Website/Own Label/Free Access
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"I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU EVERYTHING"
Because of the wonderful response to the original gofundme campaign, it has given Louis both the enthusiasm and the willingness to achieve, what for him, was his ideal plan for so many years, regarding his musical catalogue.
For decades, he has been trying to find suitable partners to put his entire catalogue of albums, film & TV footage, and radio recordings, from around the world, under one roof, and to make it available worldwide in the simplest, most accessible way.
Having had one last attempt, in the past 12 months, to release an (archival re-issue of an) album with a Record Label, the disappointment had him confounded once again, as to why something so simple should be so poorly executed.
In the past, Louis has considered Digital Downloads a problem as there has been no incentive for distributors and promoters in local territories to underwrite concerts (for touring opportunities) since their income and financial interests have been undercut by the "worldwide distribution" of New Releases.
However, he has found that the goodwill of his audience has been so expressly manifested in the previous campaign, that he has decided to have a Website professionally built, and have all of his Back Catalogue and other material digitized, in the highest quality, and made available for FREE, through the ONE HUB.
Other benefits of the previous campaign was that new people were being introduced by older fans to his music and wanted to hear more but found there was nowhere they could purchase the music. There were a few grossly overpriced RARE CDs and Vinyls on eBay and Amazon. For instance, he recently saw "Soliloquy" - as an Australian import selling for $120, on one of these multinational sites, when he himself has a couple of hundred in his possession, that he has often given to his supporters for the cost of postage. And it's something that hurts him personally when he has gone to such great lengths over the years to make everything available (and affordable) to everyone that is interested.
And fans seem to be concerned that they have been unable to pay Louis when purchasing his music. There is also the concern that where there ARE "dribs and drabs" scattered over blogsites and "free download" sites (complete with viruses adware, and malware), BUT in reality there has been NOWHERE to source ALL of his music, without some compromise.
So, to allay all fears and concerns, and to enable Louis to manage and realise his musical objectives as directly and quickly as possible, this website will be the one and only HUB for his music, which he will manage himself, with hired professional ongoing support.
And because he is in the unique position of OWNING the COPYRIGHT to his ENTIRE body of work, he has the FREEDOM to do with it as he wishes. And it is not without great sacrifice, emotional pain and frustration, that he has fiercely maintained his independence and ownership - so as to be able to do this one day. It has only been a case of Third Parties disrupting his best laid plans by overpromising and under-delivering (as so many fans seeking his every release in the past will attest to) that he has been unable to consistently release New Music. Even after recording and being ready for release...he has often had the 3rd Party letting him down.
He has attempted to launch this web site idea before through other well meaning third parties, but this too has been problematic and led to delays as he has not had the access to source codes and also life (& death) has gotten in the way of those who have tried to help, leading to crossed wires and more delays.
So now, with your assistance, Louis can take complete control, responsibilty and accountability for his own body of work and delivery of the best quality of music, video and other archival material, and, in future, NEW releases through this Self-Managed Website, with the appropriate Technical Support.
Once all of this has been made available, he will then be able to reach his final goal of donating all the source material to the National Film and Sound Archives of Australia - as per their own initiative. And hence this will become a gift to everyone in Australia and beyond, for perpetuity.
There will be a Voluntary Donation box, for those who can afford to assist him to continue the upkeep of the website and the ongoing goals of writing, recording, and distributing NEW WORK: including new Music, a Book, and a screenplay/script for a proposed Full Length Documentary Film, among other projects.
And as mentioned before, Louis will receive these Donations directly, and will be able to make the best use of them, by making his own decisions, and determining his own direction.
There will also be a forum for people to contribute their own photos, bootlegs or memories to share with the rest of the world.
This is a fairly big undertaking, and will have most costs figured into the start-up. But the goal is to achieve "Go Live" by the 13th March 2016 - which coiincides with Louis' birthday - and marks the anniversary of the debut this year of THE ART OF DARKNESS - which was Louis' own tribute to the people who had so generously helped him in the previous campaign, while they had asked for nothing in return. Louis still has plans to tour this ensemble, and some smaller concerts, but this website/portal is his CURRENT priority, as it will enable him a to create a small margin of ongoing income to fund touring concerts, and hopefully the website will introduce more potential patrons for the Live performances.
Along with the Publishing mechanism that this WEBSITE/HUB offers, it will hopefully achieve a greater audience development, introducing more people to Louis' music, and expanding the collections of those who have incomplete catalogues of his Music. And for those who want HARD COPY CDs and Vinyls, the income can generate the means to perhaps remaster and reissue back catalogue, compilations and of course NEW works.
This can also be the One Stop Shop, where Louis can arrange Concert Ticketing and a database of fans, so he can plan his tours more directly, with the appropriate links, and allowing feedback and suggestions from you all.
It is your generosity thus far that has given Louis the conviction to launch this HUB, as there are really only TWO relevant entities, when it comes to music. Both are equally important. That is...the performers/crew, in the presenting of the music, and the audience.
Third parties and middlemen are often unnecessary, and sometimes (inexplicably) downright obstructive. And it has most often been the case that these third parties have caused untold disruption, and blemished what should otherwise be a sublime interaction.
You have shown your commitment. And now Louis is able to show you his. He has always wished for this, and again, has gone though great pains to produce what he has done already. But the ideal is that EVERYONE will win this way. And it will be a uniting force for good, that is both uniquely intimate and shared.
Your assistance NOW will enable him to make everything he has created thus far FREELY available and accessible to ALL. This is our opportunity for a SHARED ALTRUSIM connecting many through a mutually shared experience.
For every donation, Louis will contact you directly and ask for your permission to thank you publicly.
