>
> > I remember someone a while back claiming to have the Bat2
> > demo's but I didn't believe them. Hopefully one day Jim
> > will release them.
> >
> > Pud
>
> Meat said he wanted to release the demos for all of the
> Bats for the 30th anniversary. I hope that happens. It
> would be better than just another boring re-release of
> BOOH with a few extra live tracks thrown in.
>
> I think we can almost say we have SOME of the BAT3 (Final
> At Bat) demos: "Braver Than We Are", "Not Allowed To
> Love", "Cry To Heaven", "In The Land Of The Pig, The
> Butcher Is King" and "We're Still The Children We Once
> Were". Meat said he was given 15 demos
>
>
I'm trying to formulate a question that goes something like this: Why the spanking spirits are there so many demos?????
My understanding of demos comes into a few areas. To be a representation by a non-performing songwriter selling a song to an artist; to be a preliminary sample of a proposed album by an artist to an A&R rep at a label; to procure financing for producers of a stage production; and to place a song on a shelf for future production possibilities. The readings I have been doing are developing to a preponderence of demos that I can't find logical reasons for. If a prior performance of a song is recorded, THAT recording is a DEMO. A demo is a basic thing. If an artist sees a title in a catalogue and has not heard it, and he wants to hear it he might say, is there a DEMO? The DEMO could be a prior performance, or it could be a purposed recording of a demo. So, why are there demos on top of demos? Aren't these just unreleased recordings, IMHO, instead?
Just want to get the ideas straight about what is being referred to.
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