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Hey Edwin. I was thinking about Titan Arum.

Why did you name your song 'Titan Arum'?

It's a flower right?

titan arum's full latin name means "giant mis-shapen penis"

Riiiight. And why did the name it Titan Arum?

that flower is the smelliest flower in the world. fact.

people hand pollinate this flower.
basically, its hand sex.

Dave can you change your avatar it's making my screen sad.

Edwin,are you upset i wont be at the gig on Thursday,but will be at Fionn Regans just the day after?
In a venue not long from the one you'll be in on thursday night?
Do come outside afterwards.
Shout "GARUFF" 3 times and see what happens D:

Do you believe in God? (to whole band)

Well, i see this thread has started up again.

For good reason.

There will alwasy be more questions to pester Edwin with.

I thought he said he was bored of answering them, nevermind.

Whoah ! That's a change from the usual "do you like Marmite" question

A bloke who went I went to primary school's dad is my teacher. Anyway, his son is in a band now which have got loads of offers from labels. The teacher was pretty vague. He said all the big ones had offered (and he is not a lying type of person) including a £750 grand deal. I personally can't understand the fuss about them. They also have an offer from Island (who are obviously owned by Universal) which I think is the sons favourite and also Radiohead's manager Bryce Edge has apparently offered a deal where he promotes them.

This is all pretty vague and no really facts in there, but do you still think Foals made the right decision to join a minor record label affiliated with a major one? What do you think the best option when signing a record deal nowadays provided you are wanted?

Just so you don't think I'm joking
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i was at the gig in tivoli (:
hey edwin, ask yannis if he enjoyed his chips haha. so cool that you dedicated a song for us (:
thank you sooo much for the amazing show. best night of my life =D

it's really hard to believe this £750 grand offer for a new band, especially when last few years record labels keep saying they are loosing money because of the illegal downloading etc.

To answer your question, i would say that when you're signing a deal the most important thing should be to keep rights for your songs so that you have the creative control. and then, beware of giving anybody % of your merchandizing? also, try to force them to sign that they will do a good promotion, not just manufacturing and not selling.