Making good business decisions is not being money-hungry. They released over 20 unreleased songs in 5 years (that is a lot for a dead artist!). I agree about fake Cascio songs though - that was a huge mistake and very bad business decision.
This Is It (1)
MICHAEL (6)
Bad 25 (6)
Xscape (8)
+ they approved All In Your Name
+ they approved There Must Be More To Life Than This
They have to spread MJ's work over each release because MJ is not here to record new material.
Yeah, but I have a sneaky suspicion that the only reason they went ahead and included those Cascio songs was to save back three genuine songs for a future release, which is not good business sense and is a money-hungry decision. If fans pay for an album they should get an album, not six genuine songs, three fakes and a remix.
That is true. But at the time they didn't know the songs are fake (my opinion and only logic explanation). They were fooled by the Cascios.
Also I wouldn't call The Way You Love Me (2010 version) a remix, since MJ did work on the song with Neff-U and planned to re-visit it for his future album. So inclusion of that song on the album is not a bad decision in my opinion.
I don't believe they genuinely believed those songs were Michael.
That is true. But at the time they didn't know the songs are fake (my opinion and only logic explanation). They were fooled by the Cascios.
Also I wouldn't call The Way You Love Me (2010 version) a remix, since MJ did work on the song with Neff-U and planned to re-visit it for his future album. So inclusion of that song on the album is not a bad decision in my opinion.
I don't believe they genuinely believed those songs were Michael.
That doesn't make sense. How could they be fooled by the Cascios? I highly doubt Branca and McClain paid unknown amounts to Eddie for exclusive rights to the songs and shipped them off to various producers without listening to them once.
I know I shouldn't be so low to continue responding to these kinds of comments, but it's getting to the point where I shouldn't call any song a remix out of concern that you'll start an argument and attempt to prove why it isn't. If we want to call the songs remixes, let us. If you want to call them contemporizations or reworkings or reimaginings or whatever, go right ahead. But for the love of God, stop trying to argue this subject. It's annoying.
He obviously can't recognize MJ's voice, he is a lawyer, not music producer so maybe that's it. He obviously isn't hardcore MJ fan. So yes, he was fooled by the Cascios, he was gullible and he decided to trust their word without any piece of evidence.
I'm not arguing at all, you are. It's annoying for me too. You can call them whatever you like to call them. But I thought that that discussion was about Xscape songs, whether they are contemporizations or remixes. I didn't know that you think finished songs on MICHAEL album are remixes also. That is new to me and it's just WOW, but OK, that's your opinion and you're entitled to have one.
Just one question, so for you, everything that is done to the song after its demo/early version state it's remixing? Even if it's done by the artist himself, completely or partially in this case?
I hope that the trial, D.S.'s book and The Truth Untold documentary will give us the answers we need.
The only reason I'm planning to buy the book is because it's going to outline Michael's last three years in the studio, with the help of Brad Buxer, Michael Prince and some others.
Question please: the book/documentary is still scheduled to be released?
Just because you think the songs are real
Whenever anyone refers to a new rendition of a song as a remix, you're immediately jumping in and saying we're wrong.
On a technical level? Yes. As far as the textbook definition is concerned, whenever an artist/producer/musician enters the studio and alters part of a song by adding/removing certain elements, the new mix produced by said artist/producer/musician can be defined as a remix.
On a personal level? No. I've always viewed remixes as a complete deviation from the original track, completely disregarding anything from the original source material. That's why the album versions of Hold My Hand or Another Day or even Breaking News aren't remixes: you can hear various elements and portions that both the original and current mixes share. And that's why almost every song on Xscape are remixes: they are completely separate songs.
Question please: the book/documentary is still scheduled to be released?
Making good business decisions is not being money-hungry. They released over 20 unreleased songs in 5 years (that is a lot for a dead artist!). I agree about fake Cascio songs though - that was a huge mistake and very bad business decision.
This Is It (1)
MICHAEL (6)
Bad 25 (6)
Xscape (8)
+ they approved All In Your Name
+ they approved There Must Be More To Life Than This
They have to spread MJ's work over each release because MJ is not here to record new material.
