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I'm sorry to I'm inclined to agree with what Popjustice said, and I suspect the amount of views this has had is principally down to them flagging it rather than the quality of the production.
EVERYBODY reads the Tipsheet board before anywhere else - from The Times to Popbitch, the News of the World to the Velvet Rope; EMI to BBC; GAWKER to POP Justice...
Take a look at PJ and all will be revealed (no credit to the TS board, mind you, which I have commented on!).
Wow I hadnt noticed that. I usually just read the weekly mail outs from PJ & PopBitch.
"Basically shit"! - well, it was a "demo" remix - if I'd had access to the seperates instead of doing my bit over the full track then I'm sure it would have been better.
Sometimes, if I have a quiet moment, I look at the page impressions and watch around 500 people log on and read after they get back from lunch; then it dips to around 300 at any given moment during the afternoon; leaps over 1000 after 5 and before 7; drops again and explodes after 8pm (3pm New York time) when the Americans return from lunch (I can see the US IP numbers).
I've had so many emails from people asking where can they can download it? will it be a b-side? can I send them an mp3 so they can play it on Saturday night?
It reached #1 rated (not #1 "viewed") music video last week. I even found (via Google) a four page discussion of the remix on a TT fan forum.
I went back to the a&r with an update on its popularity, but no response.
I must have a total misunderstanding and naivety of how the music industry works. If the public are asking to buy something, I presumed a major label would be interested in selling it to them.
Ok , lets look at this logically mate, that many views on the track, which is pretty good, and people asking you for copies, means that sooner or later someone is going to eq up a dance floor quality mix from Youtube, and leave the stable door open on Limewire.
An open question to A+R employed by big companies.
If this was YOUR act, YOUR OWN money, and I don`t mean bonuses and slaps on the back.....
Will you sit back and watch this happen again and again?
It`s out there, this is a popular act of mega proportions, with an increasingly popular remix.
I also despair sometimes.
You've got to take into consideration the fact that they have probably already commissioned remixes by big names.
Another thing to consider. What percentage of the amount of views you have are people who would buy the remix? 4000 sales is nothing, what if only 10% of 4000 buy it? What if everyone who's seen it has watched it twice?!
Woudn't be at all surprised if we don't hear a Remix version soon that sounds a bit like yours Nathan - but produced by a 'named' producer - but we know who did it first!
This is one of the reasons why one should set up their own label and put it aht ! themselves. With the groundswell of demand you can do a bootleg or the legitimate version of finding a bunch of clones to do a new version. Get an arranger to do a chart of the music for you. I know a good one down here who can basically get sheet music of the whole track. The get a programmer or even a band of session guys to recreate the track, deal with the publishing side of things and release it. Why oh why do you need to run after these a&r people ? Put it out get it popular then write to the MD of the company and tell them to sack their a&r because they are not doing their job because they turned down and obvious hit.
As regards the 90s sound, (ok i havent listened to it yet). 90s music or 90s sampled music will be the next big trend in dance music after 80s electro has run its course. OK NOTE: I SAID IT FIRST.
Put it out as a digital single but with all the stuff you are doing you should be releasing stuff.
All the best dance labels started with next to nothing. 4 Liberty started with 500 UKP. You can pick up good people from here to do a&r, marketing etc. Just pull the reins in and set up your own label. Then when you get somewhere sell it to the majors for more than its worth. lol a few millions that is. I could talk more but im busy so i have to run.
Just had a listen to the track and while i like the mix i dont actually like the song itself. So what did Polydor actually say and how come they havent sent the boys round because you dared to upload their copyrighted material ?
Thanks everytone for the feedback. My main point of annoyance isn't that I'm missing out on a remix fee, its that I've done something that people want but I dont have the rights to give it to them.
However, DJKZ raises some interesting points. I don't need an arranger to work out these basic chords though, you can play them using one finger on an old Yamaha
"So what did Polydor actually say and how come they havent sent the boys round because you dared to upload their copyrighted material ?"
I thought I'd get at least a cease & desist note.
It seems they're so uninterested they can't even be arsed to tell me to take it down... unless this tiny bit of extra free publicity is beneficial to them...
unless this tiny bit of extra free publicity is beneficial to them... Hit the nail on the head there. Why should they be worried? It's more exposure for them and not affecting their sales.
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