Re: [microsound] On promo

[justino aka Jorge Bachmann <justino@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

thank you dale!
you just got the words out of my mouth!
let's keep things in perspective!
paz
J21


> This list group is like a broken record when it comes to this topic! 
> Unfortunately, people like myself who spend a good amount of their 
> free time and money working on and promoting other people's music 
> and not getting paid for it (so I would say that we are not like 
> major labels), don't have a lot of time to sit around and wax poetic 
> or philosophic about a genre of music via e-mail. That is all fine 
> and dandy for those of you who do. But please realize that everyone 
> is doing their part in keeping relatively obscure music alive. I 
> feel that people on this list group who constantly complain about 
> promo e-mails are in danger of damning the same music they pretend 
> to support.
>
> Kim stated that he didn't want to see "crossposting" which he 
> regards as being blanket e-mails that are CC'd to various list 
> groups at the same time. If people use that guideline, then they 
> should be ok.
>
> I try to interact when I can, but on my end of things what I find to 
> be twenty times more annoying is when people keep complaining about 
> pertinent promo posts, not to mention "chat room e-mails" consisting 
> of little quips like "yep, me too." that add to the 40-50+ 
> .microsound emails that fill up my mail box everyday. At least a 
> certain portion of the promo e-mails are INFORMATIVE. In fact, I 
> have a list of promo e-mails that I intend to visit when I have 
> time, including one from Phil Thomson. So, I'm not trying to condemn 
> .microsound chat, I'm just trying to say: keep things in perspective 
> regarding the .macro scheme of things.
>
> Best, Dale


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