Shake sent this to me but we figured it was worth sharing...
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> On 26 Nov 2011, at 16:39, Anthony Shakir wrote:
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> > Anthony Shakir
> > [email protected]
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robin Pinning <[email protected]>
> > To: marsel <[email protected]>
> > Cc: 313 <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Sat, Nov 26, 2011 8:16 am
> > Subject: Re: (313) Derrick May - Heartbeat Presents Mixed By Derrick May Ã-
> Air Vol.2 (CD) at Discogs
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> > Guess I'm one of the grand pas too. Nice combo of tracks Marsel...
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> > Robin
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> > > here's one for the 313 grand pas
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> > > feat MK
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> > http://www.delsinrecords.com/release.php?idxRelease=2919
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> > > and talking about re-issues
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> > > here's the first of four Drexciya albums
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> > http://clone.nl/item21960.html
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> > > Op 26-11-2011 0:07, David Powers schreef:
> > >> This is the whole problem with this list, nobody cares about new music
> > >> it's like a bunch of grandpas sitting on their porch talking about the
> > >> good ole days... Which is ridiculous because there has NEVER been a
> > >> better time for new music, despite the fact that it's terribly hard to
> > >> make any kind of money at it anymore.
> > >>
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> > my friend fbk told me that that people want the classics. some of
> > these (r)ecords
> > were hard to get when they were made. and in trying to get them if you
> > were not
> > in the stores when they were delivered you missed out. i always looked at
> > this music
> > as bigger than it ever was. and the actual sales reminded me of the
> > reality
> > of it not being as big as i thought. but it was big to me. and still is
> > big to me. the
> > distributors only (buy) what they will sell. so i guess that is what
> > help(s)it stay
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> > what it is. a cultish/niche genre thing. i can live with that having made
> > some of it.
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> > money is an afterthought. it is a labor of love for me. so i do no not
> > complain that i make just enough to keep doing it. (this is a business ron
> > murphy reminded me once r.i.p> .)
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> > so i will go on. for some, music is life. for others, it is noise and a
> > waste of time. you can always hope
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> > that some hip hop guy will borrow it (sample it) and turn it into a
> > profitable venture.
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> > shake shakir
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> > frictional recordings
> > detroit, michigan.
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