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1994-01-13 18:07Jon Drukman Re: fwd
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1994-01-13 18:07Jon DrukmanIan Smith writes: >I gathered the situation is a lot different in the US in that as a DJ >
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Jon Drukman
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Ian Smith writes:
quoted 6 lines I gathered the situation is a lot different in the US in that as a DJ>I gathered the situation is a lot different in the US in that as a DJ >you have to join a record pool. The pool ranks you in importance >depending on which venues you play and how often and the labels give >the records to the pools to distribute as they see fit. Seems a much >better system to me because the DJ's aren't under so much pressure to >pretend something crap is good and they can give honest reactions.
the problem is - the original poster was asking about getting free records. record pools cost money. usually a LOT of money. but they don't rank you, as you suggest above. you just pay your money and then you get to go down to the pool and paw through the latest slew of horrible promo 12"s and take what you want. advantages: lots of records in one place and you can help yourself. disadvantages: the records suck. if you're hoping to get promos from anything other than major labels, forget it! oh, there is one more advantage - sometimes the major label promos are strange and wonderful things that never see general release. special promo-only mixes, songs that get pulled before seeing normal distribution... but it takes a LONG time and a lot of patience to find the gems amongst the 1000s of crap Paula Abdul singles... Jon Drukman jdrukman%dlsun87@oracle.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.