Comments on: Miles of Music: What went wrong? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/2008/11/28/what-went-wrong/ Riffing on area trends, lineup changes, onstage spectacles and national buzz with local impact Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:26:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Newbould http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/2008/11/28/what-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-37607 David Newbould Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:54:39 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/?p=2666#comment-37607 I just discovered MoM's closing last week, when I followed up one of the many promises over the phone that the check for my CD sales was on the way. I found the phone number cancelled, the website dissolved, just a whole lot of...nothing. I finally managed to track JW down via his facebook page, and was basically asked to sympathize with him as victim. Like many, I feel that if he had just reached out to us, or not disappeared off the face of the earth, there might be some lingering goodwill towards him. But how to not be furious at someone who lied over the phone countless times, and professes to support the indie musicians? Our facebook correspondance was immediately cut off when he cancelled his facebook account about two hours ago as of this writing. The man has none of my sympathy, but rather just my money - in excess of $300-$400. Not a lot by standards of the world, but enough to finance almost half of the mixing session I have booked for this weekend that I am struggling to cover. I just discovered MoM’s closing last week, when I followed up one of the many promises over the phone that the check for my CD sales was on the way. I found the phone number cancelled, the website dissolved, just a whole lot of…nothing. I finally managed to track JW down via his facebook page, and was basically asked to sympathize with him as victim. Like many, I feel that if he had just reached out to us, or not disappeared off the face of the earth, there might be some lingering goodwill towards him. But how to not be furious at someone who lied over the phone countless times, and professes to support the indie musicians?

Our facebook correspondance was immediately cut off when he cancelled his facebook account about two hours ago as of this writing. The man has none of my sympathy, but rather just my money – in excess of $300-$400. Not a lot by standards of the world, but enough to finance almost half of the mixing session I have booked for this weekend that I am struggling to cover.

]]> By: Joran Slane http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/2008/11/28/what-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-37498 Joran Slane Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:02:51 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/?p=2666#comment-37498 Autopsy: Thanks for the read. This is a testament to everything the music industry is going through right now and the reason that Best Buy is taking hold of product (and now, even INSTRUMENTS!!!!) Autopsy: Thanks for the read. This is a testament to everything the music industry is going through right now and the reason that Best Buy is taking hold of product (and now, even INSTRUMENTS!!!!)

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