okay, to beat a dead horse..
if something's out of print, and the record label isn't expecting to
make any more money off the release anyway (their own fault for limiting
everything to 100 copies..), what's the harm in burning a copy for
someone? say if i send a blank CDR to someone, they burn a copy of
mask, mas, markant, whatever for free, who's getting hurt? if anything,
i'm able to hear something that is no longer available, and if i like it
enough, i'll 'support' that label / artist in one way or another. if
all these kind and generous folk aren't in it for the money, why should
they care if CDRs are being made with out of print material? could we
please have another frisbee release? yes, money put to good use. argue
that pressing to vinyl and limiting a release is cost effective and
'invest' the savings in flying objects. pure genius. next in line is
the 'limited to 0 pressings' release. so damn limited, it's not even
going to be released. so send 10 bucks and support your favorite
label. yeah...
the vinyl issue...
no, i don't have a turntable and yes it sucks because you miss out on a
lot of stuff. but as mentioned before, not everyone is a d.j, and i
like to listen to stuff when i drive. (and i don't plan on hooking a
turntable up to my car stereo..) burn a copy to CD? make a copy on
tape? i don't have a burner and tape hiss sucks. are people really
trying to make things so limited, so damn hard to find, and on every
format that's not practical for everyday use to help and expand this so
called genre of music? my excuse for not having a turntable is that i
don't want one. i like CD players. i like shuffle mode. i like being
able to put a bunch of CDs in my backpack and hiking over to a friends
house. and the v/vm thing. four 'machine' 7" releases. what the
fuck? you guys (v/vm) are doing great stuff, but why can't you just
release a plain old CD? why, why, why? yes, i'm bitching and
complaining. you know what would be cool? a 2CD set (not limited) with
select tracks from skam, mas, mask, v/vm, markant, chocolate industries,
isophlux, schematic, compost, suction, mego, etc.. all containing
'previously out of print or unavailable' material. i'm sure somebody
would compile, and master this thing for close to free just to get it
released. i'd pay 25 - 35 bucks for that no problem. but why hasn't
this been done? because people are goofy. yep, that's the answer to
the whole thing. goofballs. anyway, i'm glad to see that 'domestic'
labels like matador are making this music 'accessible' to the everyday
public in non-vinyl format.
i like to read from the inside out,
christian
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