tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post5542402445265451648..comments2022-11-09T02:47:23.840-05:00Comments on Cy Rawls Updates: Immediate Action Required: CyTunes.orgKFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17763057807271600773noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-50721414779349581412008-07-29T15:07:00.000-04:002008-07-29T15:07:00.000-04:00It'd be easy to use a service like Tunecore ww...It'd be easy to use a service like Tunecore www.tunecore.com to get a few albums worth of tracks for sale on Itunes, Emusic & Others. Plastic is a drag.<BR/><BR/>I've got some Piedmont Charisma tunes we could donate, and a bunch of other random Asheville stuff if you want. Lemme know.Chad Pryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17444554139109557894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-80880006035635953542008-07-23T00:30:00.000-04:002008-07-23T00:30:00.000-04:00i have to say.. a lot of bands have some unrelease...i have to say.. a lot of bands have some unreleased stuff out there floating around. the only problem is to find it. (this of course for the defunct bands) i for one have no idea where i would find any old raymond brake actually good recording are. but they are out there.. someone has them.. the tapes i mean... <BR/><BR/>this would go for many bands now defunct. as for bands that are in existence now.. you could always use that one good song that was just never released. <BR/><BR/>this a fucking great idea by the way.the bfshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482727463457891719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-12463165210046977252008-07-22T10:52:00.000-04:002008-07-22T10:52:00.000-04:00Folks, you can save me some time if you email me d...Folks, you can save me some time if you email me directly instead of commenting here. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Chrisrossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16352134072820233393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-6042941387204587622008-07-22T10:48:00.000-04:002008-07-22T10:48:00.000-04:00Hi Eric,I think your small run, vinyl only release...Hi Eric,<BR/><BR/>I think your small run, vinyl only release will probably be ok. We'll be hashing over what exactly counts as "unreleased", but the fact that it's not currently available electronically certainly helps.<BR/><BR/>And please, if you have friends in bands and they love Cy, get them on board!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for everything!<BR/><BR/>Chrisrossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16352134072820233393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-16596595635307032092008-07-22T10:17:00.000-04:002008-07-22T10:17:00.000-04:00chris, there's a geezer lake track that was vinyl-...chris, there's a geezer lake track that was vinyl-only for our first release, way back in the day. it was limited to probably 500 copies. we own all rights to the master and retain all rights to the composition. would this be something that could be used? i know you were hoping for unreleased tracks, or tracks specially recorded for this purpose, but this would probably be the only thing we could provide and all the guys are interested in helping any way we could. i wracked my brain and this is the most unreleased thing we have left. it's called 'burning scab', and i think cy would get a kick out of it. <BR/><BR/>and of course we would be happy to spread the word via myspace, ilike, last.fm, facebook, and anywhere else g.l. has a web presence. not that we're breaking any traffic records or anything. <BR/><BR/>eric shepherd (eric dot shepherd at gmail)eshephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03484081625693013559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-88399699841586920662008-07-21T22:12:00.000-04:002008-07-21T22:12:00.000-04:00I'm happy to help out with publicity/band wranglin...I'm happy to help out with publicity/band wrangling too. I'm at mannsworld (at) gmail (dot) comKaren A. Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15386681078149413122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-34797194797252915342008-07-21T18:05:00.000-04:002008-07-21T18:05:00.000-04:00HI Chris,I can definitely help out on the publicit...HI Chris,<BR/><BR/>I can definitely help out on the publicity side of things. Count me in.<BR/><BR/>-martinUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187400918899615115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-34104485134609572042008-07-21T17:43:00.000-04:002008-07-21T17:43:00.000-04:00Awesome! Nick, can you email me and give me your ...Awesome! Nick, can you email me and give me your email address? I've started a spreadsheet where I'm trying to keep track of everyone who's offered songs and their contact info.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!<BR/>Chrisrossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16352134072820233393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-63890370957291317012008-07-21T16:04:00.000-04:002008-07-21T16:04:00.000-04:00I am currently in two projects: The Men and Rocket...I am currently in two projects: The Men and Rocket Cottage. Both projects would be willing to donate a song. You can contact me for a recording date for RC, but The Men have one ready to go for donation. <BR/>Nick SpeaksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490977870180330435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-1082196077926558862008-07-21T13:54:00.000-04:002008-07-21T13:54:00.000-04:00Molly,Yes, ma'am. Copy and paste away.Mr. Menconi...Molly,<BR/><BR/>Yes, ma'am. Copy and paste away.