I went to a live recording in a studio a couple weeks ago for Our Lady Peace. It was great, and they took our addresses to send us a copy of the session which they said they’d send in a few days.
A week goes by. Nothing.
So I send a polite e-mail asking them what is going on (also commented on how nice, professional and helpful their staff were, so I wasn’t being an ass)
I get a short little e-mail that says they’re not releasing the tracks, even though they said in the same e-mail that they’re not going up for sale on any album or compiliation. They said “sorry, maybe in the future it will be aired on the local radio station. Tape it if it ever airs.”
So I’d like to just vent a little anger at the studio, who, altough they were really nice about it (or at least not very rude), they didn’t follow through on sending a couple songs to me which I was looking forward to hearing.
My guess is that the songs didn’t turn out nearly as well as the band had hoped and now they’re a little embarrassed to let people hear them. Happens all the time for a lot of bands.
So they don’t want to give you something they own, and you have no claim on.
They simply haven’t decided if, when, or how they will market the music. In the meantime, they don’t want uncontrolled copies loose. Are you familiar with the term “bootleg”? Material released this way is just begging to be bootlegged.
The error was offering you a copy. I wouldn’t be surprized if a musician or technician made the offer, to be overruled by a lawyer or a marketer.
“How were they?” he said as he was listening to Superman Is Dead…
clayton_e,
would you be kind enough to forward me that e-mail? I’m writing a paper on the payment of royalties for streaming music over the internet and a studio’s suggestion to “tape it if it ever airs” would help to support the radio station’s side of the argument.
my e-mail is enderw19 at aol.com
Thank you in advance and we now bring you back to your regular, non-hijacked thread.