Posted 11:59 AM by Dave Allen
Here's a blog take from Evan Silverman (Rosenbergs).

http://www.livejournal.com/users/esterling/

4:42 pm - The deal with DGM

As some of you know, the Discipline Global Mobile website is now down. And
by clicking "links", you'll see that we are not listed as "DGM Artists" but
as "Friends of DGM". So I guess this means I can spill some of the beans.

When we signed with DGM in November of 2001, everyone involved was very
excited. But slowly everything started to unravel. I really think they did
the best they could have done with the limited overhead they had. They gave
us more money then promised. But, with only a handful of bands and
employees, things like "using connections" to get us on a tour was
impossible. With the exception of the tour with Echo & the Bunnymen, of
course.

Still, even though there was very little positive to come out of our
relationship with DGM (as a management company) after August 2001, we were
still against severing the ties, partly because DGM supported us when no-one
else did. But all that changed when Adrian came to town last month. We found
out that...

Despite our contract with DGM, which promises us X amount of money for three
records, DGM was not going to give us any more money. And that, for all
intents and purposes, we're not even on DGM any longer. Turns out there is
simply no money for them to be able to give. But that also means that the
$500 promised for our rehearsal space could not be covered. We had borrowed
that money when DGM had told us "the money is currently being wired", so we
were screwed.

And I'm screwed, in a bad way. The Amex bill, which DGM said they were going
to pay, is in my name. It's not that much, but is way over the $25 I have in
my bank account right now. We found out that we'd be responsible for that
money. Which means that I'm responsible, since the whole band is terribly
broke.

WHICH MEANS THAT every other day I'm getting calls from American Express
telling me that I now have bad credit.

Our business manager knows it's bullshit. Our manager also works at DGM, so
he's in a sticky situation as it is.

And I'm fucked.

I still have nothing personal against Mr. Fripp or any other employees at
DGM. I wish some things went different. I wish they didn't leave us dry,
throwing aside the contract and going against their word. But wishes don't
really mean shit, do they?

So we're doing the only thing that we can do, which is move on. We've
written a lot of new songs and we're sure that things will soon take a turn
for the better. In the meantime, anyone want to pay my Amex bill?