petition for L-VEE not to quit music industry

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Posted by stipsy on Mar-14-2003 11:35:

URGENT petition for L-VEE not to quit music industry

Reading Stipsy's earlier post. Yes it is true that my friend Laurent (Airwave/ L-vee + many other guises) is thinking about chucking it all in. He's fed up with the current climate of the dance music world. Downloading music is not only crippling underground dance labels but now it's starting to affect the producers. It's heartbreaking to see your hard work and toil be given away for free on the internet. His last album was available for download weeks before it was for sale in the shops??? Like us, he has to make a living, pay bills etc. It also costs a lot of money to keep the studio up to date as technology moves on. How can you do this with your income crippled by free files sharing???
I believe that there will be an answer to this problem as I am always forward thinking. I'm trying to make Laurent see this. He is one of the most influential Trance producers currently around. He is a true genius. We would be lost with out him.

Please sign this petition below to show what support he has from his loyal fans. This will make him realise that he has many friends and fans that will support him. This maybe be the support that he needs for him to see the light. (www.john00fleming.com message board)

(Cut and paste this and post it on as many message boards as you can and get people to visit this website sign this petition.)

John

Posted by tu_face on Mar-14-2003 11:43:

just spotted this on the j00f website..

http://www.john00fleming.com/cgi-bi...ic&f=1&t=001477

EVERYBODY, CLICK THE ABOVE LINK AND POST IN THE PETITION!

we CANNOT lose our beloved airwave...

Posted by Jocker on Mar-14-2003 11:51:

gonna sign now

Posted by DJ M.G on Mar-14-2003 11:55:

Laurent Veronez is amazing, his productions are second to none, he comes under so many different guises, each tune is beautifully crafted.
Ive NEVER downloaded a tune from the internet. I always try to find what im looking for in a store.
It would be sad if he chucked it all in.

Posted by CygnusX on Mar-14-2003 13:23:

I was hoping for someone to do this

Posted by DJ D-Man on Mar-14-2003 14:31:

OMG!

It would be a disaster for trance music if he would quit. Laurent sure in one of my favorite producers...

Posted by Dark Apostle on Mar-14-2003 14:45:

First in read Bonza� went bankrupt, now this....I signed the petition btw. I want L-Vee back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by decode on Mar-14-2003 15:16:

This cant happen that would mean the end of green martian.

Posted by m0sh on Mar-14-2003 15:42:

Don't flame me , but

L-VEE IS A COWARD!!!

I can't belive what he's doing . so childish....

Posted by sooper on Mar-14-2003 16:11:

I signed.

I NEED his music.

Skydriver makes me spooge & cry everytime I hear it.

Posted by SYNthSRI on Mar-14-2003 16:37:

IMHO, he's copping out!

You want to stop producing/remixing music just because you feel you deserve MORE money? It's not like he is NOT making ANY money. Bah, he has made some great tracks, I've bought few records that were made by him...and it would definitely be a loss of quality music, still one shouldn't stop what makes thousands others (hell even himself) happy!

just my $0.02.

Posted by Kinuvan on Mar-14-2003 16:51:

I'd sign the petition but for the anti file sharing rhetoric in that post.

Posted by barryfigiel on Mar-14-2003 18:13:

I signed it too...

a trance world without L-Vee... doesn't even bare thinking about!

lateRZ,

barryfigiel

Posted by djRyan Jonathon on Mar-14-2003 20:15:

meh

meh

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Mar-14-2003 21:21:

First he blames us for ending his career and then you want me to sign this petition?

[insert middle-finger smiley here]

Posted by tu_face on Mar-14-2003 22:11:

regardless of his veiws on filesharing (which i dont happen to agree with) he still makes some of the best trance around. stop being whining arses, so what if he dont like filesharing.... i would rather put up with his veiws and still have amazing trance than not have his trance.

