21.   But just as few musicians had the tenacity to work outside the major recording companies, few were prepared to examine the structure of rock touring.

22.   But most of the rap labels now are either owned by the large recording companies or have distribution deals with them.

23.   But Phillips said he worried that some recording companies might abuse the surround-sound capabilities to create gimmicky, less realistic renditions of musical performances.

24.   But she does not consider herself an employee commissioned by the recording company.

25.   But the copyright change points to where the interests of recording companies and musicians diverge.

26.   But perhaps it also took him a while to find a recording company willing to keep pace with him in his adventurousness.

27.   But to the recording companies and artists who own the tunes, that freedom offers a frightening peek at the future.

28.   Courtney Love, the songwriter and leader of Hole, said she had little sympathy for recording companies.

29.   Critics wondered why the recording companies did not counter Napster more directly by devising an online distribution system of their own.

30.   Dame Elisabeth still stands third among the all-time best-selling classical artists for the international recording company EMI, ranking just behind Itzhak Perlman and Maria Callas.