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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: How can (X) possibly not be on their list? |
| Date | Fri, 5 Jan 2007 15:04:01 -0500 |
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Speaking for myself, I don't feel a need to sample (and consider buying)
everything that came out. So obviously the records I list as faves are a
subset of the limited number of records I actually acquired or otherwise
spent sufficient time with to evaluate. And I'm buying a lot fewer new
releases without trial.
On the other hand, a lot of records that will end up on the Audities '06
list, I did buy and didn't love; Midlake comes immediately to mind.
Also, consider the impact of marketing (no, really.) Many of us here are
customers of Not Lame (self included), for example, and I note that their
super-featured releases-- e.g. Roger Manning, LEO-- tend to make a lot of
lists. These records were wisely marketed with a heavy trial component--
come to the site, listen in hi-fidelity all the way through, and then see if
you want to buy. Making a great record is part of the battle; getting it
heard is another part. Not Lame manages to get their records heard by the
folks who are most likely to buy. (I'm using NL as an example; don't mean to
single them out.)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Smith" <sam@lullabypit.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: How can (X) possibly not be on their list?
> Michael Curry wrote:
>
> Sam,
>
> You must have read my mind. The Keene Brothers album was number one
> on my list for '06 and up until today, I hadn't even seen it on
> another list. I was scratching my head as I thought - have I made
> this album up? Have I just imagined the twin delights of Bob Pollard
> and Tommy Keene? I can only imagine that so few people have heard it,
> cos it definitely ain't a bad CD.
>
> Sounds like the sort of thing I WANT to hear, for sure, but no - until I
> saw your list I had no idea it existed.
>
> To answer your side note, I haven't heard either the Dixon or the
> Foster CD. Any song clips anywhere?
>
> Yup. JDF has some stuff (free downloads, even) at
> http://myspace.com/jeffreydeanfoster and http://www.jeffreydeanfoster.com.
> And you can find Dixon here:
> http://efolkmusic.org/ArtMusic/ViewArtist.aspx?AID=47 and
> http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=85937364.
> --
>
> _______________________
>
> Sam Smith
>
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