tommilsom:

I don’t really understand what’s happening here but here’s what’s transpired from my point of view

• I sent an email to Alan last winter asking if he wanted to release Explorers 6 on 12” vinyl, and he said the costs would be prohibitive and DFTBA couldn’t do it. No, I recall that it was something about how they’d have to buy new envelopes and everything and so if it were to go ahead they’d have to take a much larger percentage of the profit than they do from my other releases, and it would have meant I wouldn’t see much from it.
• It was no biggy, and what Alan said was reasonable, so I just went about getting it done myself and successfully released it a few weeks ago.
• This week, DFTBA are bringing out Alex’s Soup Sessions EP out on… 12” vinyl.
• People are confused about why this has happened.

I understand that there’s confusion, but I ask you not to be angry, because circumstances change and different artists can sell different amounts of a product and that can often change the commercial viability of something like this. DFTBA is, after all, a company, and they have to do things that are going to be profitable.

Also, I’ll be honest, I’m still really happy that I went it alone with this one. The distribution’s gonna be a bitch, and there have been hiccups, but it’s been really useful to go through the entire process first hand, and I’ve made more money out of it than I would have if a label was taking care of it. I also think I’ve ended up with a better product by working closely with Vondell on the album artwork and sleeve notes, instead of letting someone else take care of it. I’ve spent a long long time crafting my own piece of art, and I think it’s gonna feel a thousand times more amazing when I hold it in my hands than if I just sent something off to a label and they took care of it all.

tommilsom:

I don’t really understand what’s happening here but here’s what’s transpired from my point of view

• I sent an email to Alan last winter asking if he wanted to release Explorers 6 on 12” vinyl, and he said the costs would be prohibitive and DFTBA couldn’t do it.
• It was no biggy, and what Alan said was reasonable, so I just went about getting it done myself and successfully released it a few weeks ago.
• This week, DFTBA are bringing out Alex’s Soup Sessions EP out on… 12” vinyl.
• People are confused about why this has happened.

I understand that there’s confusion, but I ask you not to be angry, because circumstances change and different artists can sell different amounts of a product and that can often change the commercial viability of something like this. DFTBA is, after all, a company, and they have to do things that are going to be profitable.

Also, I’ll be honest, I’m still really happy that I went it alone with this one. The distribution’s gonna be a bitch, and there have been hiccups, but it’s been really useful to go through the entire process first hand, and I’ve made more money out of it than I would have if a label was taking care of it. I also think I’ve ended up with a better product by working closely with Vondell on the album artwork and sleeve notes, instead of letting someone else take care of it. I’ve spent a long long time crafting my own piece of art, and I think it’s gonna feel a thousand times more amazing when I hold it in my hands than if I just sent something off to a label and they took care of it all.