hi bill,
sent mine today
traking no.RR080850848IT (www.poste.it).
$ 25,00 are inside cd#10 of box#1of2.
thanks bill

you ruole

giuseppe

Bill ha scritto:
> Hello all,
>
> It is time for SOTT 21, which will  be forming over the next week- 10 
> days - I already have some responses and John already has posted a set 
> list!!!!
>
> 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 about 10 
> years ago).
>
>
>
> 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 about 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 October 21st
> - 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 
> 10th 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 35 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 hopefully in a box 
> that I could reuse to send them back to you.
>
> * 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 10 days - so let me know soon.
>
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> Bill
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