Swank Vinyl Exotica - Tiki Music

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Wed, Oct 30, 2002 3:08 PM What is on the CD is NOT simply ripped off some other CDs and compiled onto this one. I will never do that, and if I do, it will not be sold at any profit. I am asked for a CD version of my station's music often, and I do not offer it. I might give one to a friend or use it as a promo for a DJ gig, but not to sell at any profit. What's on this disk is all vinyl. I think some of the Alfred Apaka may be on CD somewhere, but I don't own that. I put a lot of my own time and effort into making this disk. Starting with the record collection of a few decades to the hours required to record, tweak and mix the actual CD. I spent weeks just listening to every record to find the few tracks I wanted to use. I started out with the CD to make a little money to offset Hukilau 2002. At this point, with Kiliki and I loosing well over $1500 of our own money on the event, every little bit helps. But I justify it this way. 1) I have a lot of my own production costs involved in this. It is not a quick rip and burn job. 2) Most of this material is on record only and few would every hear it. If anything, I might get people interested in reissuing some of it, but I doubt it. And if people start buying old records, who gets that money? Artists? If I sell my record collection, does Alfred Apaka get a cut? Maybe he does off the CD and maybe that CD sells better with my promotion. I look at it like radio. It's a promotion whose good effects on the music in it offset the cost of royalties. If there is a legitimate issue by a copyright owner, I'll listen, as with the Tiki Gardens LP. But I think the artist was happier knowing people were listening, than anything. So, yes I care about rights. I am very involved in the issue as an online broadcaster. I have carefully considered it all. I feel I am doing a very good thing, and I dare say the only ones who would argue are the RIAA and other non-artists. It's not as though I am costing anyone a CD sale. No one is losing money beacuse of my efforts. They are gaining the chance to hear this long gone music.

What is on the CD is NOT simply ripped off some other CDs and compiled onto this one. I will never do that, and if I do, it will not be sold at any profit. I am asked for a CD version of my station's music often, and I do not offer it. I might give one to a friend or use it as a promo for a DJ gig, but not to sell at any profit.

What's on this disk is all vinyl. I think some of the Alfred Apaka may be on CD somewhere, but I don't own that. I put a lot of my own time and effort into making this disk. Starting with the record collection of a few decades to the hours required to record, tweak and mix the actual CD. I spent weeks just listening to every record to find the few tracks I wanted to use.

I started out with the CD to make a little money to offset Hukilau 2002. At this point, with Kiliki and I loosing well over $1500 of our own money on the event, every little bit helps.

But I justify it this way. 1) I have a lot of my own production costs involved in this. It is not a quick rip and burn job. 2) Most of this material is on record only and few would every hear it. If anything, I might get people interested in reissuing some of it, but I doubt it. And if people start buying old records, who gets that money? Artists? If I sell my record collection, does Alfred Apaka get a cut? Maybe he does off the CD and maybe that CD sells better with my promotion. I look at it like radio. It's a promotion whose good effects on the music in it offset the cost of royalties.

If there is a legitimate issue by a copyright owner, I'll listen, as with the Tiki Gardens LP. But I think the artist was happier knowing people were listening, than anything.

So, yes I care about rights. I am very involved in the issue as an online broadcaster. I have carefully considered it all. I feel I am doing a very good thing, and I dare say the only ones who would argue are the RIAA and other non-artists. It's not as though I am costing anyone a CD sale. No one is losing money beacuse of my efforts. They are gaining the chance to hear this long gone music.

Post #12345 by Swanky on Wed, Oct 30, 2002 3:08 PM