Swamp Gas
Joined: 06 Jun 2001
Posts: 4254
Location: On a Hill in the Lowlands |
 Fri Feb 13, 2004 10:40 pm
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Originally posted by Mech:
I think calling us "Chemmies" is an insult if you ask me.
Correct,
"Aerosolists" would be more appropriate, if any name.
As a BMI and ASCAP affiliated artist, with CD's up on major record chains, and signed on Canadan American Records, I do not want people making pirated copies of my music. I'd give it away first before I'd allow that. If someone has my permission, no problem. Could you imagine someone making money off of a copyrighted song, that was not theirs?
On the other hand, it costs approx. $1 to manufacture a disc, complete with graphics. The big money is going to the BIG Companies, and their affiliated "Indy" distribution companies. We signed a deal, where we keep the rights to the music, and split the profit with the the co-publisher. Most young bands want to make it big, and are more interested with that than the quality of their music, but that's another story. I know a band that was fronted $1 million, and after tours, agents, publicity, sihning rights away, and greedy managers, wound up owing $17,000, after touring for a year.
The trick is to cut as much of the businessmen out of the deal as possible. Stop thinking BIG, and think quality.
Besides, CD's, DVD-Audio, and SuperAudio -CD sound better than 128 kbps mp3s. You have to slice something out of the sound spectrum to drop a file size to 1/10th of it's original size.
[Edited 2 times, lastly by swamp gas on 02-13-2004] |
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