Re: [microsound] On promo

[Phil Thomson <philthom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> A mailing list is a community, and I think that posting advertisements
> and self-promotion is a priviledge, not a right, in a community like
> that. If the sum total of your message to this community is "come to my
> show, buy my CD", that isn't much different than the way that the major
> labels market their crap. And I'd rather not hear it.

But what if the post isn't selling anything? If I post for my free
netlabel, i that still considered SPAM? I guess what I'm wondering is
whether I should start a separate list for my label, or if it's OK to post
here. Is a promotional posting of a non-commercial nature still annoying?
or is the commercialism that's annoying?

P

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