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Re-signing a track due to label shutting down???
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| Prototrance |
I'm after some opinions here. Several months ago I signed and released a collab with a mate to Proxoz Recordings, which sadly has just folded.
All artists on the label were told we now have the copyrights to our tracks back so we can re-sign them, allow to be downloaded for free etc.
In my shoes, would you look to re-sign it?? It is still available to buy on all the download stores as a Proxoz release but the funds (what little there are) will be snapped up by creditors as the label management went bankrupt.
I'm thinking maybe try to re-sign for some more promotion, not a financial decision as theres no money in this.
Mitigating factors are:
- Will a label really want to get involved in the mess of re-releasing a track under these circumstances?
- The scene moves fast, this track is most likely long forgotten.
Anyway, let me know what you think. Mr Wiley - would value your opinion on this. |
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| Storyteller |
Just do what you like. You just said you're allowed to, there's is nothing to worry about so follow your heart.
I've released a remix as a original once as the label it was signed to never got off the ground. It didn't sound anything like the original either so that's why I did it.
I'm sort of in a similar situation right now. 4 Tracks of mine are still being sold while the contracts have expired. So legally speaking the labels involved are in breach. I decided to make the tracks in question available as a free download on my website. |
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| Mad for Brad |
does label management going bankrupt in the digital age mean they last their day job and can't afford to pay the website fee ? I doubt their are creditors involved. Just people that thought running a label would be totally but then realized they aren't making any money.
Just change the name. Then release it. How little money are we talking about ? |
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| Mad for Brad |
I'm sort of in a similar situation right now. 4 Tracks of mine are still being sold while the contracts have expired. [/QUOTE]
i'm sure if you read the contract again, you will find some clause that states they can sell in perpetuity. All those contracts that stated a limited time frame and the option to leave had those notwithstanding clauses. |
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| Rodri Santos |
If you are looking for promotion just give it free posting in all the trance forums, myspace, youtube channel whatever... explaining why you give it free (most free tracks are crap, and people tend to don't bother listening them)
You'll surely have more listenings than if you release it in another label, will stand on beatport for 1 hour until a new release outshine it. |
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| DJ Robby Rox |
I disagree about "most free tracks being crap", in fact I went on a hiatus downloading as many free tracks as I could once because so many of them sounded "better" than some of the I was buying on beatport.
Prob on avg they sound worse but still no reason to not listen to them imo. I've even downloaded music from a fair deal of producers here, and although they were free they were definitely topnotch productions. |
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| Raphie |
| +1, not everybody is in pursuit of a release, or wants to be a Beatport hero. some people make music just because they can. |
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| Rodri Santos |
| i usually download the free tracks, they're free but usually if you see XXXXXXX free track! you tend to think that it's because nobody release it. I have many free tracks that are top of the game, for instance check the airbase website, he has some free tracks that some labels would kill to release. |
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| Andy28 |
| not sure which airbase tracks your on about but i remember he had trouble with a label a while ago (didnt get paid or something) so he decided to give those tracks away for free on his site.. Dont think it was a case of just giving them for free for the hell of it and not signing them. |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by Rodri Santos
check the airbase website, he has some free tracks that some labels would kill to release. |
You spelled it wrong.
It's B-L-U-F-F-M-U-N-K-E-Y |
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| cryophonik |
I had a similar experience, which you may or may not find helpful.
We had a label fold just after we released a track a few years ago. One of the owners of the label went on to start a new label and gave us the option of retaining full ownership of the distribution rights (i.e., to sign it to other labels if we wanted) or to sign it to a new label that he was starting. We were very happy with the original label's promotion and the remixes that they had commissioned for it, so we decided to resign the song to his new label. They had several new remixes done and basically re-packaged and re-promoted the song, so it worked out very well for us. |
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| Storyteller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mad for Brad
| quote: | | I'm sort of in a similar situation right now. 4 Tracks of mine are still being sold while the contracts have expired. |
i'm sure if you read the contract again, you will find some clause that states they can sell in perpetuity. All those contracts that stated a limited time frame and the option to leave had those notwithstanding clauses. |
Nope :) |
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