TME Recordings Roster Changes
TME Recordings, the Nied's Hotel Band, and John Vento will be going their separate ways. TME Recordings will no longer be releasing future projects with John or the Nied's Hotel Band. Unfortunately, there have been many issues that have come up in the last year and a half that make it impossible for TME Recordings to continue to be involved in any future projects. TME will also not be publishing further material of John and the crew. Our label will still be maintaining the three prior releases "Archives", "Nied's Hotel 2", and "The Way That You Roll", and still be the publisher of all that material.
From the very beginning, the two teams seemed to be going in different directions to reach a common goal and TME Recordings believes that we have taken the band as far as we can. Major problems began last year when talks began regarding signing the band to a major label and it was discovered that all of the multi-track masters had been destroyed and that no backups were ever made. The shear neglect to not make any backups to protect the production material have rendered these projects as one-offs and simply made them too hard to shop for any purpose outside of the original use. We have to now take a firm stance to not accept any more material recorded with that producer or the studio.
This and other issues have cost our writers and company a great deal of money and problems, as these projects have lost all the leverage they had and make it impossible for us to continue on as a publishing partner. Coupled with inability to follow through on important correspondences by management and opportunities to the band, has forced TME Recordings to end the relationship. Without the deeper commitment needed from the band, as well as the respect for what actually goes on after the recording process and before the release have always made these projects hard to administrate and we were never going to be able to take these them to the next level.
These projects have always featured incredible performances by some of the best musicians in this area, resulting in some great music. The production and manufacturing have always gotten top dollar. It totally reinforces the fact that good talent alone will not take a project to the next level. It also shows that though you can buy good production, the fact is, you cannot buy success.
This is truly devastating as we do everything possible to help anyone associated with us to avoid major mistakes. This is a lesson in what happens when an artist does not take enough care to work with a team they have created. Even if an artist has a modest marketing budget and another partner company that is capable of helping them reach a larger audience, the inability to organize a team will provide unfavorable results. This is also a classic example of what happens to an artist's future when they completely fail to take advantage of their resources or cover all their bases.
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