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From:
Charles Freeman
To:
Shawn Hatfield ,
Date:
Fri, 20 Jun 2003 16:03:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
Re: [idm] question about dealing with record labels
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<20030620230332.55060.qmail@web41508.mail.yahoo.com>
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<4173C12E-A36B-11D7-8DF0-00039383516A@audibleoddities.com>
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cool, thanks! ;) next time I wont mention names. if anyone at the previously mentioned labels are reading this I apologize. I didn't know it was faux pas. sorry :( -c --- Shawn Hatfield <twerk@audibleoddities.com> wrote:
quoted 53 lines well to start. discussing the labels business on an open email forum is> well to start. discussing the labels business on an open email forum is > generally a bad idea and may cost you as much as not getting a release > with them at all. > > _twerk > > On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 01:36 PM, Charles Freeman wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > > I have a situation that I'm kind of perplexed about and I thought I'd > > ask > > you folks for any advice you might have. > > > > I've been talking to a few different labels about releasing some of my > > stuff. one label ***** is saying that they want to release an album > > at the beginning of next year. another label ***** wants to put one > > of my > > tracks on a comp that they have in production right now. > > > > the issue is that ***** wants exclusivity for the track that they use. > > > the > > track they want is one of my best and I really feel that it should be > > on > > my first album as does ******. also they are only going to give me 30 > > copy's of the comp and no money. there are some good names that are > > going > > to be appearing on the comp and they say that it's going to have great > > distribution, so it may be good promotion for me. another thing is > that > > this comp is right now whereas the album is off in the future and > isn't > > confirmed. also the material that would be on the album isn't > > complete. I > > still would need to write around a half hour of new stuff which > ******* > > hasn't heard yet. > > > > does anyone have any advice? I've never dealt with record labels > > before so > > I'm kind of confused. also does anyone know anything about either of > > these > > record labels? advice on which would be better to get on-board with. > > > > -thanks, charlie > > http://mp3.com/groundchuckles > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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