Because of the wonderful response to the original gofundme campaign, it has given Louis both the enthusiasm and the willingness to achieve, what for him, was his ideal plan for so many years, regarding his musical catalogue.
For decades, he has been trying to find suitable partners to put his entire catalogue of albums, film & TV footage, and radio recordings, from around the world, under one roof, and to make it available worldwide in the simplest, most accessible way.
Having had one last attempt, in the past 12 months, to release an (archival re-issue of an) album with a Record Label, the disappointment had him confounded once again, as to why something so simple should be so poorly executed.
In the past, Louis has considered Digital Downloads a problem as there has been no incentive for distributors and promoters in local territories to underwrite concerts (for touring opportunities) since their income and financial interests have been undercut by the "worldwide distribution" of New Releases.
However, he has found that the goodwill of his audience has been so expressly manifested in the previous campaign, that he has decided to have a Website professionally built, and have all of his Back Catalogue and other material digitized, in the highest quality, and made available for FREE, through the ONE HUB.
Other benefits of the previous campaign was that new people were being introduced by older fans to his music and wanted to hear more but found there was nowhere they could purchase the music. There were a few grossly overpriced RARE CDs and Vinyls on eBay and Amazon. For instance, he recently saw "Soliloquy" - as an Australian import selling for $120, on one of these multinational sites, when he himself has a couple of hundred in his possession, that he has often given to his supporters for the cost of postage. And it's something that hurts him personally when he has gone to such great lengths over the years to make everything available (and affordable) to everyone that is interested.
And fans seem to be concerned that they have been unable to pay Louis when purchasing his music. There is also the concern that where there ARE "dribs and drabs" scattered over blogsites and "free download" sites (complete with viruses adware, and malware), BUT in reality there has been NOWHERE to source ALL of his music, without some compromise.
So, to allay all fears and concerns, and to enable Louis to manage and realise his musical objectives as directly and quickly as possible, this website will be the one and only HUB for his music, which he will manage himself, with hired professional ongoing support.
And because he is in the unique position of OWNING the COPYRIGHT to his ENTIRE body of work, he has the FREEDOM to do with it as he wishes. And it is not without great sacrifice, emotional pain and frustration, that he has fiercely maintained his independence and ownership - so as to be able to do this one day. It has only been a case of Third Parties disrupting his best laid plans by overpromising and under-delivering (as so many fans seeking his every release in the past will attest to) that he has been unable to consistently release New Music. Even after recording and being ready for release...he has often had the 3rd Party letting him down.
He has attempted to launch this web site idea before through other well meaning third parties, but this too has been problematic and led to delays as he has not had the access to source codes and also life (& death) has gotten in the way of those who have tried to help, leading to crossed wires and more delays.
So now, with your assistance, Louis can take complete control, responsibilty and accountability for his own body of work and delivery of the best quality of music, video and other archival material, and, in future, NEW releases through this Self-Managed Website, with the appropriate Technical Support.
Once all of this has been made available, he will then be able to reach his final goal of donating all the source material to the National Film and Sound Archives of Australia - as per their own initiative. And hence this will become a gift to everyone in Australia and beyond, for perpetuity.
There will be a Voluntary Donation box, for those who can afford to assist him to continue the upkeep of the website and the ongoing goals of writing, recording, and distributing NEW WORK: including new Music, a Book, and a screenplay/script for a proposed Full Length Documentary Film, among other projects.
And as mentioned before, Louis will receive these Donations directly, and will be able to make the best use of them, by making his own decisions, and determining his own direction.
There will also be a forum for people to contribute their own photos, bootlegs or memories to share with the rest of the world.
This is a fairly big undertaking, and will have most costs figured into the start-up. But the goal is to achieve "Go Live" by the 13th March 2016 - which coiincides with Louis' birthday - and marks the anniversary of the debut this year of THE ART OF DARKNESS - which was Louis' own tribute to the people who had so generously helped him in the previous campaign, while they had asked for nothing in return. Louis still has plans to tour this ensemble, and some smaller concerts, but this website/portal is his CURRENT priority, as it will enable him a to create a small margin of ongoing income to fund touring concerts, and hopefully the website will introduce more potential patrons for the Live performances.
Along with the Publishing mechanism that this WEBSITE/HUB offers, it will hopefully achieve a greater audience development, introducing more people to Louis' music, and expanding the collections of those who have incomplete catalogues of his Music. And for those who want HARD COPY CDs and Vinyls, the income can generate the means to perhaps remaster and reissue back catalogue, compilations and of course NEW works.
This can also be the One Stop Shop, where Louis can arrange Concert Ticketing and a database of fans, so he can plan his tours more directly, with the appropriate links, and allowing feedback and suggestions from you all.
It is your generosity thus far that has given Louis the conviction to launch this HUB, as there are really only TWO relevant entities, when it comes to music. Both are equally important. That is...the performers/crew, in the presenting of the music, and the audience.
Third parties and middlemen are often unnecessary, and sometimes (inexplicably) downright obstructive. And it has most often been the case that these third parties have caused untold disruption, and blemished what should otherwise be a sublime interaction.
You have shown your commitment. And now Louis is able to show you his. He has always wished for this, and again, has gone though great pains to produce what he has done already. But the ideal is that EVERYONE will win this way. And it will be a uniting force for good, that is both uniquely intimate and shared.
Your assistance NOW will enable him to make everything he has created thus far FREELY available and accessible to ALL. This is our opportunity for a SHARED ALTRUSIM connecting many through a mutually shared experience.
For every donation, Louis will contact you directly and ask for your permission to thank you publicly.
Organizer
Louis Tillett
Organizer
Newtown NSW
