Editorial notes.

What this page is

This page records the working practice behind our writing and our recording. It is a standing commitment to our readers and to the musicians who record for the Stellarterm Sessions.

Writing

Every article on this site is written, edited, and finalised by one of the two named editors. We do not commission freelance work; we do not syndicate from other publications; we do not use generative AI systems at any stage of drafting, editing, or proofing. The scale of the publication is small enough that this is a realistic commitment, and we think it matters for the kind of writing we want to do.

Factual claims in our writing are checked before publication. Where we draw on published sources (recordings, liner notes, interviews in other publications), we attribute. Where we are uncertain about a specific fact, we say so. Where we are writing from our own personal experience — which is most of what we write — we make it clear we are doing so.

The Stellarterm Sessions

The recording programme is covered by a simple one-page agreement between the label and each participating musician. Key points of the standard agreement:

• The musician retains all rights in their performance. The label is granted a non-exclusive right to archive the recording and, subject to separate consent, to issue it on a small physical-media edition.
• No fee is exchanged for the recording session itself. If a recording is released on a physical edition, the musician receives an agreed share of the net proceeds of that specific edition.
• Musicians may request that any recording be withdrawn from the archive at any time. If we have not yet released the recording, we will destroy the master files on request; if a physical edition has been pressed, we will halt further sales of that edition at the musician's request.

A full copy of the current standard agreement is available on request to any musician contemplating a Stellarterm session.

Corrections

If we have published something factually incorrect, write to editor@fattuesdayrecords.com. We verify the correction, update the article, and append a short dated note at the foot of the article. Typographical and spelling errors are fixed silently; material corrections of fact are always noted.

Conflicts of interest

Where we write about a musician who has recorded for the Stellarterm Sessions (which will happen often, since the Sessions are the subject of a significant share of our writing), the prior relationship is obvious from context. Where we write about a musician with whom one of us has an undisclosed personal or professional relationship, we disclose the relationship at the foot of the article. We do not write promotional material for any musician, inside or outside the label.

Independence

Fat Tuesday Records carries no advertising, accepts no sponsorship, takes no institutional funding, and has no commercial partnerships that could influence our writing. Our running costs are met from the editors' personal funds. We have no plans to change this arrangement.

Reader correspondence

We read all mail sent to the editorial address. We aim to respond to reasonable reader correspondence within two working days. We are happy to engage on questions of musical or editorial substance; we regret that we cannot answer the kinds of queries listed on our contact page under "What we cannot help with."

Review

These editorial notes are reviewed by the editors annually. Substantive changes will be dated.