I don't even pretend to understand the music business, but I always thought the amount of money an artist made was at least in part based on record sales.
If the LP is not released, how does the artist get paid or make money? Any player with an IQ over 6 would be aware that music recordings sell forever. A player in 1965 would know that records cut decades before where still being sold.
So what did he think happened to the stuff that was not released? Why didn't the contract demand release? What didn't he retain the rights to all unreleased sessions? What was he paid for recording sessions that were not released? Had they heard of Lawyers?
Why would they think the guys at the studio would put their, the player's, interest before their own?
Do I think all this OK? No. It's just human nature. Today there was a crisis here in my home. 'Our' cat that has set up homestead in our back yard, cleaned out his bowl of food, and then walked right out into the yard and killed a bird at the bird bath. My wife wants to kill the cat. i asked, why? She was just doing what cats do. They kill things. That's what they do. If she was bigger, she would kill us.
Jazz players make music, and business men make money. That's what they do. The more the businessmen makes, the less the player makes.
Cheers
If the LP is not released, how does the artist get paid or make money? Any player with an IQ over 6 would be aware that music recordings sell forever. A player in 1965 would know that records cut decades before where still being sold.
So what did he think happened to the stuff that was not released? Why didn't the contract demand release? What didn't he retain the rights to all unreleased sessions? What was he paid for recording sessions that were not released? Had they heard of Lawyers?
Why would they think the guys at the studio would put their, the player's, interest before their own?
Do I think all this OK? No. It's just human nature. Today there was a crisis here in my home. 'Our' cat that has set up homestead in our back yard, cleaned out his bowl of food, and then walked right out into the yard and killed a bird at the bird bath. My wife wants to kill the cat. i asked, why? She was just doing what cats do. They kill things. That's what they do. If she was bigger, she would kill us.
Jazz players make music, and business men make money. That's what they do. The more the businessmen makes, the less the player makes.
Cheers