Original Dubplate Burner
Well unless someone picked up the phone and talked to someone directly in the copyright infringement dept of VP records or Universal records about the couple of hundred CDs circulating that contain a handful of little known dancehall tracks in backwater South Australia, I'd say we're relatively safe from the FBI.
We're not selling the CDs, we're promoting the music as best we can with the resources we have available. A lot of people seem to be enjoying what we're doing, perhaps that's why we have a couple of interstate gigs coming up.
Did you know that label owners in Jamaica were so happy that Chant Down Sound were pushing their music here in Australia they got some of the biggest names in Dancehall and Reggae, including Capleton and Luciano, down to the studio to voice tunes for them at no charge whatsoever to Chant Down. Just for loving and promoting the music they got voicings and one-offs that would have cost more than the entire CD run we put together for these promos.
I'm not in this to make money, or shaft anyone out of money. If VP want money for using their tracks and artists, they can start by returning my emails first.
This post has been edited by Trucker: Oct 17 2005, 09:07 PM
This is Sam Jackson. Theres snakes on the plane, over.
QUOTE(Trucker @ Oct 17 2005, 09:06 PM)
I'm not in this to make money, or shaft anyone out of money. If VP want money for using their tracks and artists, they can start by returning my emails first.
:lol: gold
This is Sam Jackson. Theres snakes on the plane, over.
QUOTE(minikomi @ Oct 17 2005, 08:46 PM)
No probelm cris - i thought you were selling it ! you should know by now which side of the copyright fence im on ;)
To paraphrase Vim Fuego: "We're trying to burn the fence down. And it's pretty stupid to sit on a burning fence, isn't it?" :lol:
RA is great! I love RA! Long live RA!
QUOTE(melly @ Oct 17 2005, 06:26 PM)
how long will the download be up? I was a bad kid this month and downloaded 8 gig in a week and my brother spit it (cap is 10 gig)
so i wont be able to download till the end of the month, i'm on download rations :(
It's on meagupload - so long as it's downloaded at least once every 30 days it will never get deleted.
melly: who is your brother using for DSL? If u contact me over MSN or ICQ i can send it to you directly, which won't effect your brother's d/l limit if u like (so long as his ISP uses PIPE networks peering as well)
This post has been edited by jjcoolaus: Oct 18 2005, 03:09 PM ooh yeah woo yay!
wooo picked up my copy from bsharp! man, i love that store. everything it stocks, i wish i had the time n money to buy and listen to nonstop! anyways. woo its good so far! the dude at the counter said lots had been walking out the door, and they HAD played it in store :thumbsup:
vive la dancehall!
RA is great! I love RA! Long live RA!
QUOTE(trashy_chica @ Oct 18 2005, 03:16 PM)
wooo picked up my copy from bsharp! man, i love that store. everything it stocks, i wish i had the time n money to buy and listen to nonstop! anyways. woo its good so far! the dude at the counter said lots had been walking out the door, and they HAD played it in store :thumbsup:
vive la dancehall!
Is that because customers are asking for it or because shop staff are saying "here, have a free CD" whenever they buy something. There's a difference. One group wants it, the other group doesn't and who knows what they may think of it once they play it - could go either way.
This post has been edited by jjcoolaus: Oct 18 2005, 03:45 PM ooh yeah woo yay!
umm, its behind the counter and u have to ask for it..!! stop being such a hater, jj!
This post has been edited by trashy_chica: Oct 18 2005, 03:49 PM
RA is great! I love RA! Long live RA!
QUOTE(trashy_chica @ Oct 18 2005, 03:49 PM)
umm, its behind the counter and u have to ask for it..!! stop being such a hater, jj!
I'm no hater - i was insinuating that giving them to just anyone could be a good thing as well... Good to see it's behind the counter though.
Especially since the boys haven't had their first show since releasing it out yet (but would they be able to promote it freely on air - ie the non-sponsor record stores?)
Cetra³Posted: 18 Oct 2005, 4:13pm Inured
Hahaha don't even know what Street Level is and what genre etc... but i'm downloading the mix now, always interested in new music
ooh yeah woo yay!
shh jj, the point i was making was simple.. there are lots of people asking for it, teh mix is all about getting new fans as well as making the older ones happy.. yeah?
cetra, u will like it... dancehall! woo!
