i refuse to argue this point until you can present me with another reliable way to gauge anything.
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, keleigh casper wrote: > Or, its open to anyone with Internet access, anyone who the site has been > marketed to and is aware of it, anyone who has the personality-type that > participates in such polls, anyone who would want to contribute to such > bogusness, anyone who isn't turned off by the entire idea of polling dj > and/or the outcome of the tallies thus far, etc. its also open to anyone who > may want to skew the results -- that 'anyone' can be 'anyones' suddenly. > > That said, it may or MAY NOT overlap with your average club goer, your > average dj fan, your average person who thinks djs should have a profile to > start with, your music elitists, your MUSIC-fan (what if the producer > doesn't happen to dj in attempts to be appealing and secure market share), > your journalists (egoists would never submit their opinion to be handled and > sorted with the laymen's thoughts), your booking agent, your industry types, > your other artists/djs at hand. > > its a fan poll -- people go there to prop up their favorite dj, the dj of > the week, shit, oakie's probably on there himself voting, voting, > voting...again, that lends itself to more the marketed image of the artits, > versus the music quality or the music at all -- and that is just where the > problem lies. > > > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: keleigh casper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > ><[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [313] Regarding Business > >Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:39:21 -0500 (EST) > > > >i'm quite certain this poll is simply open to anyone who wishes to vote. > > > >obviously there are flaws, but what otehr gauge could you possibly use to > >judge what djs have the highest profile 'overall' > > > >On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, keleigh casper wrote: > > > > > You'd think a 'journalist' would understand the bias associated with > >such a > > > poll. Feel free to continue picking and choosing such ethics and > >standards > > > as they suit your argument. > > > > > > That top-ten list could be renamed 'Biggest ads in Mixer' or similar. > >Again, > > > if these Web-access priviledged, magazine-subscribing, MONEY-having > > > consumers had access to other, WOULD THEY CHOOSE IT? > > > > > > And more importantly, how many of these ad-driven publications have even > > > attempted to teach these new 'uunch uunch' music consumers that there is > > > life after (and more importantly BEFORE) said blow-up djs with their > >faces > > > plastered all over their mixes, etc (remember when you didnt know what a > > > dj/producer looked like?). As mentioned before, the consumer holds the > > > buying power-->so why WOULD the Mixer Incs. of the world try to educate > >them > > > about the indies, the unknows, the innovators that don't plaster their > >faces > > > all over their mixes, don't live on Marketing Blvd.(relative i know) or > >more > > > importantly, steer them toward musicians who LET THE MUSIC SPEAK FOR > >ITSELF? > > > God forbid... > > > > > > neener neener neener > > > > > > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> > > > >Subject: Re: [313] Regarding Business > > > >Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:19:06 -0500 > > > > > > > >ever heard of, "thedjlist can suck it?" > > > > > > > >paul van oakenfag and sasha van digaho before hawtin? BAD BOYEEEE > >BILLLIEE > > > >"in the mix.. live.. understand?" > > > >PLUHHHLLLEEEAASSSEEE. > > > > > > > >gag me with a fucking 20inch penis. > > > > > > > >1 TIESTO 8080 > > > >2 PAUL VAN DYK 6845 > > > >3 PAUL OAKENFOLD 5338 > > > >4 GEORGE ACOSTA 4607 > > > >5 SASHA 4181 > > > >6 JOHN DIGWEED 4036 > > > >7 BAD BOY BILL 2787 > > > >8 CARL COX 2767 > > > >9 MAURO PICOTTO 2735 > > > >10 IRENE > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > > > >Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 1:59 PM > > > >Subject: Re: [313] Regarding Business > > > > > > > > > > > >is everyone here familiar with thedjlist.com? > > > > > > > >its a website where anyone can go and vote for their favorite dj, any > >dj. > > > > > > > >cox is # 8 > > > > > > > >hawtin is #36 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
