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Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 2:12
PM
Subject: Re: [TB-303.org] YOU BE THE
JUDGE, If you can D/L 6 Megs fast!...
oh.. BTW storm.. I have been talking to
most of the major UK and US distro houses. They WILL NOT sign any
artist that cannot prove that they have gear. They hate reason, Rebirth,
all those softsynths, goove boxes, and all-in-one sampler units (which are
pretty much hardware versions of trackers made in the early 90's). The
distros want you to spend 35k on a studio so they know they got you for
the long run. Any kid can borrow 399 form daddy to get reason and
write some great tunes with it.
This was a shock to me, b/c I use to
think "If it kills writers block and excels creativty..then using
new digital equipement along with old analgue stuff must be a good
thing." I cannot think this way now.
They feel if you spend 1500 on an access
virus Digi KB, then its cool, but not if you spend 400 on the TDM
plug-in of the same KB. Soft synths make it too easy for joe shmoe
to become the Techno Rockstar of the World Over, and if this
continues to keep getting more known, it will devalue the face of
techno all over the world. Pretty much making my 35K studio worthless, b/c
of over saturation of the market place. This will also raise the price of
vinyl to try to close the door on the reason users fingers (ouch!), which,
in turn, will kill of most underground small time indie labels (like
mine). Records cost alot as it is and you do not make any money off
them.
I'm not trying to be negitive, and I'm not
trying to discourage anybody. But to the people that run the show, there
is a big difference between a 909 sample and a 909 even if it sounds the
same, or better. It's all about the investment. This is why I would love
to give people with reason or Rebirth and talent a chance to
work in my studio and make records. I feel this is the best way to combat
everything said above. But these are MY opinions and others may not view
everything this way. If you don't believe me about the distros call alpha
magic or intergroove , and let them tell yah.
WoW.. I'm out of breath now..
