22 Responses to “MILES OF MUSIC CLOSES UP SHOP:”

On October 11th, 2008 at 4:04 pm Evan Goldman Said:

All I can say is, that sucks. Big time. If that’s a sign of the times, take me back to 1983. Please.

On October 11th, 2008 at 11:07 pm Brandon Said:

Hmmm.. I was wondering why they refunded my PayPal purchase. Well this sucks, at least I got the ESP CD through the bands myspace at least though. Bummer

On October 12th, 2008 at 10:29 pm Jared Wayne Said:

Man that sucks. All the shit I love is falling by the wayside, No Depression and now this. Dont you dare follow that trend. Yall have turned me onto so much great stuff.
keep it up

On October 13th, 2008 at 3:33 pm Autopsy IV Said:

We ain’t going no where Jared.

On November 3rd, 2008 at 3:17 pm Michelle Said:

Wow. What about the folks that supplied music to them? They owe me money for CD sales and also have extra product that I really need to get back!!

On November 3rd, 2008 at 4:46 pm Autopsy IV Said:

I have no idea what kind of boat y’all are in.
If you email Jeff and get an answer lemme know.

On November 16th, 2008 at 8:26 pm Evan Phillips Said:

here are the hard cold facts for myself, and my two bands, the whipsaws, and Easton Stagger Phillips…

miles of music owes us over $3000. over the last year they told us they were either sending us checks (that we never recieved), or that they would be sending us checks soon. Meanwhile, they continued to sell our records, and lots of them.

For me, the kicker is that 2 weeks before miles of music folded, the sold 50+ Easton Stagger phillips records. I believe that they never intended to pay us for these, and even though we have hired a lawyer, I don’t plan on seeing this money.

I am angry because i am an artist that works my ass off and barely gets by. i believed that miles of music had my best interest in mind and i was wrong. i empathise with buisnesses, and everyone who is having difficulty with the economic conditions. but the cold hard truth is that miles of music lied to us, and in the end, they ripped me and my two bands off.

that being said, you won’t catch me whining about it, and you won’t catch my bands whining about it. we will keep doing what we do, and probably do it ourselves. so if you are sitting around feeling sorry for miles of music, that’s cool. i wouldn’t though.

On November 17th, 2008 at 11:27 am Steve Robinson Said:

I’ve been writing emails to Jeff at MOM for almost a year trying to get paid for my CDs. I never heard from him, so if anyone hears from him I’d love to hear about it. What a sour taste I have in my mouth right now.
Steve R.

On November 17th, 2008 at 11:34 am Autopsy IV Said:

Wow. I had no idea M.O.M. was treating the artists so bad behind the scenes.

That really fucking sucks. Now, I feel like a jackass for spending money with them. I bought both The Whipsaws and the ESP disc from M.O.M….It’s a shame to know Evan didn’t see any of that.

To the artists I have a question: Are any of the cd outlets paying y’all? Who can we as the end user buy from and know y’all are seeing your cut?

On November 17th, 2008 at 12:20 pm Steve Robinson Said:

I also sell through CDBaby, Not Lame Recordings, and Kool Kat Musik, all of whom have been totally professional and punctual in their payments. I expected the same from MOM, especially in light of how strict they were with their shipping/invoice requirements from the artist.
Just wondering…does anyone know if the announcement on Jeff Weiss’s blog get removed? I can’t find it, or any trace of the MOM site. It would be nice if there was even a note of explanation to the artists wouldn’t it? I’ve not received one word from him. Not a sausage. Bugger all…

On November 17th, 2008 at 2:17 pm Autopsy IV Said:

yeah.
his silence pretty much sucks for y’all.
def. sours the whole M.O.M. legacy.

On November 17th, 2008 at 8:47 pm Angry Miles of Music Artists Said:

Jeff Weiss (owner of Miles of Music) is a thief…plain and simple. He has 1000s of CDs - other artists PROPERTY — and he has stated he has no intention of shipping the artists catalog back to them.

He also has not PAID out the artists whose product he sold. So dont mourn the death of this rathole “business.”

On November 17th, 2008 at 9:12 pm Autopsy IV Said:

He actually said he has no intention of shipping it back?
Can you quote that somewhere?

