hey, Joe. where are you going with that cassette in your hand? (sorry, couldn't resist).
i believe you're/we're witnessing the inevitable march of progress... much like reel-to-reel transitioned to cassette, which yielded to DAT, which yields to CD, which may yield to DVD-audio... i can think back to several years ago, when i had mostly DATs, and no CD-making abilities; almost no one could appreciate the shows i had unless i painstakingly converted the DATs to cassette tapes (timings and flips, etc.).... more recent trees, which are now offered in CD only, since almost NO one requests DAT or analog "branches", have tremendously increased participation rates. i attribute this to the success and wide-spread usage of the CD media. personally, i got tired of dealing with cassettes and analog transfers, but i'd be more than happy to send CD's to anyone who wants/needs to assist what remains of the "analog community" in getting the music out. let me know, and i can send you my list of cd's (but not DATs!). have a great weekend! frank Frank Venezia Lehman Brothers Global Architecture and Engineering Voice: (201) 793-2672 VOICE operator for pager: (800) 693-7243 email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] inter@ctive paging: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] public homepage: http://www.lehman.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 3:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Are Analog Deadheads Missing Out? Hello all. As time goes on since our trading community's "move to digital," and digital copies of shows having become the almost exclusive means by which newly circulating shows or newly circulating upgrades are introduced and further disseminated into the community, it increasingly occurs to me that those who listen, collect and share the music on an analog basis only (like myself) are becoming disinfranchised, if not an endangered species. I think of how many people who grew up being able to watch baseball passionately and regularly on TV, fell to the wayside with the gradual shift of the games to cable TV, and see our community analoggers currently experiencing the same fate to an even greater extent, despite the empathetic souls who will make the occasional CD<C transfer for others. I'm not saying that anyone has a "right" per se to access to newly circulating shows and upgrades, which by and large only emerge through the extremely hard work of many dedicated individuals. All Jerry said was, "when I'm done with it, you can have it." And unlike baseball, profit motive does not at all enter into the issues I attempt to raise here. On the contrary, being a part of the Dead trading community has always gone a long way to reaffirm my being able to see the best in humanity on a regular basis. And I certainly appreciate all the advantages of the move to digital, which include the increased quantitative efficiency of circulating new material as a whole. Yet, it seems to me inherently, albeit inadvertantly, at odds with our long standing spiritual principles of getting the music out to all of those who wish to listen to it without any catagorical exclusions to allow analoggers to become the "bald stepchildren" (so to speak) of the community. I think of how, even now, so many of the newly circulating shows and upgrades come from, at least in part, "cassette masters," and yet as a whole we are progressively ignoring the heritage of the analog cassettes that have and continue to make so much possible in our community. I propose that some consideration and discussion be given by the good people who are part of The DeadLists Project (and Digest) to the possibility that when newly circulating shows and upgrades are introduced through this site, some arrangement is made to circulate via analog as well, whenever possible; or how can the community as a whole become more inclusive to analoggers? I, for one, would be more than happy to assist in any way possible to help get more shows out to analoggers. Thanks for listening. Any feedback on this entire matter is appreciated and encouraged. Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice.
