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| From | "Robert Sutliff" <rsutliff@columbus.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Monkees |
| Date | Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:38:23 -0400 |
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First of all - I was never ever a Monkees fan (ducking into fireproof
bunker). I was a 10 year old Beatles fanatic and saw them as nothing more
than competition to the fab 4. Now, I of course love many of their tunes. My
all time fave is Mary, Mary.
And Jamie, as a longtime veteran of dealing with publishing contracts I
completeley understand mechanicals and how they work. But I still bet there
were side deals involved when the Monkees covered a lesser known songwriters
tune. Maybe that didn't apply to someone like Neil Diamond but even then I
wouldn't be surprised if there weren't some form of kickbacks involved.
Bobby Sutliff
(who will never, ever again sign a publishing deal for only 75% of
mechanicals)
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