I am starting to put together the beginnings of a follow-up to this post that lays out how badly the artists have gotten shafted in this whole deal since nobody else is telling that story.

I’d love any info any of y’all could provide me.

On November 18th, 2008 at 10:13 am Steve Robinson Said:

I’ve not heard a word from the man on any of this. The only thing I’ve seen is the statement on this site. My favourite part is…
“We aren’t throwing in the towel so much as calling a time-out. For now, though, we are closed for business.”
Wonder if that’s why he’ll be keeping all the product? Then, when he’s ready to get back in the ring, he’ll be fully stocked. Genius!
The sad thing is, during this past year as I tried in vain to contact Jeff about payment, the MOM website continued to have new releases featured as normal, so he was continuing to receive and sell new product from indie artists all over the bloody show. Very naughty in my book.
I’m surprised there’s not more chatter about this online. Is anyone else discussing this anywhere?

On November 18th, 2008 at 10:16 am Autopsy IV Said:

I’m surprised there’s not more chatter about this online. Is anyone else discussing this anywhere?

as far as I can tell this is the only place where it’s getting any talk at all.

that’s why I am gonna do a follow-up about it from the artists point of view.

sometime this week I am gonna put up an open call to artists to email their story w/regards to M.O.M. not paying/stealing their property.

any of you who are interested…email me your story: autopsy4@gmail.com

On November 19th, 2008 at 10:25 am (weewerk) Said:

Funny Jeff asks us to “Please continue supporting independent artists” whereas he has seemingly ripped off more then a few indie artists and indie labels…even our little Canadian label (weewerk).

Aside from not paying us one red cent for 3 consignment orders - Jeff had the gall to ask me for a bunch of our new releases for consideration…why would someone do that if they were going out of business?

I’m really shocked by this behaviour and I will now go online to spout the truth on this slim ball.

What an asshole!
Phil Klygo http://www.weewerk.com

On November 20th, 2008 at 11:00 pm Jason Kohl Said:

He very mush stated that he was not going to ship the artists product back (in a blog post) claiming that if he had money to do that, then he would have kept the business open. Uhhh, sorry Jeff, but you have 1000s of CDs that do not belong to you and 1000s of dollar worth of sold product you are not paying out to the arists.

Austopsy, this was stated on Weiss’s blog milesofmusic.blogspot.com last week, but he has since removed the (rather cavalier) post. Maybe the “wayback machine” could pull it up? Regardless, it is criminal what he is doing. What an asshole.

Anyone have a phone number for this guy, or a working email? He has since closed th sites domain, so the emails just bounce back.

On November 21st, 2008 at 2:34 pm Trevor Said:

Since I’ve designed a small web app for reading blogs before, I figured Google Reader probably has a cached copy of the M.O.M. blog’s feed. I was right.

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A Note To Bands
from Miles of Music by Jeff Weiss
As you have figured out we abruptly closed a few weeks back. The current economic climate along with some older decisions that seemed right at the time all came to a head when the stock market tanked, credit tightened, and, customers stopped buying.

The company did not shut down with full coffers. No, it shut down completely broke.

There are loads of bands that are, unfortunately, going to come out on the short end. A business went bad, causing collateral damage.

Someone asked, “Well, why don’t you just send everything back?” If Miles of Music had the resources to send everything back, the company would also have the resources to continue doing business.

In 1995 the company set out to do things differently. We wanted to make sure everyone got paid. For a long while we succeeded. At the end, though, it isn’t to be.

An attorney has been retained to finalize the end of the company. Yes, the attorneys get paid. No, it isn’t coming out of company money. There is no company money. Over the next few months more details will emerge.

With apologies

Miles of Music

On November 21st, 2008 at 2:46 pm Jason Kohl Said:

Trevor, thanks for posting that blog post Weiss removed.

I’m surprised there is no mention of him screwing all these artists on No Depression/Americana sites yet.

On November 21st, 2008 at 2:57 pm Autopsy IV Said:

I am gonna write a follow up piece about the whole deal this weekend and hope to get it up next week.

On November 21st, 2008 at 7:55 pm Kyle Said:

jeff ripped me off too. not for as much as some of you but still pretty lame. karma is a bitch.

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