They were willing to work with us and were very open to negotiation. I was not a part of the negotiations in any meaningful way due to my diminished role in band "stock" if you will.
When a band creates and copywrites a tune, it gets divided up to what each person contributed. This then becomes each members equity for lack of a better word.
The time came to remix and remaster the album accidents happen back in 09', i was seriously unemployed and did not have anything to put towards the proceedings accept for my voice. There were others in the band that had the wherewithal to front me the money i owed with the agreement that once the project started to make money, i would pay them back accordingly.
This meant i surrendered some rights and control....and it sort of bit us in the ass...
There were contract negotiations going on over a 5 or 6 week period of time. I was busy designing a new logo and getting the cover and graphics ready to be pressed and distributed. (the old logo for the band that i designed back in 91' was soooo dated and in my opinion goofy at this point...i just felt it was time to enter the current look and feel of the millennium)..
When i looked up from photoshop, DDR had pulled the deal from the table.....It seems there were way too many revisions added and for a crew that never had a deal before, it wasnt worth the hassle for them...and i agree. I was not a part of the revisions and endless demands and it resulted in the SECOND record company pulling out...
Was I a little annoyed? Angry? Fuming and ready to start punching walls?
A little......
DONT MISS THE NEXT EPISODE ON LONG ROAD BACK......"FEAR AND LOATHING IN PENNSYLVANIA"
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