Good on yer Aidan. But yes, trying to raise journalistic standards at RA might be a bit of a forlorn hope.
;-) -----Original Message----- From: Aidan O'Doherty [mailto:aidan.b.odohe...@gmail.com] Sent: 28 November 2012 10:00 To: Wibo Lammerts Cc: Marsel van der Wielen; wojciech; Patrick Wacher; Sam; John Sokolowski; <irid...@gmail.com>; <313@hyperreal.org> Subject: Re: (313) New Transmat Comp. i mailed their news editor - not that i expect anything to come of it On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Aidan O'Doherty <aidan.b.odohe...@gmail.com> wrote: > so, for the likes of philip and stephen brown, the fact that they were > not contacted about his comp, despite may's quote that all artists got > paid in advance, means they will not get the royalties they deserve? i > think resident advisor should be made aware of this. what i find > surprising about their piece is the obvious fact that none of it was > checked out - a quick google search would turn up loads of info on > djinxx - sure they have him in their profiles, including his twitter > feed. it's not like they are up against print deadlines. > > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Wibo Lammerts <wibo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> oops >> >> >> 2012/11/28 Marsel van der Wielen <mar...@nomorewords.net> >>> >>> >>> Fabric once went bankrupt when I still had some unpaid statements >>> >>> Op 28-11-2012 7:24, Wibo Lammerts schreef: >>> >>> Stories like this one are very common, i think. Artists that do not get >>> paid, ripped off etc etc. The worst of them being Larry Sherman and Trax >>> Records. >>> >>> But you never hear of the companies that actually do a good job. Last year >>> I had the pleasure of having a track included on the Fabric 60 Dave Clarke >>> compilation. I think both Fabric and Tracksuite both do a fine job, Just >>> this last week I got another royalty-statement from them in the mail. And I >>> must add that this was my first bit of experience with labels and royalties >>> and stuff, and so far so good. >>> >>> >>> >>> 2012/11/28 wojciech <wojtek....@gmail.com> >>>> >>>> make that money !!! ;) >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 27, 2012, at 17:08, Patrick Wacher <pwac...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> GO DERRICK! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Sam <samuel.kar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Way to shoot yourself in the foot Derrick ..ie keep it hush when you rip >>>>> off artists ..that's the best way..maybe something like " I had to sell my >>>>> Ferrari to pay for the cd press and all profits are going to the Red >>>>> Cross" >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On 28/11/2012, at 6:28 AM, John Sokolowski <jrsokolow...@hotmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 'It's a seriously real thing with a fairly decent budget spent on it. >>>>> Every artist got paid in advance. There's marketing and promotions-it's >>>>> real!' >>>>> -Derrick May on business per usual at Transmat >>>>> > CC: 313@hyperreal.org >>>>> > From: irid...@gmail.com >>>>> > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:05:57 +0000 >>>>> > To: philipmcga...@gmail.com >>>>> > Subject: Re: (313) New Transmat Comp. >>>>> > >>>>> > LOL - Stephen Brown was in our store on Saturday helping us celebrate >>>>> > our 20th Birthday and he didn't know much about it either :) >>>>> > >>>>> > Cheers >>>>> > >>>>> > Jason >>>>> > >>>>> > Sent from my iPad >>>>> > >>>>> > On 26 Nov 2012, at 21:39, Philip McGarva <philipmcga...@gmail.com> >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > Yes thanks for the heads up. First I've heard of it too :^) >>>>> > > >>>>> > > Philip / Microworld >>>>> > > >>>>> > >> Cool. Thanks much for the heads-up on this. >>>>> > > >>>>> > >> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Christian H<cjh4...@gmail.com> >>>>> > >> wrote: >>>>> > > >>>>> > >> http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=18303 >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> Nice to see people like Rennie Foster get more exposure. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> | http://soundcloud.com/w1b0 | http://vibedeck.com/wibo/ | >>> http://twitter.com/w1b0 | >>> -- >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> | http://soundcloud.com/w1b0 | http://vibedeck.com/wibo/ | >> http://twitter.com/w1b0 | >> -- >>
