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| From | Kevin Mathews <kevin@powerofpop.com> |
| Subject | Re: I was wondering how people had the new Beulah... |
| Date | Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:21:03 -0400 |
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well, I reviewed it for amplifier...it is great, eclectic and
ambitious...one the year's best so far. would also recommend
the new Robyn Hitchcock (thanks Mike!) - very reminiscient of
*Eye* which I love!
btw. heard that AMC are getting back together for a new album
due spring 2004 - great news!!!
n/p: the excellent new Steve Ward - more twangy than the last
one but I'm a sucker for pedal steels...remember the fuzztone
one employed by the Flying Burrito Brothers? Fantastic!
cheers
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:16:48 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Anna Borg <anna@tallboyrecords.com>
>Subject: I was wondering how people had the new Beulah...
>To: audities <audities@smoe.org>
>
>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.
>
>
>
>
>
>=====
>TallBoy Records
>P.O. Box 27757
>Los Angeles, CA 90027-0757
>
>http://www.tallboyrecords.com
Grace and peace
KEVIN
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