HW: live material

[Colin Allen]

No, revenues would go to the songwriters and the performers on the indivudual recordings.  

Jill Strobridge <jill.strobridge at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK> wrote:
  You mean everyone who has ever played in the band receives an equal share of 
any and all revenues generated from the release of live material? Such 
equality would certainly mean that no one person would ever make a fortune 
out of it since there would be such a large number of people involved. It 
might not be an impossible task to draw up such a list. I seem to 
remember (way back when I used to receive BOC mailings on a mainframe 
computer) a gig list going back to the 70s listing not only the tracks but 
also the band members on stage for each show! It's true that some people 
have only ever played once or twice with the band and never composed any of 
the music so there's a strong argument for a considerable element of 
inequality involved in such a share out. But taking the view that everyone 
who has ever played in the band, whether once or a thousand times, has 
helped to create the Hawkwind sound and maintain the name, and thinking of 
the benefits of spreading large amounts of Hawkwind live all around the 
world...........

Only dreaming!
jill

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Jill Strobridge 
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Iain Ferguson" 
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Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: HW: live material


Agreed,

But its all the usual bollocks we as fans have to listen to...

There is material, both audio & video, that we should get to see & hear,
but because everyone who has flown in the mothership wants their £ for
any release, and because of past personal disagreements - we won't get
to see it...

Its just such a shame that All parties cannot just agree to an equal
share of any Dividends that might come out of any sale. It cant be that
much !!!!!!

But I'm sure its way more complicated that just that, Music & video from
a business angle has always been a nightmare, and I don't suppose it
will get any easier..

I just wish like all of us, that we could just get to see & hear whats
in the vaults...

iain

Ian Abrahams wrote on 12/07/2007, 14:32:

> That's a bit strong really! There is no reason at all why Dave should
> release anything at all if he doesn't want to and there are any number
> of reasons why he might not want to:
> Permissions
> Work involved
> Financial risk
> Quality of material
> etc, etc
> None of that equates to being a 'spoiled child'!