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From:
Konstantin Minko
To:
, Andrew Duke Cognition/In The Mix
Date:
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 17:58:00 +0300
Subject:
RE: (idm) Whats Rocking Your Boat
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I do undersign all said. You're good man and we're glad you're with us. To prove my devotion - I'm listening to your achived mix now. reAlien np. Andrew Duke's in the mix! 8)
quoted 75 lines -----Original Message-----> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Duke [mailto:cognition@ns.sympatico.ca] > Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 5:46 PM > To: Konstantin Minko > Cc: idm@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (idm) Whats Rocking Your Boat > > > Konstantin: But the more you listen to > more new things (even in your situation), > the more original your tastes will become. :) > Everyone has to start somewhere, and most > people start with what they know and then > move and explore from that. Like others > who are sent a lot of promotional material, I realize > that I'm lucky to be given early access to a great > number of things that not everyone may be > able to access, but I post my lists in the hopes > that people will see something and perhaps > investigate it further: see a label they know > but maybe the artist will be unfamiliar and take > a look into that, see that a label is in their > country but it's not something they've heard > of, etc. It seems to be working because I > do get a lot of emails asking about such > and such a release I listed and that makes > me happy that perhaps that interest will > lead to someone getting into or learning > about something they might not have > known about otherwise. Same reason > I do things like the site, the show, and > the writing. And I'm sure the > other people on the list who post playlists > and other lists, do shows, write, review, > etc, feel the same way. Heck, I read > Lance McGannon's playlists, Dave Segal's > playlists, and playlists from the other > people who do shows because a) I'm > interested in what others are playing and > b) I'm looking to see what new things > they have (because we don't all play > the same things and we can all learn > from each other :)) It's > certainly not a "ha ha look what I've > got access to that you don't kind of thing", > that's rather childish. (In fact, the childish > thing to do would be to keep the info > and music to yourself, and *not* share > it. Sharing information is an unselfish > thing, keeping music and info to yourself > and *not* sharing it is what is selfish.) > I have no interest > in saying I have X number of records > more than you, or I have this and you > don't, or that kind of thing. I try to be descriptive > about my copy (by putting "test", "CDR" > that type of thing) so people know it's > a promo and coming soon and don't > frustrate themselves (or a store owner :)) > in looking for something that's not yet > available. I know I get frustrated when > I try to track down something that ain't out > yet, so I'm sure others are the same way > about that. Thanks. Andrew Duke :) > > Konstantin Minko wrote: > > > I meant to say I'm not very original in my tastes. 8) > > > > > > > > I'm very original in my music tastes. Only well known artists > rock my boat > > > and I have no chance to compile Andrew Duke's style lists 8) > > > I live in Ukraine and it is very very very hard to find anything >
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