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Mmm I thought it was 40-20-20-20 for just the publishing and 25-25-25-25 for everything else? From what I've read /heard the label gets almost all the profit from publishing and the artist rarely makes any money from it all. Their main income is through touring and merchandise sales. Not sure if that's true for Coldplay though. But you're right, that was a wrong choice of words I used haha :3 Ugh I typed out this long 8 foot essay explaining why exactly I thought the thing you mentioned was a little different from the musicians issue, complete with examples and shit, and just as I pressed 'post' my WiFi died :bigcry: -shakes fist at crappy Internet- On second thoughts, maybe it was for the best xD no one wants to read that xD Yeah. If they actually do get royalties, I would have much less of a problem with it since some musicians are genuinely really shy and want nothing to do with the spotlight *cough* Jonny *cough* :guitarist:

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Handsy ahahaha xD That's a very appropriate description though :nod: He's 'handsy' with everyone except maybe Will, he's safe (or used to be) behind his drums :') although that seems to be changing this time around xD I think he pinches Jonny's butt the most though :awesome: Hahaha I know xD I really like his very British sense of humour :D Chris is such an adorable dork. I find it hard to believe he's the oldest child in his family lol xD I wouldn't enjoy Coldplay's performances half as much without his piano humping and drunken dancing <3 Haha yeah I think most guys are like that with each other to some extent xD Chris is just much more vocal and physical(?) about his affection than most people xD which is lovely <3 LOL the location of Chris's hand makes me feel like this is another one of those 'Jonny's bum getting squeezed' pictures :laugh4:

Ooooh is it 'I hear the crocodiles ticking around the world?'

Me too. It only really annoys me when the artist gets way too much undue credit. Like we all know and acknowledge that Jonny's riff is the star of AoaL and the entire band is going to make an equal profit from it. But a lot of times I hear a song on the radio and it's got this brilliant rhythm section going on, which was clearly not written by the artist, and it's the main reason why the song is as good as it is but the artist gets all the praise and money and popularity. I dislike that concept very much. BOO! :c Mmm that's what I thought as well. They obviously take care of the mixing and all the 'computer generated' bits of a song and are responsible for bringing in the other musicians. I'm just surprised at the sheer number of musicians who seem to be completely content to stay behind the scenes and let someone else reap the benefits of their work. Or maybe it's like most songwriters where they supposedly lack the 'star' factor and forced to release their art through other artists. Which is really sad and really shows how incredibly money minded the industry is and the absolute lack of respect for musical talent :c

I don't really understand how solo artists work and this has been bothering me for a while now xD To clarify, I'm talking about artists who claim to write their own songs, not ones who sing someone else's music. Off the top of my head, someone like Ed Sheeran or Taylor Swift, I'm pretty sure they play one or two instruments at the most. So they write the lyrics and the melody. But what about the other instruments in a song? You can't really write a drum section if you don't play drums or a guitar riff if you don't play guitar, can you? So someone else writes it then. But then how are they different from someone like Chris? Doesn't he do the same thing? And I don't mean uncredited as in never mentioned, I know their names are probably included on the album. But uncredited as in the public has no idea about their contribution at all and as far as I know, they don't really profit from how big the song gets unlike the main artist? And it's not like the other musicians 'guest feature' on just a tiny bit like Noel in Up and up, they actually help flesh out the whole song. How does this work exactly? Or are these other musicians fine with being unnoticed and it's all just based on whether the artist is comfortable enough being on stage alone or not? I'm so confused lol xD Sorry if this is a stupid question :3 I'm a complete noob when it comes to all this xD

''Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody'' is the quote I'm trying really hard to apply in my life right now :) Seeing as we're on a Coldplay fansite, here are some Chrissy quotes for you! :dance: Even though he's trying to be funny in some of these, I find all of these quite inspirational and profound from experience, this is one of the truest quotes I've ever heard :') There's another one from the 2014 Zane Lowe interview: ''In life everyone needs to be broken in some way so they can emerge stronger than ever from it'' (paraphrasing because I can't remember the actual quote) And the best quote ever made in the history of quotes -drumroll- :drummer: ^ the boy speaks the truth :nod: Good luck with your project! :)

The best frontman in the world :nod: Don't ever give up :)

Best band in the world :dance:

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How did he not notice xD Chris is always molesting Jonny lol xD Shocked in a good way I hope? :awesome: Haha that's true. Jonny is a cutie :blush: Me too! ''Why did you become a vegetarian?'' ''One day I was eating an onion and I thought 'God! This is nice.... Or did I? :wink3:' '' ''Do you have flat caps in Argentina?'' ''Nah. This guy doesn't even know what a squirrel is :rolleyes:'' Chris says the lamest stuff but I laugh so hard everytime lol xD

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I like this version a lot more too! Lol the only reason I even heard the Seeb version was because it was on Coldplay's official channel xD

Work song by Hozier :D

Chris and Jonny at the starting haha ''I'm boombox'' Why so adorable Jonny? <3 Also, a fabulous scarf flaunting Will, a sexy as usual Guy and a bonus Phil! :D I love these five so much ugh <3

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Zurich, where Coldplay played at a few days ago :P I've only seen him mention it once. Was it the one where they show a clip where Chris picks up his phone and pretends to be talking to Nicole Kidman and tells the interviewer that if his wife left him and he got married again, Coldplay could play at his wedding? That whole interview was hilarious lol xD

''Violet Hill was written by Jonny's daughter Violet'' lol

I have a love hate relationship with this song. It's a pretty song and gives off a nice vibe but it looks like it's going to be the next video they're going to release and I would've much preferred a video for 'Fun' or 'Amazing day' instead :P Also, I love Chris but he makes me cringe so hard sometimes lmao xD 'this particular diamond was extra special' Ahahahaha I would probably like this song a lot more if that line wasn't there lol But the meaning behind it is lovely and it gives off this nice warm vibe. I'm pretty sure a lot of people will relate to it as well so it might just end up becoming a smaller scale 'Fix you' :nod:

Yup :dance: Your turn :D

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Thank you. I appreciate it :) And yeah. He's in his 20s so making the right career choices is really really important right now. And anyway it's not like we won't have any contact at all, he's always just a call or video chat away :) Haha my mind is able to think logically and knows I'm overreacting but it's so difficult to get your emotions to behave sometimes :c