Seems that I am forced to make clear that this is _not_ an aprils fools postIt came to my attention yestarday that a cunt called Laromlab (Brandon Harrod) from Kentucky, has built his whole image on stealing songs from me and my friends CrazyQ & DMA-SC. Not only did he fake his discography, put out youtube films where he explains how he composes his music, wich he dont, he pressed play on a sid-emulated tracker on a laptop and said he mix everything live and talked about his mixer and how he wants to “control his sound”. Not only did he sign himself to a label with this stolen music, a label who pressed his stolen music on an album and created a big internet hype around him on blogs, and not only did he get american radios to play his stolen music, he also performed the songs live and did a tour!!! Thanks for the heads up from Crazyq, I contacted his label and they are on their way to remove all traces of that this dick ever existed. As if this was not enough, the song he stole was a song I made back in 2001, re-released on YMrockerz 2003. That means I was 16 when I composed it, couldnt he have tried to steal something of actual quality atleast? shiezz.
Edit, the conclusion:
On behalf of Mushpot Records and affiliated artists:
Upon discovery of copyright issues as well as a breach of contract
regarding Laromlab/Brandon Harrod, and his recently released
self-titled album, I had no choice but to immediately halt digital
distribution and disable all purchase links. The matter resulted in
the separation of Laromlab from the Mushpot catalogue. As a person who
is heavily invested on both sides of the music industry, I do not
condone plagiarism and will not tolerate such behavior.
I am taking steps to communicate with the offended parties. As far as
I could gather, here are the original track names and artists that
make up the Laromlab album:
Laromlab Original Title Artist
1 Rock!! Hard!! Nightvision CrazyQ
2 Mission for Glory Haschkaka Dubmood
3 C: Dancer Cybernetic Dancer DMA-SC
4 Phat and Phunky Pt. 1 Phat and Phunky Pt. 1 CrazyQ
5 Zipp Zapp Zip Zap Space Attack CrazyQ
6 They're back!!! Return of the Fighters DMA-SC
7 Sid Attax Atari Attacks CrazyQ
8 Return of Da Stomp Local Hero CrazyQ
9 Punk Funk Pink Phunk Monster CrazyQ
10 Nightdrive Stars of the Night DMA-SC
11 T-girl Dancing T-Girl Lotek Style
12 (Hidden) Hiapoe DMA-SC
I manufactured Laromlab with the belief that Harrod was indeed the
sole copyright holder. I regret any inconvenience this has caused.
Best,
Jenn de la Vega
Mushpot Records
Mushpot@gmail.com
4/1/2008
