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Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 2:12
PM
Subject: Re: [TB-303.org] YOU BE THE
JUDGE, If you can D/L 6 Megs fast!...
oh.. BTW storm.. I have been talking to
most of the major UK and US distro houses. They WILL NOT sign any
artist that cannot prove that they have gear. They hate reason, Rebirth, all
those softsynths, goove boxes, and all-in-one sampler units (which are
pretty much hardware versions of trackers made in the early 90's). The
distros want you to spend 35k on a studio so they know they got you for the
long run. Any kid can borrow 399 form daddy to get reason and write
some great tunes with it.
This was a shock to me, b/c I use to think
"If it kills writers block and excels creativty..then using new
digital equipement along with old analgue stuff must be a good
thing." I cannot think this way now.
They feel if you spend 1500 on an access virus
Digi KB, then its cool, but not if you spend 400 on the TDM plug-in of
the same KB. Soft synths make it too easy for joe shmoe to become the
Techno Rockstar of the World Over, and if this continues to keep
getting more known, it will devalue the face of techno all over the
world. Pretty much making my 35K studio worthless, b/c of over saturation of
the market place. This will also raise the price of vinyl to try to close
the door on the reason users fingers (ouch!), which, in turn, will
kill of most underground small time indie labels (like mine). Records cost
alot as it is and you do not make any money off them.
I'm not trying to be negitive, and I'm not
trying to discourage anybody. But to the people that run the show, there is
a big difference between a 909 sample and a 909 even if it sounds the same,
or better. It's all about the investment. This is why I would love to give
people with reason or Rebirth and talent a chance to work in my
studio and make records. I feel this is the best way to combat everything
said above. But these are MY opinions and others may not view everything
this way. If you don't believe me about the distros call alpha magic or
intergroove , and let them tell yah.
WoW.. I'm out of breath now..