Original Dubplate Burner
Hey, we're happier than jj after a doggyland grand final win that these CDs are walking out the door, regardless of whether or not the punter asked for a copy or it got put in their bag of purchases unsuspectingly.
If they didn't ask for it and they listen and like it, then there's another listener for the show, or maybe another punter buying drinks at mojo. If they didn't like it, at least they have a coaster to rest their drink on.
I believe Cris has spoken to the powers that be at Fresh, and whilst we can't hype the CD directly on air, we are working on ways to get the word out.
Street Level Sound are involved with some interstate developments at the moment which we are very excited about. One such project is a 'Reggae Sound Summit' to be held in Sydney next year. Sounds from each state in Australia will represent their home state and reggae music in the national dancehall arena! More info to come as it comes to hand.
Thanks again to everyone for taking the time out to download a mix or grab a CD. Without you guys we wouldn't be able to do this!
This post has been edited by Trucker: Oct 18 2005, 04:39 PM
RA is great! I love RA! Long live RA!
Question: Is the CD split into indivdual tracks or all burnt as one track (ie you put it in and track 1 goes for 70-odd minutes?)
Original Dubplate Burner
It's been cut into 12 tracks, loosely seperated by the riddims.
This is Sam Jackson. Theres snakes on the plane, over.
QUOTE(jjcoolaus @ Oct 18 2005, 04:50 PM)
Question: Is the CD split into indivdual tracks or all burnt as one track (ie you put it in and track 1 goes for 70-odd minutes?)
It's very strategically split into 12 or so tracks so that you can cue to certain riddims etc. Especially if you're the sort of poor sod like me with a factory standard cd player in your car that won't do search AT ALL! >:|
And before you ask, no you can't have the cue sheet cos there isn't one!! :)
This post has been edited by sawdust: Oct 18 2005, 05:24 PM mellyPosted: 18 Oct 2005, 9:23pm it's pronounced mooks not mooks
QUOTE(jjcoolaus @ Oct 18 2005, 03:07 PM)
It's on meagupload - so long as it's downloaded at least once every 30 days it will never get deleted.
melly: who is your brother using for DSL? If u contact me over MSN or ICQ i can send it to you directly, which won't effect your brother's d/l limit if u like (so long as his ISP uses PIPE networks peering as well)
telstra cable :cry:
i'm waiting on permanency from work then i'll get my super fast free node ADSL2+
in fact, it's on the agenda for me to annoy them again this week *grumbles at my slack boss*
Original Dubplate Burner
Bump
Anyone who may not be a regular listener to streetlevel get onto this? Feedback?
Just to toot the streetlevel horn a bit, this mix has been fairly well received OS. We're pretty chuffed with the nice comments we've been getting.
Curious to know if our local peoples are feeling the outernational vibrations?
ooh yeah woo yay!
i have really enjoyed it, prob need a few more listens to critique it tho :)
Original Dubplate Burner
Thanks Anna :)
Shan will be down at the end of the year btw if you girls want to catch up ;)
Original Dubplate Burner
So who is going to be in Sydney in January?
Anyone?
Street Level Sound will be :w00t:
More info to come soon! :shear:
ooh yeah woo yay!
ooohhhhh u better believe it! that is, if booty lets me out :wink:
RA is great! I love RA! Long live RA!
QUOTE(Trucker @ Oct 15 2005, 11:55 AM)
JJ, did you know you got a shout out on the cd? ;)
45 minute 22 second mark, yeah.
12 tracks isn't a real splitting if there are 56 individual riddims - i'm working on creating a file at the moment based on the sound effect in the mix which would be where all the individual tunes are - the majorly different tracks are easy to pick the splits in, but getting them all might take a few days.
291 downloads and counting! :w00t:
Original Dubplate Burner
A handful of CDs are available at Big Star and B Sharp in the city for those who are still interested :)
ooh yeah woo yay!
if i didnt have it already, i'd go grab it again! actually i might, and give it to my sis in sydney :tongue: for xmas! woo!
