that's a bit of a sore subject. first of all, matrix no longer has any rights to those tracks, so he better not go pressing another batch. second of all, i don't think those rights would be worthy of much respect even if they still existed. i don't know what the full story is, but those convextion records on matrix were licensed to dmay's sony mix and juan's waxtrax mix as well as some other smaller deals. gerard never saw any money at all, for those records, or the licensing. none. he didn't see much of anything for that tektite record either despite being on that big swayzak mix. and most recently, matrix released that alternate mix of one of the old convextion tracks on mp3 (thru ddv) with absolutely no permission, no one even bothered to ask gerard. gerard is too nice and really holds absolutely no grudge about any of it, he just laughs. and sean is definitely a super nice guy...but that ain't right. gus got the shaft bigtime. repeatedly.
there is not much money in running a small label, but there's some. it's quite possible to make a small profit to split with your artists..and it's really not so hard to get in touch with an artist and get their permission for things. -----Original Message----- >From: kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sep 13, 2006 5:23 PM >To: JSS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: 313 <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: (313) Convextion:yes Samurai FM: NO > >Keep in mind that Matrix is just Sean Deason, and like most of us who >try and do independent labels on our own, he's probably not come out >ahead financially on the deal. If you want to front him a grand, I'm >sure he'd run over to Archer and have them run another batch ;-) > >On 9/13/06, JSS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > he doesn't sell half as many as records as he deserves to >> >> he should press more innit.. >> =A3100 for matrix001 on the bay? .. arghhh >> >> good work anyway tobes. can't wait for that lp...
