Live and Epic Records Part Ways, Band removed from Website Options

[SJN1279]

It seems that Live have finally parted ways with Epic Records. While the information isn't confirmed, Live can be no longer be found on the artist page at Epic Records found here:

http://www.epicrecords.com/artists.html?letter=l

To me this is great news, because Epic never supported and terribly mismanaged promotion of Live's latest album, Songs from Black Mountain. They sent Ed on a long promo tour but cut it short two months before the album was finally released. Couple that with frequent album delays, and disjointed touring in the US, Epic ruined any chance for Live to garner sales with their latest album. Throwing them on Red Ink and not capitalizing on an American Idol appearance was the final straw for me as a fan.

Now as let's hope the band sticks together and finds a new label that will show Live more support than they received from the band killer known as Epic Records.

[Heather]

My greatest hope would be that they would go Indie. They would have more artistic freedom, if that is indeed what they want because after hearing SFBM I'm not so sure, but they would need to work really hard to promote themselves or hire a promotion team to do it for them. I'm just not sure at this point that they would want to work that hard. Like someone else said they all seem to have interests outside of Live and its almost like the band is not their main focus anymore. I also agree that its not about album sales anymore but about getting the music that you really want to create out there to your real fans. I guess they have to decide how they want to go about doing that and if its really that important to them. You certainly don't need a record label deal to get your music out there and to do a decent tour. In fact I would think that if they did it on their own and sold a bunch of records it would be even more satisfying to them. If they were paying for everything out of their own pockets they would want to be sure they are really putting a quality cd out there, otherwise what would be the point?