Re: Re: [microsound] A remark about the list

[Elisha <guitarristo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

How many times did you contradict yourself int this post?  Come on ask 
yourself.  Be objective.

No, pressing your own CD is not cheap.  Not for me.  I make about $400 a 
month.  For real. I had to take my friends pop bottles back tto buy a cup of 
coffee this morning.  I'm not looking for pity.  I'm telling you I don't have 
enough money to press my own CD.  Even if I did, I wouldn't do it.  The only 
reason to "press" CD's is to make them look like they're done professionally.  
Fuck that.  That's what I'm trying to avoid in the first place.

  Why don't you do a little experiment.  Quit your job and get another one at a 
restauraunnt or cafe.  Then make CD's worth of music and try and promote it and 
sell it yourself, and get gigs.  See if you can juggle that.  Then tell me that 
music that isn't produced proessionally ("pressed") isn't even worth listening 
to.

Why don't you get lost, unless you enjoy being inflammatory.
-elisha 

> 
> May be petty and small-minded but at least an honest personal opinion. 
> I dont understand how this could be so dangerous.
> 
> Mailing lists suck if you are out looking for interesting new music. 
> It's not happening on a mailing list. I'll take a subscription to The 
> Wire any  day over the combined mailing lists I have been scanning for 
> a while.
> 
> That said, I like announcement lists. And I usually look at the sites 
> of record companies I know have some kind of editorial/selection 
> criteria in place that matches mine. And mostly they have done proper 
> mastering of the recording etc.
> 
> I no longer bother with MP3:s or CDR:s  -- if the artist does not think 
> its worth pressing a real CD (which is inexpensive enough) .. why 
> should anyone be willing to listen to and even pay for it? Most 
> self-releases could do with some critical discussion both on musical 
> matters and and technical - being your own critic is hard to do and 
> requires much knowledge and experience.
> 
> 
> 
> lördagen den 23 november 2002 kl 22.51 skrev The pHarmanaut:
> 
> > This diatribe barely warrants a response, but I do want to say one 
> > thing
> > here. I don't mind your assessment of self-promotion and such, and even
> > though I disagree with it, I respect your opinion. But I think the 
> > "special
> > note to Twine" is completely uncalled-for, a personal attack that you
> > should've saved for a personal venue rather than a public post. I 
> > think you
> > revealed yourself to be very petty and small-minded and completely 
> > undercut
> > your previous discussion. Go back to lurking!
> >
> > -=The pHarmanaut
> >
> >
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