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Comment on My Hilarious Warner Bros. Royalty Statement by Dave in CT

Dave in CT — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:47:46 +0000

Hi Tim, I stumbled across this tonight and loved it. I’ve been in many a band with the major label record contract “dream,” but I’m more glad with each passing year that it never came true.

Oh, and I love the “Cereal Killers” album — I don’t know what made me take a chance on it, without knowing anything about your band, in the summer of (could it have been?) 1990 or 1991. It was unlike anything else I was listening to then, or now, but it’s always held a special place in my music collection, and it still entertains me. Really well-crafted, witty, exuberant, and fun.

Thank you for making such great music, all those years ago!

Comment on My Hilarious Warner Bros. Royalty Statement by tim

tim — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:43:09 +0000

Chevdo, your figures are simply wrong. Rhapsody pays roughly the same for each download sale as other online music retailers.

You are probably confusing payments for on-demand plays at Rhapsody with download sales. The per-play figure is what you get every time somebody plays one of your tracks, and is separate from what you would earn each time somebody purchases an mp3.

Comment on My Hilarious Warner Bros. Royalty Statement by chevdo

chevdo — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:54:48 +0000

I find it ironic that you work for Rhapsody, a company that is guilty of being the lowest paying to indie artists of all the major digital distributors. I beleive that they use a model similar to the old mp3.com, whereby they make the bulk of their money off the long tail but they cut special deals with ‘famous’ bands who are the only ones who get paid, usually in a lump sum for endorsing Rhapsody.

I have CDs distributed digitally by CDBaby and Rhapsody pays .001 dollars (one tenth of a cent) per download. Conversely, I get .87 dollars (eighty-seven cents) per download from Itunes. In a month, if Rhapsody and Itunes sell roughly the same amount of downloads, I’ll typically get $20 per CD from Itunes, and SEVEN CENTS per CD from Rhapsody. I opt out for Rhapsody now, but unfortunately I can’t remove previous CDs that were sent to Rhapsody, before I knew what a scam they were, from their database.

Itunes rules, Rhapsody sucks.

Comment on Song of the Week: That’s A Lie by Dave B

Dave B — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:43:32 +0000

I think this video was my introduction to TMJ, I saw it on my local public channel. My life has never been the same since. Damn you Colorado Public Television!!!

Comment on My Hilarious Warner Bros. Royalty Statement by Weekly Research Index | December 11, 2009 « The Xplanation

Weekly Research Index | December 11, 2009 « The Xplanation — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:34:04 +0000

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Exhibit A In The Death of Major Labels | Deceast — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:30:40 +0000

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Comment on Song of the Week: That’s A Lie by Bill Wikstrom

Bill Wikstrom — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:20:04 +0000

I think I remember that dance at the start of the song. It was what Big Daddy Kane used to do at the start of his songs (hand one shoulder, remaining hand on the other, etc).

Funny video. Outstanding cover. The final line of the song is still offensively funny.

Comment on My Hilarious Warner Bros. Royalty Statement by One for Friday: Abra Moore, “Four Leaf Clover” « Coffee for Two

One for Friday: Abra Moore, “Four Leaf Clover” « Coffee for Two — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:55:57 +0000

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Comment on My Hilarious Warner Bros. Royalty Statement by Karen L Kay

Karen L Kay — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:33:36 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. I do not see why Warner Bros should not be subjected to the same accounting standards as the rest of us. Their treatment of you and any others who are earning less than “material” amounts is downright criminal. By the time each of the unrecouped (I have no idea what that means btw) bands’ earnings are added up, I am sure it is way over their “petty” 10k mark. For every Red Hot Chili Peppers there are likely thousands of TMJ’s. If they each earn 62 bucks a year which is not being reflected in their earnings, then they are definitely in serious default. Good for you for bringing it out there!

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Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! « Some Kind Of Muffin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:58:12 +0000

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