Hello, friends!
This is kumquat. Ummm...felt I should share my thoughts at this point.
scot gelinas writes (in reference to Thad's indiscretions):
<< hey you are way out of line on this one. besides the fact that you post
your trade list pretty much every week or so, show some fuckin respect to
Kumquat who gave his own CD away free to anyone who wanted one. no class...>>
Scot and Irene, I truly appreciate that you are watching out for me. Aside
from that, I have no quarrel with Thad's original attempt to sell Kumquat.
There is a reasonable level of turnover among IDM list members, and Thad may
not have known that this free promo disc was offered to the list. There is
no "not for retail sale, promo use only" stamp on it, after all.
How about it, Thad, did you know about this offer? I know I didn't send a cd
to you directly, since you are not in my database. ( That's right: I've got
the names and addresses of many of you. So you'd best behave.)
Aren't those promo stamps a joke anyway? I can't even count the times I've
purchased "promo use only" records in the so-called "cut-out bins" in
"legitimate" record stores.
Thad writes:
<< as far as I know, Kumquat is not offering free promos of this CD to folks
any longer. Actually, I think it has been months now since he was doing
so...>>
This is not true. Free promo cd's are still available, but going fast.
Check out:
http://www.thelocus.com/kumquat
Kindly expore the site a bit and listen to the mp3's (also free) before
e-mailing me for a free postage-paid cd, since the music may or may not be
your cuppa tea. As I said last time around, it sounds nothing like autechre.
But some soundboys dig it. Check the musical references points on the site.
<< is kumquat making a royalty off of your sale? >>
This is a rhetorical question, right?
the good zimbette writes:
<< (i like the kumquat cd, or most of it, quite a bit. it is silly as hell,
fun as a duck and fits in quite nicely with land of the loops, sukpatch, le
tone and other childish junk.) >>
Thanks, chris...I'm proud to be fun as a duck, and I'm going to consider
"childish junk" to be a compliment, since I see kumquat in your radio
playlists now and then.
dear mr thug writes (and we should all of course buy his album):
<< being a struggling artist myself just wondering why anyone would put a
monetary figure on something such as the Kumquat cd ? I mean Mr.Kumquat has
obviously put in a whole lot of effort into this release (with a proper cd
pressing and proper inlays and postal pack) and then has been nice enough to
send them out absolutely free of charge ... >>
Zenon M. Feszczak writes:
<< Perhaps artists should include a note expressing their wishes with such
freebies. For example, when Bionaut sent out free promos, he stipulated that
the recipient, should she/he not like the record, _give_ it to someone else.
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I support this idea. If you have a kumquat that you think someone else would
like better than you, give it, sell it, barter it, rent it, as long as it
gets some listening.
Konstantin Minko writes:
<< I think you folks who say that they live in a free country should agree
with it. >>
Currently, Kumquat is free music for free people. Until we start charging.
- Fred Church
bigkumquat@aol.com
http://www.thelocus.com/kumquat