it's clear you love what you do and put a lot of heart and soul into doing right.
the negativity around this place astounds me...not much of a "community" at all
Your just pulling bullshit info and rumors together to prove you point which almost none are valid. I barely even drink, let alone have ever posted anything about beer on this board or any other(I think your confusing me with Virgil)
I have put out a bunch of releases which I knew wouldn't particularly sell quick purely because i am a fan of the band/album and know others are also, even if i know the albums wont sell out or sell quickly. I have released 3 albums by my personal friends in the last 18+ months alone(lights resolve, theyve shot flanigan and native trash) not to mention the HRVRD album which i funded myself and had no idea if there was any real demand for a vinyl pressing. I am also in the middle of another equal vision release which I know is not going to sell quickly but it one of my and patricks personal favorite albums and jumped at the chance to release it even though they will likely sit in my garage for a year or two.
Huge Markups? You do realize licensing something from a major label and/or established indie can be expensive and for the majors, we actually buy them at wholesale more or less. Just like hot topic and SRC so as you can imagine it is quite pricey and we are not really making nearly as much per unit as you may think. Anyone on this board correct me if im wrong but i assume most rather pay $18-$25 for a high quality repress opposed to $100+ on ebay for an original with usually lower sound and packaging quality.
AND for the 5th time now, WARNER BROS TOLD ME THAT THEY SPOKE TO THE BAND/MANAGEMENT AND WAS GIVEN THEIR APPROVAL before any contract was signed or any announcement made. I tried to get in touch with the band direct before hand but there is no contact info listed on any of the bands social networks or website so the word of their label or former label was all I had.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONCE THE BAND REACHED OUT AND TOLD US THEY WERENT TOLD ABOUT THIS BY ANYONE AT WARNER AND WERENT HAPPY ABOUT IT...WE BACKED OUT, JUST LIKE WITH ALL THE OTHER RELEASES ARTISTS HAD A PROBLEM WITH(NFG,MIDTOWN,3EB).
You do realize legally i could have gone forward with all 3 of those, I was granted approval and contracts were in hand yet according to you that's an irrelevant fact
For our latest release which is something corporate- leaving through the window. I have spent 10 months on this and have been dealing direct with the singer/band. They approved both the artwork proof's and test pressings so dont go and tell me i dont go out of my way to get in touch with the artists, you have no idea what I do or dont do. Most of my time is spent trying to get in touch with the right people(be it label or band depending on the project) but as we are trying to put out larger and more established artists, it proves to be more difficult.
I have put out 20+ releases as of now and you are focusing on the second one(rxb) which was the only one with a major problem. Again, all the other bands who had any sort of issue that we could not resolve, we then backed out of the pressing other than rxb who knew about the pressing for 6 months before it happened. I never go a response from management and their guitarist told me he would talk to the band and get back to me(which he never did). They thought I was asking for the rights from them to press it supposedly because they only skimmed my 3 emails, not that I already licensed it and was asking them to be involved. They realized that i already got the rights and this was happening once it was posted on ap.net that pre order were going to go up in 72 hours(this was after the test presses were already approved and production was almost finished)
All of this being said "any decent human being"? If you think im a shitty person then fine with me but since all you have done in the past few days was troll on this thread to bust my balls and prove a point to yourself, I think your a shitty person also. This company is supposed to help the vinyl community and get people albums which they want to enjoy on the format. Be it a high quality repress or pressing for the first time. Also if you havent noticed, almost no one else on this board agree's with you. The fact that you had no intention of ever buying this album just proves that your trolling in here to prove a point which clearly isnt translating well for you.
highly recommend picking up that Smiths LP. best compilation ever. I would've gotten it if I hadn't already bought it from SRC with my store credit. same with ATDI.
Hot Topic sent out an email this morning with semi-unique links to coupons for their website ranging from 10-40% off your total purchase. It took me all of about 5 seconds to figure out how to acquire all four codes.
10% off - AU5F93SXL2
20% off - BD2V86EKB1
30% off - CP6Z74JGM3
40% off - DQ5G23FAU6
In addition, they're offering free shipping right now for a limited time. Here's the link to buy vinyl:
http://www.hottopic....Music/Vinyl.jsp
Also, the fine print on this says the code is good through 8/29 and cannot be used in stores.
Lastly, they're starting Hot Cash up yet again but I will update that thread instead of posting details in this one.
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