i don't know if its pimping as much as it is just not having the infrastructure to handle such things.
i have no idea what the business operation of peacefrog is like. but if there's no one there specically handling promotion, than i guarantee you that stuff falls through the crack. Then again- if the artists know that going into the deal, which they obviously do, then they know they have to hire a publicist themselves, which is fair. On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Cyclone Wehner wrote: > Yeah everyone is being very sensitive about everything, incl. me... ;) > I guess it's that time of year. ;) > > I really wish Peacefrog would liase more with media - I think the artists > want it. It could well be lack of interest on the part of the Australian/NZ > distributor (who are just pushing breaks these days) but I would love to do > more interviews in credible mags here - at my expense - and a friend of mine > who is a longtime fan wanted to do a launch for Moodymann's CD at a good > club and no one wanted to support them. > If there's free publicity going you should take it. ;) > > I guess they don't want to pimp themselves out. > > > > ---------- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: (313) dying business? [was: RE: Nu Era on Twisted Funk] > >Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:25 PM > > > > > -sigh- > > > > i knew somebody would get upset about this. > > i wasn't implying that the music that peacefrog puts out isn't good. nore > > am i stating that some of these veteran producers (hood, dixon, larkin) > > don't deserve a solid label to release their music- particualarly at a > > time when other labels are straight up lowballing them. > > > > But my point was, if there's no promotion behind it, or any real attempt > > to find new artists, or styles of music, or a wider audience- than their > > not doing everything they could do to 'progress' the music. > > > > i don't have any beef with peacefrog (except maybe that they never send me > > anything to review). but i have far more respect for labels like kompakt > > and perlon and ghostly... > > > > places that are trying new things and exerting the energy and cost to take > > chances. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: > > > >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> >DOn't see anythign new and exciting coming from Peacefrog. Just > >> the old > >> >stand-bys. Notgood for the long run. > >> > >> youve got to be kidding. peacefrog does the nearly impossible: > >> they stay relevant and release mostly timelessly good music. how > >> is this not good for the long run? not good for the long run is > >> trend hopping and putting out garbage tunes to be "different". > >> good music is the most exciting thing you can release. > >> > >> tom > >> > >> ________________________________________________________________ > >> andythepooh.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >
