Folks...when you don\'t know or understand stuff....try not to state said stuff as fact.
As to the songs...the band owns the rights to every song they ever wrote. Myself, Josh Kroop, and Ales D. have always insisted on this, and unless someone is paying the band a six figure advance, that will continue to be the case. Sonance and HMG do own the rights to those particular recorded versions that are on the respective CDs, but do not own the songs themselves, only those particular recordings. Sonance does have what is called a rerecording clause which might still be in effect for a few songs, but not much longer. We would have to pay a small royalty on a song like Fly Like and Eagle. If the song was killer we would, if not probably not.
As to Paul....he can basically record whatever he wants for his own pleasure, as can any of you. Thay does not mean he can sell it without permission from the band, or that the band could sell Paul\'s work without permission from him. This, by the way does not make Paul an asshole.
You of course might WANT to think of Paul as an asshole, without permission from anyone. But we kinda like him.
We are talking a lot about video in conjunction with the new CD. We might try to work something out with Paul on this and pay him a royalty, but that is up to Paul, the band and myself to negotiate. We really don\'t have enough money floating around as yet to do some of these things, but we are getting there.
In the meantime I would consider it a personal favor if you would respect Paul\'s rights the way we try to respect all of of yours. Remember, no one is stopping any of you from taping or videoing a show. If you do take advantage of that opportunity then you know how much work it can be. You might find yourself in agreement with Paul if you walked a bit in his shos.
In short....peace people.
