I would say he lives quite comfortably of his royalties. You maybe
forgetting there are quite a few sources of income artists recieve,
record roys, publishing roys, prs, pamra and so on.

a friend of mine was in a band in the 80's and still gets prs cheques
which i could easily live off.


--- In prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com, "Lee Redfern"
<nomadicoutlaw@...> wrote:
>
> I thought Thomas Dolby & family to visit him last summer to see
what he
> wanted to do next. I thought there was something else in the
pipeline...
>
> Just a quick question - what does he do to survive? Everybody
else -
> Martin, Neil, Wendy - all have jobs/new careers on the go, but
there is no
> way he can be living off of royalties. Has he got another job
now? Just
> curious...
>
>
> On 4/5/07, dermie <dermiedermie@...> wrote:
> >
> > well the last i heard from the people in the know is that paddy
has
> > very little interest in making music these days. presumably due to
> > health problems etc,
> >
> > we can only live in hope!
> >
> > --- In prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com <prefabsprout%
40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "GREGG, Stewart" <greggs@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I heard (from a reliable source) that Paddy and Thomas Dolby did
> > meet up
> > > last Summer to discuss working together, and that Paddy had - at
> > that
> > > time - two albums worth of material that he was interested in
doing
> > > something with. However this was obviously before the full
extent
> > of
> > > Paddy's hearing problems became apparent, which made the
recording
> > of
> > > the acoustic disc such a (literal) pain for him. I think Paddy's
> > > refusal to do interviews this time was partly due to his health
> > > problems, and partly to do with his being sick of the whole
> > project - he
> > > only expected to spend a few months on the acoustic tracks, but
> > ended up
> > > spending around a year on them.
> > >
> > > I don't know if Paddy and Thomas are still planning to work
> > together or
> > > not. It wouldn't surprise me if his hearing problems have led
him
> > to
> > > put the whole idea on the back burner.
> > >
> > > Stewart
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com <prefabsprout%
40yahoogroups.com>
> > > [mailto:prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com <prefabsprout%
40yahoogroups.com>]
> > On Behalf Of dermie
> > > Sent: 04 April 2007 13:39
> > > To: prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com <prefabsprout%
40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: [prefabsprout] Re: Steve McQueen - anyone got the new
> > > edition yet?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > as far as i'm aware, these new recordings are a one off. no
> > > plans to
> > > record more or tour. i think everyone knows this deep down.
> > they
> > >
> > > couldn't even get paddy out for interviews this time.
> > >
> > > --- In prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com <prefabsprout%
40yahoogroups.com>
> > > <mailto:prefabsprout%40yahoogroups.com> , "swantrash"
> > > <nomadicoutlaw@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've not heard them yet (should be paid thursday). What
> > > interests
> > > me
> > > > is that for someone who prefers new music than dragging out
> > > old
> > > > recordings (eg touring), Paddy re-recording some of his
> > back
> > > catalogue
> > > > is an intriguing turn. Does this mean there could be an
> > > acoustic
> > > > album in the offering, esp. if Thomas Dolby is "meant" to be
> > > > producing. Sounds like a return to Steve McQueen type of
> > > material.
> > > >
> > > > Bring on Thursday!
> > > >
> > > > Lee
> > > >
> > > > --- In prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com <prefabsprout%
40yahoogroups.com>
> > > <mailto:prefabsprout%40yahoogroups.com> , "sockospice"
> > <sockospice@>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Released in the UK yesterday, anyone got any thoughts on
> > the
> > >
> > > acoustic
> > > > > songs?
> > > > >
> > > > > Bonny and Desire As are probably the stand out tracks for
> > > me,
> > > > > although I'm only on my second listen. Paddy's voice seems
> > > to me
> > > > > stronger than I've heard it in years.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
> >
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