re: (idm) record stores and distributor descriptions
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quoted 4 lines Well i don't care who writes them. Those descriptions>Well i don't care who writes them. Those descriptions
>really help me pick out what music I'm going to buy
>each week. The other on-line stores I shopped at never
>included those descriptions.
we are guilty of using the distributor decriptions in our mailings, but
i dont really get to hear or see these releases until they get into my
hands every wednesday. i have to read them, edit all of the words "phat,
dope, ect out of them, and try to make it something that makes sense.
mike at drop beat is so right when he says they are plain wrong a lot of
the time. the last O release on sahko is a prime example. one of the
descriptions said it was both of their albums together on one cd. i am
glad i knew better or i would have ordered a zillion
it helps us, and the customer as well, but the descriptions need to be
edited for normal human consumption
most of the distributors dont have a clue. they wait for the one sheet
to hit their desk and then they really under order. all of them are so
geared around "dance music" that this is something they cant get a grip
on. one of my distributors sent me a copy of one of the white labels on
dot from sweeden. she said "we dont want to stock it, but you may like
it". we already knew about it (because of the kind people on this list)
and told the distibutor to bring it in. they declined, someone else
brought it in, and they did really well with it.
one of the big new york distributors had first dibs on the new scala cd
and 12". they only brought in 20 for the whole country. they were sold
out immediately. to me that is very short sighted.
--
pj>the exalted grand puba of mail order
modern music
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