Re: Live shows as downloads

I am confused about *Kai* it seems. There was a live show floating about
with similar material-- I thought they were the same but I must
be  mistaken.

Kai is Emusic for example, but only MP3. It used to be cheaper.

http://www.emusic.com/album/bill-laswellmuneomi-senjuyoshio-otanimanabu-muratakuruucrew/kaikonton/12487173/

Tradebit, a reseller, has it for *much less!*

http://www.tradebit.com/mp3-artist/987032/bill-laswellmuneomi-senjuyoshio-otanimanabu-muratakuruucrew


On 9 April 2013 04:56, Dave Brunelle <[email protected]> wrote:

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> I see what you mean - though Kai was done in studio.
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> With those also though, they were available digitally here in the US
> (maybe still are? though possibly not as FLAC) so those labels had
> agreements for other territories than Japan presumably (and I speculate on
> some of it as these are matters I am not part of).
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> Of course rights and clearances are always issues, but I would think
> (again - speculation and my own personal opinion) that particularly with
> the people Bill has played with for years, that's not such a hard thing to
> sort out.
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> I agree that hopefully one day we're able to bring you some live material
> as there are certainly great things on tape (so to speak). But
> again...time, time, time. Oz also, one presumes based on his current doings
> at Prairie Sun is also quite busy. And as much as anything would
> undoubtedly be better than the bootlegs floating around, I don't think any
> of the musicians involved would want to release things willy nilly, no
> matter how much we may want it!
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> Dave
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> On Apr 8, 2013, at 8:34 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Specifically it was the Kai: Konton & Laz/Nakamura/Yamaki: Bass & Drum
> P-Vine Japan releases were tend to be hard to find as well as pricey that
> made me think of them being offered as downloads as well.  The recordings
> were done in those cases. I also expected Oz would be around on many live
> dates, etc.  I for one wouldn't be picky about their quality per se as far
> as mix/master, etc etc.   However, I do see where rights/clearances (esp. a
> label release as in P-Vine vs. the same material being made available as
> download) could get complicated. Although with a solo show (Koyaanisqatsi),
> Material & MoD that should be less of an issue presumably.
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> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "Dave @ M.O.D. Technologies" <[email protected]>
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [laswell] Live shows as downloads
> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 21:02:00 -0400
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> This is something that was discussed in the past.
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> Part of the limitation was that in order for it to be done 'right', there
> would need to be some time spent with the recordings (whether mixing,
> mastering or what have you) and that's something Bill didn't have time for.
> Which would leave it to someone like Bob Musso who also has a lot on his
> plate.
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> In short though, nothing is ever off the table.
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> Dave Brunelle
> MOD Technologies
> http://mod-technologies.com/
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> On Apr 7, 2013, at 8:43 PM, "piikea2007" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> It's occurred to me now that Bill has the MOD website/store it could also
> offer recordings of his various live shows solely as downloads (Flac &/or
> mp3). He certainly has the expertise & people around him to do so at a
> pretty low cost. How much could it cost to host more sound files on the
> site along with the official release ones? Especially given the relatively
> fewer official cd releases in recent years. A "Beat the Boots" type thing
> w/o the cost of their physically released. As is he only earned money from
> the individual shows & this would be a way to earn a little "extra" from
> having done them. Frisell & many others currently do this.
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> I could understand if he feels the live shows are "test grounds" or
> experiments that he'd rather not put out there but to my mind its a damn
> shame to have so much great Material only heard/seen by those present at
> the shows (or sometimes audience recordings). Unless you live in Japan or
> Europe there's not that many Laz live shows to get to!
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> Seems reasonable to me but what do I know?
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