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| From | William Rabeneck <largro13@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Subject: Best Of/Greatest |
| Date | Tue, 1 May 2007 18:05:30 -0700 (PDT) |
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Hi Jaimie,
Thanks :) That was quite an informative post. I didn't know some of the business aspects of what decides album length and things like that. And I wasn't sure who picked what material went on compilations.
Peace,
W.D.
Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 16:15:42 -0400
From: "Jaimie Vernon"
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Best Of/Greatest
Message-ID:
(snip)
The labels, who are quickly discontinuing entire catalogues of some of their
acts, are putting an effort into creating new, definitive collections that
can compete AGAINST the downloading. As a side note: the reason the labels
were soooo dead-set against downloading originally was the fact that no
matter how you slice it, a physical CD has a larger profit margin than an
MP3 download. So, having SOMETHING they can sell as a new physical product
fulfills their mandate to keep the material in circulation through their
long-standing wholesale concerns.
(snip)
Labels for the better part of 40 years refused to pay the publishing
royalties on any songs beyond ten. Because any amount dished out after that
began to erode their profit margins on per units sold.
The Beatles had a clever little caveat added to their contract in the
beginning that was a compromise to the cover tunes they were forced to
include on their first few albums. They agreed to record the cover tunes but
ONLY if the songs didn't count against their controlled composition
clause....therefore, the Beatles could put 14 songs on an LP, get paid for
10 originals and not worry about losing income on the remainder of the songs
added to each album.
Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye
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