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Posted on April 11, 2008 at 10:47 a.m.
I would say concern is justified when you discover two of your band's albums (with different art and bit rates, etc.) on Itunes. Especially when your conflicting content providers are somewhat hazy on what happened and when, and no money trail can be found leading anywhere.
Here is the lesson to be learned: Musicians are always promoting, and bands often sign up their music at multiple sites with no regard to the small print or what they sign off on. Well, like Morrissey said, “such a little thing makes a big difference”, and turns into big headaches. Also, even after talking to a company’s help/support, don’t be afraid to do additional research and legwork yourself, you may find they (or you) overlooked something major. finally, follow the money, but watch out for slow accountants.
Regardless, the independent band generally needs a third party to get music on Itunes, and when too many cooks get into one big kitchen; crazy things happen (intentional or not). Luckily, all the parties involved in this case (Itunes Legal, Tunecore and CDBaby) took it somewhat seriously, and thankfully didn't treat us like a third rate band.
At least The Farstar’s situation was resolvable, no swashbuckling Internet pirates were involved (yet), and the band is back to rocking your bar mitzvah or nightclub.
On UPDATED: Independent artists need to be on lookout for iTunes scam