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THE BAND THEMSELVES are often to blame as
well.

My experience has been it's USUALLY the band or artist themselves.

I've seen far more artists shoot themselves in the foot than really get
screwed up by producers and labels. The producers and labels DO
invariably end up getting the blame unless it's a big hit in which case
they just get none of the credit.

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