daniella downs wrote:Henry D wrote:i know several who have had issues with him.. but tbh unless your release did really well (top 20 or so), you've probably not lost out on much money.
bill & adrian (i'll use you 2 as an an example) - is it a substantial amount of money that you are not being paid, or is it say 50 american, which translates to like 30 quid? is it such an amount that shaming him in public is really worth it? i realize it's the principle of the matter and all, but how much are we talking here?
that said - tbh, i've heard from someone who's tune went to #1 that they never saw anything, and were given a shit reason as to why.
just general curiosity here.
somehow though, that makes it even worse. I've dealt with (plenty of) unscrupulous characters in the music business over the years, and personally I'm not the sort of person that would take it public, although I have total sympathy for those who do.
It winds me up that this is the dance music scene, it's small, it's insular, we should be working FOR each other not trying to rip each other off. So when I see people ripping artists and DJs off, of course it's massively frustrating - that's what the major labels are for FFS, not some bellend who runs a tiny label - but even then, I can kind of understand if it's a reasonable amount of cash. You know, a thousand pounds or something could be a reasonable incentive to some people to bin friendships, trust, standing in the industry and all that.
But yeah, people will do you for 50 quid which is just unbelievable to me. To risk your reputation in a very public scene, to make enemies out of former friends and business partners, to guarantee that the people you worked with will be phoning their friends and telling them not to work with you, for the sake of a few quid - fuck it. Anyone who is not only crooked but also that petty, that prepared to cast aside their dignity and scrabble in the dirt, fuck them, call them out. Cunts.