It took me half a lifetime to learn the skills, years to claw my way up the structure, to the point where a stranger like you will write to me.
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I am a professional musician, who lives from his music. Why is this? Let’s look at who we both are. I get begging letters like this every week – from a booming, affluent global media industry. So you have chosen to allocate no money for music. Secondly, I am sick to death of your hollow schtick, of the inevitable line “Unfortunately there’s no budget for music”, as if some fixed Law Of The Universe handed you down a sad but immutable financial verdict preventing you from budgeting to pay for music. Unfortunately we don’t have any budget for music but would be great if we could use the track but it is up to you, but would appreciate anything you could do?įirstly, there is no label – I outright own my own material, so I’m not sure who you’ve been emailing. Thanks for emailing me, I have emailed your label but not heard back yet so thanks for getting in touch. This was too much for Whitey, and he posted the transaction on his Facebook page.
Betty wanted to use his song “Stay On The Outside,” claimed budget restrictions when asking to use the track, and basically asked him to give away music for free. Whitey’s making headlines for his recent spat with Betty, a London-based TV production company that “makes modern and high quality popular formats and factual television series” (i.e. He has, nonetheless, crafted a 10-year indie music career and has landed songs on Breaking Bad and The Sopranos, in addition to releasing multiple albums and scoring other notable licensing placements. For example, let’s say you want to send a message to all the big media companies that are looking to use music from a DIY artist for their television shows but claim “budget restrictions” when it comes to paying for the music they want to license.Įnter Whitey, AKA Nathan White, a Berlin-based electro-rock multi-instrumentalist/composer from London who apparently shuns many standard DIY promotion tactics (like having an official website). It’s compelling when an artist takes a concept and crystallizes it into words you wish you had come up with.
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DIY artist Whitey lashes out at big media when asked to give away music for free – and he calls for a “public discussion”
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