In defence of the man I was a member of a band who got a money up front deal from Celtic music to record an album (this was about 11 years ago and before I knew anything about the problems Nic Jones was having). We as a band were definately the winners of the deal financially. I am perhaps in a slightly different situation to some of his other signings in being not financially dependent income from music - it could be argued that this is how traditional music should be ie free from financial constraints.

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