Yes, another mix of SPP4.

Transferred a couple hundred trip pictures from my phone to my computer. Maybe by the end of June or July I’ll have the data from the past six months organized and uploaded, finally. Maybe not, there’s thousands of photos and hundreds of hours of sound.

Rehearsed for the upcoming Copy Lake/MD*ME tour of Cascadia in July.
And recorded some new cymbal sounds for the CL cassette. Have about an hour of new cymbal experiments to cull through and edit.

But that will have to wait, for my friends Chuck and Barbara called and I’m heading out to Venice now for a bike ride and a BBQ!

OMFG, my life is good!

Spoke with my lawyer today about creating contracts that give investors a continuing share. I had some fancy ideas, but she set me straight. We’re going simple. The investors get a cut of any money I make. Neither collectors nor distributors have to deal with them or vice versa. It all goes through me and 23E Studios. Every penny I make, from day one, is divvied up between me and them. Looks like it’ll be 1/50th of the gross for every thousand dollars invested.

We also discussed how to handle the project collapsing before it opens and how to legally be prepared for that worst case scenario.

I have asked her to think about how to create a contract that buyers of objects like the architectural model cinemas will have to sign, so that any money they make off resale is shared with investors. Trying to apply the filmic thinking of distribution to unique objects. Janet thinks that the objects are like DVDs and I should let right of first sale apply. But I’d prefer to create a contract that blurs that line and puts the art objects in the same class and on the same footing as the film.

Also asked her about potential new producers, since i’m relatively sure Chuck is going to bail on me.

Haven’t heard from Kam. Worrisome.

Can’t believe I’m hoping the upoming strike runs through next year just so I don’t have to compete for talent. SELFISH!