Right, Alltough I feel that sometimes the rules are a bit to rigid (in the heads of some people). I also feel that you should put the links to your MP3's in the footer of the message. But to say it all has to be 313 area related, then I think it's too narrow. The emphasis should be on 313. But otherwise you should ban everyone living outside of the area and only discuss local things (which isn't stated in the message of the "listowner").
But hey we could be discussing house tracks to (because they have a resemblance to a Moodymann record or a Theo Parrish one, or a Rick Whilite etc.) and not only Techno. So yes keep it in a certain framework but don't shoot people for occasionally going on a selfpugging mission, as long as they keep it in the footer. And yes a page with music from listsubscribers would be a good idea. So go ahead and do it. (personally i'm mostly annoyed because i can't go and listen to the tracks since MP3.com is banned on my workplace and i still don't have access at home, working on it tough....) JayCee > Alright I really want to clarify this issue, so we can come to some > acceptable arrangement. > > So the problem with mp3.com artists posts is: > > a) They aren't 313 related? > > How so? All my music is absolutely influenced by detroit - the same goes > for Christian I'm sure. Does it really come down to: we aren't from > detroit so we cant make detroit techno? > > b) They are marketting related? > > As mp3.com artists we dont stand to make a lot of money, and we > certainly aren't doing it for the pittance we receive. Furthermore the > mp3's are free to download, so we aren't asking for people to part with > their cash. Yes, we are posting about our _own_ material but how is that > morally wrong, except by some victorian standard. > > c) They don't contain enough information in themselves? > > Well that's certainly true of a lot of the update posts. It's certainly > not true of my last update post for instance, which covered such things > as detroit techno soundtracks and originality with the basic channel > sound. Unfortunately there aren't a lot of follow up posts discussing > the music like you would hope - but that isn't really the artists fault > - and if that is the problem with the posts then it really calls from > more involvement by the list not less. > > d) There is too many posts? > > Well in the 1321 messages in my 313 folder 10 are mp3.com updates. > That's 0.7%, hard to blame the degredation of 313 on that. Still a > website with updates, or a once a month newsletter might be a better > option - i'm happy to compile such a thing. > > e) The artists aren't good enough? > > The various record labels that the artists have released on says > otherwise. I thought we more than happy to discuss smaller artists, if > they were 313 related. > > I really want everyone with an opinion on this to have a say so that we > artists know where we stand. > > Scott. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________________ I B I Z A in your Box! Get Your Personal, Free Email at http://www.ibiza-mail.com
