when I was working for ZZ TOP, I was in a unique contractual agreement between Lone Wolf Records and Warner Bros. Records, with the added benefit of corporate sponsorship by Miller Beer….
let me explain this arrangement….
Lone Wolf Records was the ALBUM LABEL, who actually recorded the music, and had PUBLISHING RIGHTS to the music.
A lot of people think Warner Bros. creates movies, TV shows and music… THEY DON'T….
Warner Bros. is a DISTRIBUTOR
other companies create the movies, TV shows & music, then Warner Bros. distributes the content worldwide.
Bill Ham was ZZ TOPs manager. he wasn't in the band, even though he was also a musician. the band ZZ TOP were the artists, and Bill was a master of managing artists. he made tons of money by making ZZ TOP very, very wealthy.
Bill created a unique position for me, where every dollar I received from Lone Wolf Records was simultaneously matched by Warner Bros. Records, and when Miller Beer was the corporate sponsor, they also had to match my fee dollar for dollar….
I was getting paid THREE TIMES simultaneously…. that's the Art Of The Deal, and I wasn't complaining….
Bill decided to venture into the art of movie making, and he set up a corporation named Lone Wolf Films…
I was paid to create the 3D computer animated opening Logo Sequence (much like the horse with wings for TriStar) which I created with precision…
there was a problem……
the Lone Wolf logo was very very similar to the Wolf Films logo owned by Dick Wolf, creator of Law & Order, etc
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