Comments on: FOLLOW-UP: MORE ON THE MILES OF MUSIC CLOSING…

By: shelby collins

shelby collins — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:07:47 +0000

hello. some years back you had 2 very special cd’s for sale, im hoping you have some old stock and may have these, the cd’s were a tribute to merle haggard’s guitar player roy nichols who died in 2001, the first cd was called to roy nichols with love vol.1, 1997, the second cd was called to roy nichols with love vol.2 hillbilly down, 2001 the record label was cowgirl records, kathy robertson, I have had no luck in finding these cd’s, im hoping you can help, I have searched the net to hell and back with no luck, gemm, musicstack, eil.com, amazon, ebay, and about 30 others, please help! I live in bakersfield, ca, and no luck, thanks, shelby collins, email: j_d@pacbell.net
phone: 661-872-4966
p.s. in 2001 you did have these cd’s for sale at miles of music.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:32:01 +0000

Funny MoM going, first I noticd was the lack of a newsletter. It didn’t really bother me as I was going through the mill with my business and wasn’t buying music. Anyhow things started to turn around and MoM has gone. As a Limey American music of the ND variety was difficult enough to get hold of but with no MoM it is almost impossible.
OK so they were welching on their suppliers, a real bad thing to do but I never found them lacking, orders arived quickly and they were always good to talk to.
For all the bad blood they seem to have spilled.
RIP MoM.

By: Autopsy IV

Autopsy IV — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:23:43 +0000

He (Evan) is getting his surgery this week.
I dunno about you but I think the warm Florida air might do him well.

By: rob

rob — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:21:20 +0000

Buy both, several copies. Evan’s solo and Easton Stagger Phillips. Also, anyone that can fix up Evan and get them back on the road(to Florida), make it so.

By: Autopsy IV

Autopsy IV — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:34:55 +0000

and anyone out there who hasn’t bought the Whipsaws album.
WTF is wrong with you? Buy it now!

By: Aaron Benolkin

Aaron Benolkin — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:08:23 +0000

Thanks for digging into this, this seems to be the only info out there regarding MoM. We’ve been unable to get a reply even after our lawyer contacted them. The lack of info and refusal to send back our product are the worst part of it. At least it looks like there is a chance we could pay to get our product back. Thanks to everyone who bought a Whipsaws album, I know we directed all of our online customers to MoM first, so hopefully they at least got their orders. Keep up the good work Nine Bullets.
Aaron Benolkin
The Whipsaws

By: David Lykins

David Lykins — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:45:39 +0000

I had kinda put this whole thing behind me but I am glad I came across this post. I had received a purchase order for my CD Blurry White Guy and sent it to Miles of Music scant weeks before they folded. I was excited to see the progress of the page for Blurry White Guy come along and to see it had been picked as a “Cracker”. The page never went live however and the next thing I saw on the MOM website was the infamous “Throwing in the Towel” message. I waited a couple of weeks figuring Jeff had a lot to deal with and then sent an email asking what his intentions were as far as the inventory I had sent him (30 cd’s). The day after I sent the email I found my CD’s in the same package I had sent them sitting on my doorstep. Being sent media mail they had probably been in transit awhile. It looks like I was one of the lucky ones. I had read earlier on Jeff’s blog that he simply had no money to send product back to the artist.
I really wish the best for Jeff and everybody at Miles of Music. He worked hard, risked much and lost a lot in this venture.
Dave Lykins

By: The Mangling Tree Commissioner

The Mangling Tree Commissioner — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:55:43 +0000

I worked for Jeff for over 9 years, right up until the final day MoM closed shop. Not only did Jeff give his heart and soul to Miles of Music, but he also dedicated his life to it.

Jeff’s focus, up until the day we folded, was to make sure the artist, and customer, was taken care of. We did our best and the single biggest regret when the end was nigh was that we could not take care of the list of artists who we owed money. I lost the best job a person could ever hope for, Jeffrey is losing his house. Yet the tears wept were for the artists, not for our personal loss.

I know thst many of the folks who posted above, and who read this won’t believe me, which is unfortunate. However, having been on the “inside” as it was unfolding, I know the truth; Jeff, and Miles of Music, was dedicated to Americana Music and more importantly, the artists who created the music. We did our best and over our 13 years run and dedciated all our resources towards the goal of taking care of the artists.

DJJEff

By: small label

small label — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:36:31 +0000

Sorry, no sympathy for these 2. I suspect Jeff and corrie would starve some labels and bands by stalling and lying about making payments, while paying other artists and labels they were attempting to woo for various self-serving reasons. I personally witnessed them driving wedges between labels and their artists to get “product” at a lower price or to get the band to sign to one of their more favored labels…or worse, in an attempt to sign the band to their own label (which apparently never got off the ground–probably because of the ridiculous, lopsided contracts they presented to the artists). As for “razor-thin” margins–they were paying less than many distributors for the cd’s they purchased directly and marking them up as much as 100%.

By: kelly pardekooper

kelly pardekooper — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:02:33 +0000

I’ve been working with Jeff/Corrie for 10 years and this is sad news indeed. I know indie music biz is bad and I’ve had my bouts of slow-payed checks with them over the years but they were fighting the good fight I think. Anyone have an address/contact where we can pay to get our MOM CD’s back?