Disorganised record labels!

yeah, it's a little embarrassing now reading my first post, it shows how green i am/was. :undecided

i think the real issue was the budget was miniscule, so i had to do everything myself. i was freaking out a bit at the time too, but calmed down pretty quickly, and the whole thing was really smooth and positive, actually (despite having to do everything myself and only being able to afford a two-hour colour grade).

i've really learnt a lot since then.

update - the tapes were delivered to the label two weeks ago. the following week i get an e-mail asking could i fax the contract asap - i had to call the a&r guy up and explain that i'd faxed the f***ing contract weeks ago! furthermore, the video still hasn't been added to any music tv stations, nor uploaded to the net cos they're trying to get a myspace feature (obviously not trying very hard).

oh, and i still haven't been paid the balance of the budget!

what a wonderful industry.
 
My friend, let me tell ya a quick story. My boy was s'pose to shoot/direct for a famous artist. At the last minute the artist decided he wanted to go in a different direction. 2 days after telling my friend that he was definitely still doing the video, we found out that someoneelse was directing it and that shooting had begun that day. They apparently "crewed up" in 12 hours and made it happen. The artist btw was JAY-Z, the song was "99 Problems" one of his best joints ever. So the moral, u weren't that naive, but sometimes u do have to come with a great concept right away. The director, Mark Romaneck is incredible anyway, and he delivered I have to say better than we would have in a year of planning.
 
f***, that's a great story. i'm a romanek fanatic - his director's label dvd is on high rotation on my machine.

and that 99 problems video is pretty amazing. he captures the hip-hop/rock hybrid sound of the track perfectly.

kinda funny that rick rubin features so heavily in it knowing now that it was essentially improvised - he probably just happened to be hanging around with jay-z or romanek at the time.
 
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