---------- > From: christos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [313] rolando too good for us? > Date: Saturday, October 21, 2000 1:48 AM > > > > My only point is- i heard that he is only taking european bookings. To > > me, that seems rather > > That is not true. He is doing a gig in Detroit at teh Magestik (sp?) > Theater on Devils night with Theo Parrish and DJ Bone. For some reason, > Bone is listed as the headliner, and Rolando is billed third. It was > funny, the inital ad, called him "DJ Roland" from "Underground > Recordings."
I was referring to bookings that they are taking. IE future bookings, not present. But if i am wrong, I apologise. > > > 1) elitist and snobby > > Why? Knights of the Jaguar and Revenge of the Jaguar have been out here > in the US for a while, and no one really cared except those really down > with the music. Now that the track is big in the UK, why are you so eager > to book him? I have been eager to book them out here for quite a while. If anything i am frustrated that now that my resources are better, That they are not accepting FUTURE gigs in the us. Why elitist? One of the things about being an artist is trying to bring your music to people. Its better for an artist to play in a market that is going to pay less and maybe not have as strong of following so that you can build a following for your music. That is if you goal is to spread your music, not make more money in places where you already have a huge following and can make big fees. > > > 3) pretty much agaisnt their whole political manifesto. (for example, > > i saw a copy of the jaguar remixes at a local store, with this big > > byline on it that stated to not buy their records in chain stores, blah > > blah blah never supported underground music blah blah blah mom and > > pop are better blah blah blah.. my question is- THEn why the hell > > are you selling them there? you can control your distrubution! > > its about money! > > Actually, Underground Resistance is probably the last label concerned > about money. For YEARS they have kept a very low profile, and the fact > taht you saw thier record at a LOCAL record store, as oppose to a large > chain, shows how effective Mad Mike's distribution comapny "Submerge" has > been. You do not understand how amazing it is that UR can distribute on > an international level, and still keep such a low profile. then why the comment of dont buy this record here? why not sell to distrubutors that only sell to small stores? > > As for the whole Universal Records thing, I think no one know how big that > song would get. I have yet to hear someone listen to that song and not > think that it is great. Here at college, a lot of trance and prog. house > fanatics love that song, and have since become very eager to learn more > about Detroit's techno history. If Rolando and UR actually make a few > bucks, more power to them. I'd rather give them money, then that bastard > Okenfold who actually thinks that he is the cause of dance music's > popularity in the United States. > Well i suppose that is correct. Oakenfold blows. at the same time, derrick may has just of a big ego as oakenfold, but at least he makes quality music that actually created something new and exciting.. JEFF > -christos > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
