OFF: radio

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

I made a career out of this and the thing that still surprises the hell out
of me, particularly with American prog-rock bands, is that despite your
letter, despite the fact that you show them your web site, despite the fact
that you show them your review in detail and that it leads to sales of the
album not only through CDS but also no doubt halfway round the world (one of
the penalties for doing it the way we do it), the bands ignore the crap out
of you and still think you are some skullduggerous person just trying to
score a free CD.
Major labels are even worse - you could have the most rubbish of magazines
that comes out once every two years, but send a copy to them and call
yourself a journalist and you get showered with CD's (I know - no names
mentioned), whereas as a leading specialist retailer you can send them all
the lists and catalogues you've got and they still tell you to stuff
yourself if you ask for promos - christ - it's to their benefit as well.
Andy Garibaldi (on one of those famous 'don't get me started' trips)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Pearson" <ceres at SIRIUS.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: OFF: radio


> When I did community college radio (KFJC 89.7 in the Bay Area), I spent a
> *lot* of time writing letters to small, obscure labels who put out the
kind
> of music I was interested in.  Some wouldn't do promo at all, or only on
> certain items (I'm pretty sure that every F/i record in the station
library
> was paid for by the station), but....