Re: [microsound] mix cd's

[andrew jones <liminal18@xxxxxxx>]

seems like the best thing is to promise the artists royalties
after expenses. of course with indie music there won't be
any profits, but at the very least something blows up artist
and label are covered.

-
a


On Monday, February 2, 2004, at 03:21 PM, Kim Cascone wrote:

> > there's a difference between a dj playing the music in a 
> > club/whatever, and
> > putting a track on a cd that's being sold for $20 a pop.
> not really...follow the money: who profits from a DJ spinning a record 
> in a
> club? the artists? not typically...it's mostly the 'famous' DJ's who 
> are
> making big money spinning other people music and the club promoter who
> charges $20 - 50 a head for entry into their club...very, very few 
> clubs pay
> license fees to publishing companies or rights organizations...it may 
> be
> different now but this was certainly the case in the early 90's...
>
> Silent produced a mix cd by a local ambient dj so we could help 
> promote a
> new emerging genre and showcase talent that was doing pioneering
> work...no-one was getting rich from selling a limited number (< 500) 
> mix
> cd's...and most of the small indie labels were doing this to promote a
> certain type of music...
>
>
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