Andrew Duke wrote:
quoted 56 lines Konstantin: But the more you listen to> 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 :)
Sorry herb but you still come off as a wanker in my book.
brock.
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