But I also think that there is an unjustifiably high propensity among some economic writers to label demand-oriented unemployment as structural unemployment.
Copyright has also been an issue, with Prince's label demanding in April 2013 that it remove clips shot at his gigs.
The label demanded another one and another one, and everyone was feeling the pressure of five years of not having time to blink.
He quit as roadie during the second US tour and was asked to step into Ayers' shoes when Probe, the band's American label, demanded a second album.
In one notorious case, a record label demanded that YouTube take down a home video of a toddler jiggling in the kitchen to a tune by Prince, claiming it violated copyright law.
Cross-pollination is hampered by gaps in language, by preconceptions (on both sides), by label demands for a marketable product, by the suspicion that someone might be using someone, or that the wider audience being sought might be put off by music too far off their wavelengths.
Update: Behind The Scenes: Record Label Demands From Amazon.
In hindsight, that's one of the only things we've done that the label demanded.
Label demands led to Turner's vocals being replaced at the last minute by Michelle Branch.
His trademark string-snapping fiddle extravaganzas are sparingly used – and in many ways are missed – but, liberated from the pressures of the major-label demand for hits, he is reinventing himself in such a human way, the about-turn of an entirely solo tour might offer sufficient perspective to re-engage those alienated by the rock star years.
But their disagreement follows a long pattern of friction in which the labels demand high prices for licenses or withhold the licenses altogether.
