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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: IKE and financing new recordings |
| Date | Sat, 19 May 2007 13:01:00 -0400 |
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At Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 12:31:33 Bill wrote:
>Jaimie, I think you are looking at the $50 as a business investment and the
>band (and probably most contributors) are looking at is as a supportive
>gift. I certainly don't expect ROI when I write that $50 check, and I doubt
>most do.
>
>I also don't know if I'd want to hear a CD from a band that has 100 people
>voting on the song selection. Once you start taking that out of the hands
>of the band and the producer they willingly align with, what you get isn't
>their vision anymore, is it?
>
>And I understand the number of people (managers, label guys, etc.) who also
>have selection input in most outside-the-band label releases. Can't worry
>about what I can't control, and I guess I've gotten used to the level of
>meddling. Focus Group song selection gives me the willies though. :)
Fair enough. But if the band wants total autonomous control then they need a
better business model than asking for gifts to finance their recordings. The
act of going outside for financing means they've already lost some of that
control. You can't have it both ways.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
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