Re: Acid-Jazz needs reform!

Subterradio 88.7 (subterr@teleport.com)
Wed, 12 Feb 1997 22:18:24 -0800 (PST)


here here! :)

remember, we're all friends here and communication is a good thang :)

*SSS*

On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, dj SUN wrote:

> Matthew Peyton wrote:
> >
> >
> > to the acid-jazz mailing list which prevents us from making a choice to
> > read your small time record company drivel. The good news is that it will
> > be easy to remember the name OM Records the next time I'm at the store. I
> > can assure you I'll take great care to avoid your label.
> >
> If you avoid OM, you do avoid something good, but those are personal
> choices we all have to make. Chris makes some serious contributions to
> the whole world of "acid jazz", "new groove", or "new beat jazz", or
> whatever tag you want to give the scene. By that virtue, alone, I think
> he should be "allowed" to post his messages. That's just my STRONG
> personal opinion.
>
> > This is not a forum for your press releases or music hype. I have just
> > reviewed the 14 messages you've sent to this group since last September and
> > only a few were topical. The rest contained the typical promotional crap
> > that you send to your own mailing list. If you were decent enough to cull
> your mailing list from interested OM enthusiasts then why do you reject
> > this policy by force-feeding your message to the many hundred (if not
> > thousand) that exchange mail through acid-jazz?
> >
> To further "opine" : I think the top 10s are cool and the info offered
> about OM are useful. It keeps djs, promoters, etc. informed. "Press
> Releases" contribute to my information, and I can sift through what I
> need and can't use. Personally, I find that OM's efforts have gone
> unmatched in the realm of enhanced cd productions and just putting out
> "dope stuff".
>
> I would suggest that one address his/her "concerns" in the same manner
> as he/she would the tv or radio,.. tune it out,.. in other words, delete
> the message if you don't want it. Hence, the term "force feeding" is a
> bit overblown,... ehhh, perhaps inappropriate!
>
>
> SUN
> http://www.insync.net/~djsun
>

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