Why would an indie label negate communication with you because of your
relation with a big label? did you try enough labels?
(I am talking 400 - 500 here... not just sending 5 demos out and waiting for
the girls to rush by your house with their mouth open...)
-----Original Message-----
From: Glowdot Dot Com [mailto:rick@glowdot.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 12:28 AM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: [idm] Funkadvertising
And I'm an artist who felt the sting of corporate nonsense when my album was
dumped by a major US label (very major) who didn't think they'd make any
money on it.
They probably wouldn't have, and yet I haven't had a single shred of
interest from any of the so-called "indie" labels in the aftermath who pose
as underground and free to do as they please. Probably as a result of my
association with said large US label. Either way, both sides are trying to
profit. One by brainwashing masses of simple-minded and naïve teenagers who
haven't yet developed their own tastes or found their place in the world.
The other by capitalizing on the hipness of obscurity.
Which leaves me in the middle, unable to make a dime in this stupid
business.
XLR8R are not to blame here, though. Neither are Warp. It just is how it
is.
Rick Strom
http://www.rick-strom.com
http://www.glowdot.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Ishay Sommer [mailto:IshayS@Radware.com]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 4:21 PM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: [idm] Funkadvertising
Speaking for myself as an artist,
I have yet to find a label/company/person to do PR in the way that I think
should be, which means that if I want the job done right I must do it
myself, however, I would, at normal, prefer a company to do PR for me, so I
can concentrate on the music...
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