Does anyone know if the labels pay for their artists to get performance slots on the Grammy show? Do the artists get paid for performing or is it considered an honor just to be asked and you get the bonus of promotion for yourself?
I thought I heard the other day, either right before or right after the superbowl, that the performers of the NA and ATB don't get paid for that. I thought that was kinda cool when you consider how much money is earned just during the game itself via the commercials.
Thats a tricky one.
It's all a yes/no kind of thing.
CeeLo Blake Miranda Kelly Adam being sprinkled throughout the Superbowl was promo for The Voice. The artists themselves are agreeing to these while big corporate hands are being shaked all over town.
So while artists like Adam or Kelly are not being paid, the big machine of their careers is grinding into overtime which equals money to them in facetime which for the labels management and artists themselves hopefully adds up to CD sales/concert tours product sales endorsements.
There was not a second of what we saw on NBC Sunday that was not a planned push for the network and those under it.
Frankly, I have never seen a Superbowl so "overpumped" with promo and push for product.
NBC is going to make The Voice a hit or go broke trying!
Anyway, it is the same with the Grammys. You can call it an honor (and it usually is for the artist as a person) but it really is again corporate organizations shaking hands and agreeing to place thier product (the artist) in the show.
Seating is also a big deal. Even that is a major endorsement for the artists and labels so those spots are very covetted.
And though the producers and directors of the show decide who sits where you can be absolutely sure that there is "motivation" to place certain people in certain spots, while also taking into consideration that the Grammys producers want the most influencial artists closest to the cameras.
It's all quite a dance.