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Menconi, via Michele, <BR/><BR/>If you wanted to alert these individuals to our presence and have them contact me that would be awesome.<BR/><BR/>Thanks everyone!<BR/>Chrisrossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16352134072820233393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-54148847769871550242008-07-21T13:31:00.000-04:002008-07-21T13:31:00.000-04:00Some people, like myself, lack any musical talent ...Some people, like myself, lack any musical talent or knowledge of how stuff like this works. <BR/><BR/>However, I can copy and paste like a mofo. <BR/><BR/>Permission to copy some of your wording, Rossi, and start bulletinizing (I also make up words!) the heck out of MySpace and Facebook and other blogs of the region with calls for submission?Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583219587153708106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-2346805172977921242008-07-21T13:00:00.000-04:002008-07-21T13:00:00.000-04:00David Menconi mentioned this:hey -- Mike would be ...David Menconi mentioned this:<BR/><BR/>hey -- Mike would be a great idea. two more people I'd advise getting in the loop asap:<BR/><BR/>Alex Maiolo stablenet@nc.rr.com -- plays in Violet Vector & the Lovely Lovelies. also an insurance agent *and* a big wheel in Future of Music Coalition, which deals w/lots of insurance-related issues.<BR/><BR/>Steve Balcom steve@thesplintergroup.net -- used to run Mammoth Records; has done some charitable music projects in recent years (look up John Plymale's "Songs for 65 Roses"), so he's got a network of lawyers, etc., in place for things like this.<BR/><BR/>I'm happy to approach them on behalf of Cy; or if there's someone else more appropriate, that is perfectly fine. lemme know either way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-41441245609566793182008-07-21T12:02:00.000-04:002008-07-21T12:02:00.000-04:00Whatever you figure out ( I am the wife of a music...Whatever you figure out ( I am the wife of a musician and hardly understand all that you are talking about with the legal stuff ) if you need to be in touch with an atty...Mike Connell might be a good one to call on. He is a musician (The Connells) and currently practicing law. He might be super passionate about this situation since his mother and sis-in-law lost their lives to cancer. The sister-in-law had a brain tumor, and I think his mom did as well.<BR/>I hope this works out.<BR/>High hopes!<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for your dedication to Cy and us!<BR/>Michele CochraneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-2879789118435477222008-07-21T11:55:00.000-04:002008-07-21T11:55:00.000-04:00I think that is a good idea, but ultimately I'd be...I think that is a good idea, but ultimately I'd be concerned that such a diffuse effort would be harder to market. Ultimately, it's a pain in the ass for users to come to the CyTunes site and then have to go track down songs on other services. The accounting would also be more complicated, as bands or their labels would have to figure out how much revenue they'd made for a particular song and then write a check, which, if nothing else, is likely to cause long delays in terms of actually getting cash. If we sell songs directly from the CyTunes site people would be paying money directly into the PayPal account set up for Cy, so funds would be available immediately.rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16352134072820233393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533816124206614548.post-18433096595641291082008-07-21T11:43:00.000-04:002008-07-21T11:43:00.000-04:00I think this is a great idea, but let me play devi...I think this is a great idea, but let me play devil's advocate for a minute. By building a separate standalone site, you're potentially duplicating a lot of effort that has gone into building other, more well-known music download sites. And what you will wind up with is a site that will face a large marketing hurdle to get the word out (assuming you wish to scale to an audience beyond the scope of the readers of this blog).<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the basic idea could be modified such that bands could post new/unreleased material to existing well-known download sites, and pledge the revenue from those tracks to Cy for a period of time? For example, if some Merge artists were Cy fans, Merge could pledge the income from some unreleased tracks to be sold via Merge's existing online store.<BR/><BR/>Since these downloads might be scattered across multiple download sites (iTunes, label sites, etc), the domain you registered could be a clearinghouse with info about what's available . . .<BR/><BR/>In my experience, the best way to get projects like this off the ground on super-short timelines is to outsource as much of the work as possible to already-existing sites & services, especially when that work lies outside yr core competencies.<BR/><BR/>What do you think?Ross Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495878613657312424noreply@blogger.com