I am going to play stupid here and ask a stupid question, that some of you "rockstars" my be able to answer. (I know the answer, I just wanted the opinions) There has been numerous statements in this thread by VM about doing this for the musicians and how these aren't boots and the musicians and the musicians................
Now I have been involved in numerous signings/ contracts with MCA, Mercury, Atlantic, ETC...and the process I am familiar with is the label purchases the song rights from the artist. (some big $/some small $)and then of course the "royalty checks" (which are nothing unless you are in some sort of regular rotation somewhere).I have also released dozens of indies and the process is a no brainer with no $, unless you hock your wares at some shows or online, etc...I have never been involved in a re-issue, but I would figure that if Metal Mayhem wanted to re-issue one of my records they would hand over a nice check upfront and then some $ to follow based on sales....
So how is the 2nd hand selling of some "re-issues" making this band any $, (which would be nominal after the $ put in to having the album reproduced) that they could not have made themselves by selling them themselves on their website or whatever/wherever.
Just curious.