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| From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: David Grahame's Dark Ages |
| Date | Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:46:38 +0000 |
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Gosh,Greg, you state things so eloquently.But you are so right.He announces
he's only going to release i song at a time and they are different from his
other stuff.So right away,you want to sample a tune to see how that change
is.
And isn't this going against the grain for him.Before I ever bought anything
from him I think I remember going to his site and hearing a couple sound
bites.He always had a couple songs from each album available to sample.
>From: "Craig Leve" <snapcracklepopster@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org, "zoogang@cox.net" <zoogang@cox.net>
>Subject: Re: David Grahame's Dark Ages
>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:32:43 -0700
>
>I have to chime in to support Gene. I usually defend the artist's choice in
>how they want to market their music, but this feels very insular. Where
>David loses me, is (a) for those who don't know his music, you are given
>almost no means to know what you'll be getting so why bother, and (b) for
>fans of his music, he makes clear the departure from his earlier work, but
>gives you no way to preview where he's gone with it, without actually
>paying
>to just to hear it all. It would NOT be difficult to provide a song snippet
>for consumers that find those kinds of things useful. This is not giving
>away the milk; if it's good no one will be satisfied with a snippet.
>
>David has clearly chosen to shoulder more than the creative aspects of his
>career. I applaud that, but I also hold him to the same expectations I hold
>anyone who puts themselves in business of selling me music. I believe David
>could do better by his current and (potential) future fans. However as one
>of the former, I have no reservations about spending $2/song for his music
>and I will. Indeed, I offer my thoughts because I truly believe MORE people
>should hear, appreciate and support (including $$) David's music.
>
>best,
>
>craig
>
>
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