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| From | "Matt Whitby" <matt.whitby@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: SOTT 22 - The Recession Round is Forming |
| Date | Wed, 7 Jan 2009 19:10:15 +0000 |
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Count me in too.
2009/1/6 Bill <billm45s@verizon.net>:
> Hello all (and some of you may get this more than once - sorry),
>
> Well it has been awhile (a little over a year), since SOTT 21 came to
> sputtering finish. And for some reason, I still have not had enough and am
> ready to put together SOTT 22 - the recession round. I have been playing
> with mixes and figured we all need some post holiday energy, so lets see who
> wants in for this round.
>
> 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 over 10 years
> ago) that most of us use as a buying guide..
>
> 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 150
> 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@verizon.net. If you want
> to join for the first time, please feel free - this truly is an open
> environment.
>
> The due date for my receipt of the completed CD-Rs for this round will be
> around March 10th - though earlier is OK (and we have never had a round end
> on time, but it would be nice to be close).
>
> I'd like to have this round set by January 18th or so.
>
>
> 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 somewhat jangle, 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 and this time I know I will be adding some more
> soul. Good songs in a good sequence is the key
>
> * 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 - last
> time we were about 30 people the time before almost 50, so there is a lot of
> dubbing.
>
> * Most of us post liners/set lists with comments to the other members -
> this is often fun and informative and is done both to the mailing list and
> to A SOTT group on Yahoo. The liners don't have to be elaborate
> but they raise anticipation levels and give a sense of the different
> directions people have taken, especially if you post liners early in the
> process.
>
> * Some people create 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 - most people send thin-line cases/or envelopes, send
> what you want I adjust 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..
>
> * Include return postage and costs in an appropriate amount in American
> funds for our foreign participants. I prefer well hidden cash to checks.
> The amount will vary depending on the size of the SOTT and I'll give an
> approximation, which will also cover my limited expenses -
> tipping who picks up the boxes, 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.
>
> * 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. 98%+++ 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@verizon.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 2 weeks - so let me know soon.
>
>
> Bill
>
> NP - The Krayolas
>
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