Awesome! A personal message to the list by me . . . you may all make your comments on our music if you want. Egg on face. Edges committee, please respond anyway. Magee -----Original Message----- From: John Magee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: passenger side <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 4:15 PM Subject: Re: 1999 Edges from the Postcard2: Call For Submissions! >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 >> >> >> >> > >
