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| From | "MTN HIGH" <mtn-high@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: More stupid questions.... was Re: Owsley |
| Date | Tue, 18 Feb 2003 16:22:15 +0000 |
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Thanks for the edumacation, Mike.
Another question: Do they "own" his works just as "Owsley"...or could he
create/record/release music under another name and circumvent the contract?
Ironically/from what I see, (correct me if I'm wrong) here's an INCREDIBLY
ironic set up where they have him/his tunes tied up...won't support
him...etc...yet my guess is that if he went ahead and told 'em to F-off and
recorded anyway, they'd spend more money sueing him than they did to support
him.
Amazing.
P
>From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: More stupid questions.... was Re: Owsley
>Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 09:53:06 -0600
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>Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
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>Under the terms of most standard major label deals, anything Owsley commits
>to tape -- demos or finished product -- is label property, as it is musical
>work that he did under contract. Depending on his publishing situation, he
>could re-record these tunes -- this is what Menthol did -- they recorded an
>entire album for Capitol, which was refused, and after getting out of their
>contract, redid the entire thing for Parasol.
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>This is why artists like XTC and Joe Strummer resorted to utter inactivity
>to get out of recording deals (though XTC still did demos) -- in both
>cases, it took the artists years for the record company(s) to relent and
>release them from their contracts.
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>Mike Bennett
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>>From: "MTN HIGH" <mtn-high@msn.com>
>>To contiune my ignorance on the topic:
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>>>From: "bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net>
>>>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>>>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>>>Subject: Re: Owsley
>>>Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 20:34:34 -0800
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>>>It's quite possible those 30 masters are owned by the record company,
>>>and unless another record company steps forward and makes an offer
>>>to buy them, or Owsley buys the tapes back himself, they'll likely sit
>>>there
>>>in the vaults and gather dust...if the record company who paid for them
>>>don't get something for them, they're going to sit on a shelf...that's
>>>the
>>>way it is.
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>>What's stopping him from cranking out 30 more tunes or from cranking out
>>NEARLY the same songs w/ different arrangements...etc. and placing them on
>>his own CD's? They own the rights to *those* songs...not his entire
>>output...right? (wrong?)
>>
>>Quitting seems to be the easy way out, IMO. Crank out 12 songs and slap
>>'em on a disc and sell 'em...if for nothing else..to keep the fanbase
>>together/interest high. IMO, the passage of time between projects is a
>>bigger threat to an artist's career than MP3's.
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>>P
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