while i don't mind looking at the occassional (yeah,
right) physically attractive woman, let me say this:
AMEN!!
-t
--- steph99 <beleza@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> Listen hon, this is the second time you've posted
> about your trophy vocalist,
> and while she's probably quite talented and a very
> nice person, your
> presentation of her is really getting to me. First
> of all, I don't know who you
> are or why I should be interested in the fact that
> you have a new vocalist.
> (ah, so you're a supreme being of leisure. you
> could add that to the email to
> add a little relevance. Call me a cavedweller but I
> didn't know that from just
> your name. I think it's a little ballsy to assume
> everyone on a 700-person
> list-serv would know that, or care.)
>
> Second, the page you point to just has a huge
> picture of this girl, and a
> statement that she can sing. And the last page you
> sent out had pictures of
> this girl frolicking on the beach. No bio, no sound
> clips, no information, no
> quotes to even it out, just a visual. And the
> comment in your email that she
> sings better than she looks? Did it occur to you
> that that might come across as
> condescending? Would you give the same treatment
> and commentary to a
> male vocalist? It reminds me of the story of how
> Jill Scott chose a record
> label. They sent out lots of blank cds with no
> picture, no bio, no name, just
> contact info. The labels who wrote back saying "wow
> this girl has talent.
> what does she look like?" got the old
> thanks-but-no-thanks. Labels that weren't
> interested in appearance went into the maybe pile.
>
> Your vocalist may not mind this sort of
> representation, but I can tell you as a
> potential audience member fairly representative of a
> certain demographic, I
> don't like it at all and it doesn't make me want to
> listen to your music. In
> fact it puts an odd shadow over all your work, to
> me. Take this as an
> aggravated but constructive (cuntstructive?) and
> pretty darn informed criticism:
> Put more emphasis on the music, and less on your
> vocalist's lips and freckles,
> please. Can we elevate a little, folks?
>
> Ok, enough of this, I have some bras to burn.
>
> full of vitriol and a heart of gold,
> 99
>
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Rick Torres wrote:
>
> > follow this link to a recent photo of our new
> vocalist....
> >
> > http://www.ricktorres.com/story.html
> >
> > ...she sings better than she looks :-)
> >
>
>
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