hey neal,
one of the things we agonized over when we signed with Swallow was this whole idea of "who controls the music". when we signed we realized we were relinquishing the rights to that specific version of the song we put on the cd. i guess the idea of signing on with Swallow was that it would give us the distribution of a large Cajun label. the situation regarding the music on your site makes us see how scary it is to relinquish all rights to the music. we were really happy and proud to have our song on your site, not being able to do anything about keeping the song there makes us sad. our music is "trivial" compared to the likes of the Balfa Bros or Nathan Abshire, but the music is meant to be heard. it makes us really happy to have our music heard.

it's nice to break even on a CD project, but really, we have the luxury of not having to rely on the music for our livlihood. so i understand that the record companies are looking out for "me" (ha) but the music is meant to be heard.
i'll get off my soapbox. i love your site, neal. if there is anything i can do to support you, let me know.
Roger W
Cleoma's Ghost

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