Message from discussion Syn - The Armistice Day

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From: "Blackpig" <g.johns...@dsl.pipex.com>
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Subject: Re: Syn - The Armistice Day
Date: 5 Mar 2007 04:46:01 -0800
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On Mar 4, 6:41 pm, "Rick" <rickengee...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 4, 10:42 am, "Blackpig" <g.johns...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Sorry to any a.m.y.ers to whom the above discussion (which I admit is
> > only tangentially Yes-related) seems inappropriate. I'm neither an
> > experienced businessman nor a legal expert - just a struggling
> > musician like so many others - and I'm very interested in any
> > suggestions you might have about what you would do in my position.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Gerard Johnson-
>
> Hey Gerard, thanks for the interesting posts and great, tasteful work
> on Syndestructible, by the way.

Thank you!
>
> Being a (less talented)

Stop, stop, before we get into a 'no, I'm less talented than you'
argument!

> struggling musician who also tends to be on
> the passive-aggressive side

Ooh, that stings. The more so because I can see that it's fully
justified!

, if I had a track that I firmly believed I
> owned and someone else was attempting to derive commercial benefit
> from it without my permission, I'd post it for free download on
> MySpace.  On the other hand, this may just be a cheap ploy on my part
> to get the track for free.  Obviously it wouldn't solve anything, but
> revenge is a tonic best served, as they say around here, *bitter*.
>

I really did laugh out loud at that last bit. I'm still trying to get
some dosh out of Nardelli for the Armistice Day recording: assuming I
fail then at some future point I'll feel fully justified in making it
available for free download. Actually I think the version I have is a
better master than the version on the album: I mastered it at Alchemy
in London, I think the released version has had additional eq from
Mike Pietrini, but I think he's over-boosted the extreme top and
bottom (something we were careful not to do on Syndistructible) and
made it a bit too boom-tizz.

>  It is unfortunate that you folks couldn't get it together for another
> effort, I really liked the CD...even the vocals.   Good luck to all of
> you on your upcoming projects.

Thank you. Chris, Paul (Stacey) and I are working on material now,
which will be ready when it's ready and not before. We certainly hope
to release something later this year though.

Cheers,
Gerard