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| From | Anna Borg <anna@tallboyrecords.com> |
| Subject | I was wondering how people had the new Beulah... |
| Date | Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:16:48 -0700 (PDT) |
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I know some people have posted about the new Beulah
record "yoko," yet when I would try to find it, I
found out it's not supposed to come out until
September.
An interesting post from Beulah on their website
reveals the following info...I found it to be very
insightful.
7.15.03
At the risk of being labeled a Luddite, I want to take
a moment to discuss a couple of things with respect to
the new record, downloads and Ebay. It seems like with
this ongoing and often tedious debate, nobody is
polite enough to ask what the band thinks. However,
everybody seems to have an opinion on what's best for
the band. With that said, when our meager livelihood
could potentially hang in the balance of this debate,
it at least does us justice to air out our feelings on
the subject.
First, we've discovered that there are some
unscrupulous folks who have taken the liberty to sell
promo copies of the new record on Ebay. Beulah does
not authorize, support or endorse this, so we ask that
you please not purchase the record on Ebay. Frankly,
the record's not worth more than the list price and it
will be out soon enough. If you really must hear the
record before the release date, we prefer that you
download it from your favorite file sharing source. We
the Beulahs also download songs to check out new music
and understand its importance. However, if we decide
that we like the band, we actually make a point of
buying their record to support them. Now just so you
know, we are not in the business of guilt tripping. We
just hope that those of you who have heard the record
already via downloading and/or file sharing will at
some point purchase the album. For those of you who
don't like it, well, we don't expect you to buy an
album that you don't like.
For the record, we have a terrific relationship with
our label. We do not have an adversarial relationship
like many bands on major labels. Without Velocette's
financial support there's no way in hell we would have
been able to record at Tiny Telephone, work with Roger
Moutenot, or pay our rent while recording. Velocette
is basically three people spending their entire life
savings on us and a few other bands. In short, they
deserve to be reimbursed. This means they need people
to buy their records.
Lastly, I think I should address the myth of record
sales not making their way into the band's pockets.
Like many other bands on indie labels, we have a split
point that favors us, not the label. Once Velocette
makes their money back from marketing, manufacturing,
press, and radio, everything gets split in favor of
the band. That means if "Yoko" sells HALF of what
"Coast" sold, we're actually making a profit. This
means we can pay our rent and concentrate on making
music and touring. It's that simple. Anyway, that's
how we feel. So if you have any respect or affection
for Beulah and want to support indie music, please
keep all of this in mind. Thanks for reading.
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P.O. Box 27757
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http://www.tallboyrecords.com
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