I guess I often like buying blind too. But not always. I remember about a
month ago I ordered a package of records, all of which spawned from hype on
the list. I hadn't heard any of them, but decided to take a chance. I
hated every last one of them. I think from that day on, I demanded to hear
before I buy. The only label that I think does an exceptional job at
letting possible customers hear the music before hand is Merck
(www.m3rck.net). They give 45-60 sec. samples for each track on every
release (even for some of the upcoming releases. Needless to say, I've
bought almost every record from Merck, just cuz I've been provided with that
option (and it's good stuff of course:). Other labels like Tigerbeat (not
to dis) only give samples for a few tracks. For me anyways, that's not
convincing enough. One thing I will give Tigerbeat tho, is that high
quality mp3 samples are given rather than ra. And I appreciate that. So I
guess Napster has somewhat spoiled me in that I can actually hear this music
before I buy it, and that's not always been the case. The bad labels that
depend on shear hype to sell a record are now being challenged to make good
music. All the hype in the world isn't gonna get me to buy a record if I
hear it first and it sucks. Like you were saying, this music can demand
some extended attention to really be appreciated, and that's not possible
with the resources that the labels make available :P
quoted 10 lines Personally I *like* buying blind most of the time. Of course, the longer
>Personally I *like* buying blind most of the time. Of course, the longer
>you've been buying/browsing the genre, the greater the perpiscuity anyway.
>Also I tend to be of the opinion that the best stuff can't be assessed on
>initial listening (or sometimes several) anyways - especially of this ilk.
>Although music has several functions, that of 'paradigm stetching' is
>something which is more likely to take place with IDM than in some other
>categories - and that usually takes more than one spin around the block
>(for
>me anyway).
> jeff
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