Rights
Limited Flag: ApproReq / LimUp
The Internet Archive has received permission from The Motet to archive band-recorded and released shows via uploads by Mike Colon melodic_storyATyahooDOTcom. They want their listeners to get the best quality source possible, and also to control which dates are or are not archived here. Please let Mike handle it here, thanks! Send him an email if you have a great recording you'd like to run by the band for archiving.
From: David Ratner
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 6:42 PM
To: mcolon
Subject: Re: dave, you gotta do this
Mike Colon has the full permission of The Motet via
its representative, Dave Ratner, to archive our music
for free download. The Motet strongly encourages
taping of our live shows and trading of these
recordings.
Sound good?
-dave
PS - Thanks!
--- mcolonATVisionairDOTcom wrote:
> yours. Etree has just teamed up with internet
> archive to host shns on their
> website. As i told you before, shns are completely
> lossless audio, meaning
> the quality of the sound remains the same throughout
> the life of a show's
> trading. So, Dianna has offered to help me archive
> you guys on the
> internet, so that people can download your live
> shows directly from the
> internet, and will have lost nothing as far as
> quality. MP3's means loss of
> quality, and not many traders ever download such.
>
> So, what i need from you as an email giving me
> permission to follow through
> with archiving your music for free download. I'm
> going to forward the email
> that dianna sent me, so that you can read exactly
> what she said. But just
> give me an email with explicit instructions that
> allows you to have your own
> section, then anyone can just go and download your
> music. You can include
> this page as a link to your website, and i will do
> the same for the new
>
Motet SHN Circulation page. Man, you don't even
> know what this will do for
> you guys. I am so excited, you have no idea.
Taping Policy Note:
From
http://www.themotet.net/music.html:
The Motet encourages taping of it's live shows.
--
1/2004 update: In response to "lossy supplements" question, Dave Ratner replied, "The Motet would be happy to have mp3 copies of it's shows offered (alongside the lossless format). We're eager to insure that our fans can access the music as easily
as possible."
