The relationship with a builder and artist can be a special thing. Some times there collaborations on new and innovative products. Some times it’s a mutual respect of each other and an effort to help each other by advertising and promoting each others’ “brands”. As a builder it’s a big goal to have a major name use and endorse your gear.
This morning, I was a little bummed to read about the issues that Australian based Midnight Amplification Devices is having with Ryan Adams. Looks like Ryan is using similar graphics from Midnight’s Giant Sound pedal on shirts and selling them at shows. Here is what he said on his Instagram account:
@midnightamplificationdevices I didn’t want to do this, but Ryan Adams has forced my hand. Ryan Adams has directly ripped off my artwork and has continued to sell my work, without permission. Ryan purchased several pedals from Midnight Amplification, including the Giant Sound which includes the artwork in question. Not even a month after him receiving the pedals, my design appears on his shirts…
After numerous phone calls from his manager, multiple emails and even a personal phone call from Ryan himself, they are still selling the shirt with my artwork, without permission.
I’ve been told a lot of lies by them and frankly, I’m surprised that @capitolrecords would want to be associated with someone who clearly doesn’t care about anyone but himself.
I’ve been told that “I should be so lucky†for the exposure Ryan gave me.
I’ve been told that “this was meant to be a tip of the hat to me [midnight]â€; which it would have been, was I asked permission FIRST and had been credited… but that is not the case.
I also expected more from Ryan, but upon a quick google search, Ryan is no stranger to drama and bullshit.
The ironic thing is that Ryan posted on IG recently that art should be paid for and that people should buy his record so they can keep making art…So to cover the cost of a lawyer getting involved and defending my artwork, I’m offering a sale in the web store until 25/12/2016.
Enter the code FUCKRYANADAMS and you’ll receive 25% off anything in store.Sorry I’ve been absent and busy, but this has given me a lot of headaches and I’m ultimately a one-man show.
Thank you for the continued support, it means the world.
So, it was cool that he liked the pedal.. but not how he handle it later. This, in one hand *could* help Midnight Amplification Devices, but the approach about it.. not very nice. I hope that Adams can fix this. What are your thoughts? Let me know.. comment below!
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6 years ago
From Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Adams#
“Adams gained notoriety after he left an angry message on critic Jim DeRogatis’ answering machine.[56] It was in response to a scathing review DeRogatis gave of an Adams’ show in 2003, and in particular the critic’s dismissive comparison of the singer-songwriter’s talents with those of Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy.
“At a concert in October 2002, at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, someone in the audience yelled out a request for “Summer of ’69,” a hit by the similarly-named Bryan Adams. Ryan reacted with a stream of expletives, and ordered the house lights turned on, The Tennessean newspaper reported. He eventually found the fan who made the joke request, paid him $30 cash as a refund for the show, ordered him to leave, and said he would not play another note until he had left.[57] In a 2014 interview, Ryan Adams denied that the audience member was asked to leave “for screaming a Bryan Adams song”, but rather because the man was drunk: “The reason why the guy ever was asked to leave by me was because I was doing an a capella three-piece with Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, and myself of ‘Bartering Lines,’ and in between the quiet parts the guy was screaming.”[58][59] In April 2015, Ryan, who had since become friends with Bryan, played “Summer of ’69” at the end of another performance at the Ryman, an act described by Rolling Stone as “an olive branch to the city that was once his home.”[60]
“During filming of the BBC’s long-running show Songwriter’s Circle, where Adams was joined by American folk-singer Janis Ian and New Zealand’s Neil Finn, it was reported that he refused to participate in a number of the songs performed on the night and was generally dismissive of collaborating with the others. The fall-out from the show resulted in an online to-and-fro argument between himself, Ian, and members of the public, citing Adams’ rude behavior and eccentric demeanor toward his colleagues.[61]”
He sounds like an old, arrogant prima donna who can’t accept that his $**t doesn’t stink. Who needs him?
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5 years ago
It’s clear that Ryan Adams is no stranger to drama. Personally, my bad experiences have not been with Ryan Adams, but with Nic Belor of Midnight Amplification Devices.
Sure, it’s great to support the little guy and do what we can to look out for each other so that we don’t get trampled by the giants. However, some of the little guys are snakes. I won’t go into my personal experience here, but I’ll just say don’t always assume the temperamental superstar is the devil, and the regular guy is the saint. Sometimes it’s not as clear but as that.
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