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
>
>
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