On the Analogue Heaven list comp tape, it was basically a first-come,
first-served deal. Some of us submitted *way* too much material, with
track times all over the map (2:xx to 22:xx). So, the 'tape manager'
got the job of editing the entries. I like that approach, with the
exception of letting just the 'tape manager' decide which tracks get
in. The panel idea is good; but why not use the full capacity of our
electronic environment? Why not have one of us UNIX-gurus set up a
polling process. You mail a standardized message to it, and it tallies
the results. It could just put the messages into a file, and then parse
it after the voting interval has expired to eliminate multiple entries
from the same mailing address (it just throws 'em out). This would be
predicated upon the notion that we all could get access to "snippets"
of each work via ftp/www/e-mail, and that we all have the capability to
hear such soundfiles. We probably don't all have that capability, but
at least this would be a bit more democratic than just letting one
person do all the voting.
My $.22 worth,
Barry Sanders
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