Elton John, Cat Stevens, and Black Sabbath. In 1969, Wakeman joined Strawbs before his first and second stints in Yes from 1971–74 and 1976–80. He co-formed Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe in 1988 which led to his inclusion in a Yes line-up of eight members from 1990–92. He returned twice from 1995–97 and 2002–04.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous musicians! More Rick Wakeman on Wikipedia.And the kids are going through their parents' record collections -- I say kids, but really it's everything from the age of 12 up to 20s -- and a lot of them are coming along, and they don't have the ageism thing that a lot of the press do.
The new generation is not coming from the media, from radio airplay or whatever because we don't get it.
How are you, love?
If he had been British he would have been knighted for sure and been Sir Bob.
Hold it a minute. This is what everybody is doing at home. Why aren't we doing it for them?
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