Re: [microsound] On promo

[derek holzer <derek@xxxxxxx>]

I'd like to back Steve up on this one:

Steve Polta wrote:
> I happen to find promotional posts from list members
> who do not participate or constructively contribute in
> any other way really annoying (this opinion applicable
> to any list, not just this one). 

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 I do enjoy seeing what the people who add some light to this list 
are up to in their lives and work. I guess it's just a matter for your 
own conscience...

d.

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