Posted by Sand Leaper on Mar-14-2003 23:59:

I agree with Mosh_Man and SYNthSHRI.If your income from your music is what decides whether you continue to produce music or not,I'd have severe doubts about your motives as a producer in the first place.If you were a really passionate producer with love for the music you make,you wouldn't drop your producing just cos you don't make as much money as you could.And don't tell me he can't afford to produce anymore cos of mp3s.He has earned lots of money already, and his mailbox is probably swamped already with tons of e-mails from labels waving a checkbook in his face to get his signature.And even if that wasn't true,if he was really in it for the music,he'd get a job on the side like so many other producers out there have,and continue to make music as much as he could.

If Laurent considers to stop producing cos of these events,then I'm not gonna stop him.It'll be a great loss for the scene of course,I loved his productions just as much as anyone on the forum.(*torontotrances it*I even got his autograph on a piece of vinyl)
But if this is all it takes for him to call it a day,then I'm suspicious of his motives for being in the scene in the first place.

Posted by Parafox on Mar-15-2003 00:17:

I like Airwave, but I think he is just interested in making money, because of something HE said, some time ago:

"If you make a copy for yourself with no intention to sell it, you don't have to be considered as a thief coz music is universal and you have the right to listen to it though."

And now, he blames the mp3s for being the reason for his "poverty"??? In my opinion his statement makes absoluteley no sense, because mp3s are the best promotion! They have to realize that!

Posted by wookieslut on Mar-15-2003 04:18:

quote:
Originally posted by MoSH_MaN
Don't flame me , but

L-VEE IS A COWARD!!!

I can't belive what he's doing . so childish....

before you call him a coward why dont you realize your a hypocrite (stopped sharing music off your server cause of link stealing). l-vee stopped cause hes pissed about no one buying his music and distributing it all on mp3s...hey id be pissed too. if hes a "coward" then so are you.

Posted by m0sh on Mar-15-2003 07:00:

wookieslut , that's diffrent
I never said I stoped I said COULD
but that's doesn't metter , cuz of the link stealing the server was overloaded and crashed , now sri did hard work and bringed it back.

That's not nothing like that , I'd still give stuff for people that like but it won't be like what was before........it was so meny (ABOUT 1GB) and you could view everything , so it got to all sorts of other places - now that not good for me.
oh yeah , I'm an hypocrite because I gave you stuff for free so long well I don't think so - it's not like I'm dead

Posted by Nell on Mar-15-2003 14:11:

like i said in the other 2 topics about this, start releasing cd singles and maxis adn ill buy your music rather than downloading it, not every guy wants to buy vinyl!!!

I download lots of tracks and buy everythign i like that is availible on cd. I now have over 900 cd singles and maxis, but i cnat buy airwaves stuff if he dosent release it on the format that i choose to use.

Lost language cottoned on about a year ago when they axed their cd releases. Soon after, they made cdr's (not pressed with cover) availible from the hooj website, which i now buy 10 copies of every release, just so they will keep the production going. I even offered to buy whatever minimum amount of copies they would need to sell to keep them releasing the cdrs. Money isnt a problem for me, but if LL had continued with vinyl only releases, i would have been burnign the rips to cd, resulting in no monye for them!

I'll sign once he decalres that there will be cd releases in the future. If someone who is in contact with him, could pass this message on to him or put it in a place where it might be seen by him, id be most greatful.

I hope he dosent decide to give up, but there are alot of poeple out there that want cds aswell as vinyl!

Posted by TheRiddler303 on Mar-15-2003 16:07:

i think that airwave/l-vee is a great producer of trance music, but i dont think that mp3s are the problem of the music industry.

the problems are the a&rs and the record companys...

they only want to make the "fast money" and do no support to any producers or acts.

they sign every f***ing producion if the producer is a good friend...but nobody will buy this in the shops cause the listeners hear that this is a bad production or just another copy of a track that has been released 2 months earliyer.

there many other problems such like this in record companys...ungerground & major labels.

Posted by morakickers on Mar-15-2003 16:21:

just came back from posting. has anyone taken this to the national forum sections? i'm taking it to the swedish section now.

Posted by Mark on Mar-16-2003 04:30:

signed it yesterday. i saw ralphie b's signature there too.
hopefully he will come to his senses and continue to produce.

Posted by robstar on Mar-16-2003 04:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Nell
...

^ That's really cool of u to do Nell!
I also wish the labels would release more Cd singles.

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