Dear Edges guy: May I ask for a clarification and some advice? The submission from Scrimshanders was recently rejected from this compilation, yet the deadline for submissions has been extended. I was kind of surprised to see that. I can only take this to mean that a certain bar was set for the level of the material to even be considered, and our work didn't pass muster . . . it was placed in a "definitely won't make it!" pile. You must have had to extend the deadline because the "good enough" pile was a few beers short of a six pack. I can understand. While we Scrimshanders are nowhere near a Fulks, Ireland, Wooden Leg, Five Chinese Bros, One Riot One Ranger, et. al., we're pretty proud of and serious about what we do. In the hopes of improving ourselves, we ask: why didn't we make it? Do the songs blow, was the performance too shoddy, is the demo-quality recording not good enough, or some combination of the above? Had we sent a picture, I would completely understand rejection based on the hairstyle of our lead guitar player, but you've never seen him. Thanks for your time. John Magee Scrimshanders -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: passenger side <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 3:51 PM Subject: 1999 Edges from the Postcard2: Call For Submissions! > > We're officially extending the deadline for this (but not for >much longer!) so if you're new to the Postcard2 mailing list >or you figured this deal was past due, well...send us your songs! >Last year's "EDGES FROM THE POSTCARD 2" featured unreleased material >by Robbie Fulks, Kimmie Rhodes, Mike Ireland & Holler, Wooden Leg, >Five Chinese Brothers, The Meat Purveyors, One Riot One Ranger, Bill Lloyd >and Elena Skye among many others, and we're looking for this volume of >EDGES to be just as unique. So regardless of whether you're a seasoned pro >or a ready-to-go newer act, get us your stuff!--Your Twang Gang > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >Even while the wildly-acclaimed "Edges From the Postcard2" still continues to >grace the CD changers of the urban hip intelligentsia and sexy librarian types, >it's time to issue the call to you music makers out there to send us your >nocturnal (and diurnal, for that matter) emissions for consideration for the >1999 version of Edges. In other words, send us your songs! > >Of course, we've got some ground rules here, mainly to help the selection >committee maintain the shred of sanity they have left. So here they are: > >(1) We're asking for original, previously unreleased material. If you submit >a cover tune, it will probably be passed over unless its sheer genius causes >the selection committee to have simultaneous orgasms. The tunes submitted may >be demo versions, but realize that you will need to have a well-recorded >version in our hands if we chose your song for the compilation. > >(2) Since the Edges CD is first and foremost a reflection of the Postcard2 >community, we ask that all submitting bands have at least *some* tenuous >connection to the list--in other words, either a band member or someone >connected with the band (manager, booking agent, bail bondsman) should >subscribe to P2. > >(3) No more than four songs will be considered, so don't bother sending >more--they won't get listened to. > >(4) We will need THREE (3) identical copies of the submitted tunes, in cassette >format only. > >(5) Send these submissions, along with generous bribes, to: > > Dave Purcell > 720 Overton St. > Newport, KY 41071 > >Be sure to email Dave at [EMAIL PROTECTED] after you send the material so >that Mr. P can confirm that he got everything he was supposed to. > >(6) If one of your songs is chosen for the CD, we'll eventually need a >professionally recorded DAT copy of it, so keep this in mind. > >(7) All proceeds from the project will go toward the staging of Twangfest3 and >future Postcard2 projects. Honest. If you saw what kind of cars we drive, you >wouldn't even *ask* if we were skimming. > >That's it! Last year's Postcard2 CD has done quite well, and we think >that this year's will do even better. To paraphrase what Tom Cruise said >to Cuba Gooding, Jr. in "Jerry McGuire": help us help *you*. Send us the >results of your talent, determination, and substance abuse today. > >Love, > >Your Twang Gang > > > >
