Big Weckl announcement?

[Clint Hopkins]

I think Omar Hakim played on that Bowie record.

It was Omar and I meant to point out that both, he and Tony played on it, but weren't credited for which tracks they played on. According to the Sound on Sound article, Nile Rodgers is into having bands act as a collective and individual playing credits aren't important.

[langmick]

Yes, no individual credits...wonder why he was into that!

[Clint Hopkins]

Yes, no individual credits...wonder why he was into that!

"If you look at Chic album credits, we never specify what song anyone plays on, and that is because Bernard and I wanted everybody to go out and be successful. We used to say to them 'Look, if no one knows what you did, but they know that you're on it in some way, I don't care if you lie and tell people "Oh yeah, I did that song."' We used to tell them to do that all the time, and they did. Like with David Bowie's Let's Dance, no one knows what songs Tony Thompson played on because I never put that in the credits. They say 'Drums: Omar Hakim and Tony Thompson.' So, when you see the video and you think 'Oh, that's Tony playing on "Modern Love",' I go 'No, that's Omar Hakim playing on "Modern Love". Tony Thompson is playing in the video because he was on tour with Bowie.' So, we did that purposely and I still do that to this day. I just want it to be a sort of communal effort. And I admit that I love looking at credits and saying 'Oh shit, that's who played bass on that song,' but with Chic it's more about the collective organisation, it's not about who played what on what."

Source: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr05/a ... tracks.htm

[langmick]

I smell money as the reason. :0)

[Mark Petersson]

Only 23% left... and 3 days...
Just a few more days and I'm sure the project would hit the goal....
Does anyone know what happens if time's up and it hasn't reached 100%?

[amoergosum]

Only 23% left... and 3 days...
Just a few more days and I'm sure the project would hit the goal....
Does anyone know what happens if time's up and it hasn't reached 100%?

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[langmick]

So this is essentially how much it costs to do something like this, and make some coin?

[Mark Petersson]

A PledgeMusic direct-to-fan campaign offers all-or-nothing fundraising.

All or nothing... hm... maybe Weckl should pledge the last few percent himself... to make it happen...

[amoergosum]

Again...pledgemusic should be more transparent like kickstarter. On kickstarter you can see exactly what the target
is AND you can see the exact numbers of pledges next to each package. It's a psychological thing but it's important in my opinion since it makes everyone feel more involved.

[Juan Expósito]

75% now.
The thing is going to happen.
Sure.