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| From | Bill <billm45s@pipeline.com> |
| Subject | SOTT 17 Forming In September |
| Date | Sat, 23 Aug 2003 15:16:42 -0400 |
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Well my vacation is over and my kids and I are back from what is becoming
an annual tour of minor league parks. And I have heard from a few
regulars....., so it is time for SOTT 17. The last few SOTTs have been
incredible -
lots of participants and lots of amazing mixes. But SOTT has reached a
level where its own success has made it somewhat harder to add new
participants.
SOTT 17 will be forming over the next two plus weeks - I will wait until a
week or so after Labor Day to close the members for this round, just in
case any regulars are away.
For those that don't know, SOTT is a CDR tree that I periodically run,
where you make a brilliant mix CDR (we started with tapes but have moved to
CDRs). Once you make the mix CDR you dub a copy for everyone else in the
group, mail all the copies to me, and once I get them all, you get a
package containing one from everyone in the group. We have had over 100
people join SOTT at one time or another from at least a dozen countries.
If you are interested in participating in SOTT, please read the
guideline/rules below and contact me at billm45s@pipeline.com. The due
date for my receipt of the completed CD-Rs for this round will be around
October 20th
- though earlier is OK. I will receive responses and may post an update on
availability.
I'd like to determine how many people are in this round by September 8th at
the latest.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE LET ME KNOW SOON
The base rules and guidelines for SOTT are as follows:
* Everyone in the group makes a brilliant mix CDR ( please use an 80
minute CD)
* The mix should be power pop/rock pop/pop related, but we all like to
push the envelope, which is encouraged. I usually include some of my garage
45s or an old rockabilly cut.
* The mix need not be all rare stuff. A lot of people use this as a
consumer guide for stuff they don't know, so it shouldn't be real common
either, but common is often different from one person to another. From my
own take the best mixes have a variety of sounds and genres and mix rare
things with newer things and older things and create a flow. Some
perfectly good mixes lose it for me because they have too much of a
sameness of sound and lack flow. Also, different people like different
mixes - I am more on the Bill Lloyd jangle side or garage side of pop and
lots of
the progressive stuff just doesn't do it for me, others love that stuff -
the openness and eclectic nature of SOTT is one of its best features.
* Once you make the mix you dub a copy for everyone else in the group.
* Most of us post liners/set lists with comments to the other members -
this is often fun and informative. The liners don't have to be elaborate
but they raise anticipation levels and gives a sense of the different
directions people have taken, especially if you post liners early in the
process.
* Some people do elaborate and wonderful jewel case inserts, but for the
less artistic among us (like me) a simple jewel case insert from one of the
many programs available for download on the net is fine. Blank CDs or
handwritten inserts are not fine - people have complained about both.
Jewel cases need not be sent - but use an appropriate substitute if you
don't send jewel cases - a number of people send thin-line cases, send what
you want I do adjusting to make mailing easier and really like John's
containers that he sends from the UK.
* Once you finish all your dubs mail them to me hopefully in a box that I
could reuse to send them back to you.
* Include return postage in an appropriate amount in American funds for
our foreign participants. I prefer well hidden cash or stamps to checks.
The amount will vary depending on the size of the SOTT and I'll give an
approximation, which will be slightly higher to cover my limited expenses -
tipping 4 doormen, packing materials, CD sleeves, etc. Please do not
forget the return postage, I don't like to chase it.
* Once I get everyone's mixes, I repackage and send everyone a package
with all the dubs - which is like a second Christmas.
* Please understand that SOTT is a commitment, a commitment that is a lot
of fun, but a commitment nonetheless. A very very few people have been
difficult in the past and made it harder than it need be and delayed the
enjoyment for some others. 90%+++ of the people in SOTT have been great.
But please if you want to join, do so only if you can make the commitment
and get the CDs to me on time.
* Remember you want to work on having the best sound quality possible on
your master, because you will be using it to dub the copies for the group.
* I strongly suggest that the creation of the CDR begin early to give
you plenty of time to make dubs.
So as I said, if you want in, email me at billm45s@pipeline.com. If you
have any additional questions just ask.
I'd like to figure out whose in and whose not and send out a list to all
participants within the next two weeks - so let me know soon.
Bill
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