That Sinking Feeling.....

So...... I finally pick up copies of Gucci Mane and Angie Stone's new CD's. Anything I put my time and energy into always finds it's way into my collection. I also wanted to check the credits to see if they spelled my name correct............ gulp, uh.... wow. I'm not credited in either CD, so in their mind I was never there?

 I guess I didn't spend the 2 days at M Studio ATL with Angie, Sharon, Greedy, my wife Draya (who later worked with Sharon after meeting her there),  Jazze and Joey recording vocals for "Free", I must have been dreaming. The credits have it recorded by Jazze Pha (at least he was in the building) , not me so I will correct it here. Recorded by Kori and Will "The Weirdo" Wilson. Oh yeah, Kori cut the music and he got the no credit shaft also.

Gucci Mane was another snafu in it's own, I worked 81/2 hours on Gucci. I recorded the track while Chris cut the vocals, we were in the B room at Stankonia. The credits have it recorded by Chris and Moka, lol. I never saw Moka, he was not there, to this day I have never met Moka. There were only 7 of us there that night. Gucci, Coach K, Chris, Warren, Jazze, Greedy and me. Well not me, according to the credits I was someplace else, doing something else, with someone else. I think I should tell Gucci that the hour we hung out in the back didn't exist, and my dry jokes didn't make him laugh. At least Warren got his credit, he's great and It's good to see assistants get their credit. So.... Recorded by Chris Carmouche and Will "The Weirdo" Wilson should be in ink.

I do get all warm and fuzzy inside to think somebody else will be getting a Gold record for me, credit for my time and energy and ideas. The lost income and future work I will not get because I was not there will suck also. So what to do about it?

This is not an uncommon issue in the biz. My current assistant Six8 worked for Polo for 2 years, he cut many of Polos hits but he has no credits. Tony is the head engineer at Zac's and we all joke about the lack of or miscredited that goes on. It's like a lesson in Major Label apathy, who cares who did what, next......

The solution for me...... my youtube channel, with every session recorded and posted. My camera with pictures posted here and I plan on mixing because they always get the mix engineer's credits correct. Do I have to be in a takeover mentality just so I can get my time accounted for correctly?
Ok, gotcha... lesson learned.
So thank you music biz for another beautiful lesson, another reason why I WILL NEVER AGAIN have.... That sinking feeling!!