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From:
Lance C. McGannon
To:
Intelligent Dance Music Mailing List
Date:
Tue, 09 Sep 1997 13:57:40 -0400
Subject:
Re: (idm) boycott Freek Funk!
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At 09:22 AM 9/9/97 -0700, you wrote:
quoted 7 lines just a quick message to the masses>just a quick message to the masses > >NovaMute's first Luke Slater album is due out in October. it's a fantastic >album, just what you'd expect from Luke Slater - always and still one of the >best. i have two advance copies of the _Freek Funk_ CD - and i've >literally broken both in half after learning this. >
It's a great lp but gg2g4ink (Gil Gershman) physically breaks it? That's intelligent. I'm sure nova mute will continue sending gg2g4ink (Gil Gershman) promotional material after reading how well you treat it.
quoted 2 lines But it is not NovaMute's album, and they deserve to see absolutely no profit>But it is not NovaMute's album, and they deserve to see absolutely no profit >from it. without getting into too much detail or being too political, you
should
quoted 1 line be aware that NovaMute stole Slater away from GPR without GPR's consent ->be aware that NovaMute stole Slater away from GPR without GPR's consent -
and
quoted 1 line after Wayne (Mr. GPR) had already paid Slater a £12,000 advance for the>after Wayne (Mr. GPR) had already paid Slater a £12,000 advance for the
album!
quoted 2 lines Slater is still under contract to GPR and, technically, has no right to be>Slater is still under contract to GPR and, technically, has no right to be >recording for NovaMute. the whole situation is currently in the hands of
Wayne's
quoted 3 lines lawyers, and hopefully we'll see justice. GPR has remained so defiantly and>lawyers, and hopefully we'll see justice. GPR has remained so defiantly and >resolutely independent - to let Mute walk all over them is unconscionable! >
GPR dropped the ball by not releasing anything new in ages. If I submitted a release to a label and had to wait a year for it to be released then i would consider taking it elsewhere as well. Besides, if you want to blame somebody shouldn't gg2g4ink (Gil Gershman) blame Luke Slater for accepting the deal? After all, he is the one who shopped his material to other labels. Nova Mute just accepted what he submitted. Nova Mute may not have even know of Slater's other obligations. Looks like gg2g4ink (Gil Gershman) is blaming the messegner again. I'll agree that artists have some responsibility to the labels that sign them but the labels also have a responsibility to release the material submitted to them in a timely fashion. It doesn't appear that GPR did that. But, from the look of the promos that gg2g4ink (Gil Gershman) is treating with effigy, it looks like Nova Mute is releasing material in a timely fashion.
quoted 1 line i refuse to write about or review this album.> i refuse to write about or review this album.
Too late, gg2g4ink (Gil Gershman) already did. np: Luke Slater: Freek Funk Cheers! -->-Lance--- p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states