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From:
Alphabet Design
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Dave Walker
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Date:
Mon, 4 Mar 1996 11:13:45 -0600 (CST)
Subject:
Re: Why no promos... (Re: (idm) not The whole AFX bootleg issue...)
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quoted 3 lines When you're pressing 100-2000 copies of something for a specialist> When you're pressing 100-2000 copies of something for a specialist > audience (i.e. mostly DJs, who primarily buy things word of mouth > anyway)
I get what you're saying... But noncommercial 'alternative' (not 'grunge', but non-mainstream) radio programming is also a specialist audience that needs attention. I dont want to turn this music into top 40, but I do want to see it validated as a 'real' form of music. I WOULD buy things word of mouth, but by the time the word from whatever mouth trickles down this way the fraggin disc has been sold out for months! So I'm either out of luck, or I'm going to find a way around it, which means that bootlegs are fair game, and that I will ask for promos, or whatever. It isnt like I am a drooling groupie. I dont beg, but I do pursue every possible avenue to get the music I prefer to play on the air. I'm just waiting for the day when writable CDs and CD writers are cheaper. Anyway... Jasonosaj