WEA, precursor to WMG, was started by the owners of a funeral home in new jersey. you can connect the dots, i think. then the wall street boys took over & things got really criminal haha. none of this is good for the artists. the concert business is even worse these days. at one point i almost went to work for a music wholesaler in NYC. there was so much shady stuff going on, i couldn't take the job & live with myself.