This is pretty long, but what I've read of it sounds pretty interesting.
I believe that Steve Albini is a record producer. At least I know of
a Steve Albini that does this. He is known for making pretty
raw sounding stuff. He was the producer on Nirvana's "In Utero"
disc. Perhaps what he says
OOPS!!! That was supposed to go to a friend b/c.
Tom Baker
Speaking of great rants, has anyone got a copy of that "How to make a major
label album" rant that Ken Irwin from Rounder wrote and Jeff Wall posted to
the list a few months back?
Allen Baekeland
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Since the Dingo Ate May Baby, er virus destroyed my files Ihave now lost
the legendary Albini article with his breakdown of why bands on majors are
screwed by *The Man.* If anyone has a copy, can you send it to me off-list?
About every 8 minutes I remember something else I had on my hard drive,
Jeff, the last I saw the Albini text was when Purcell posted it way back,
at least 18 months ago?...
Maybe Dave still has the reference.
--jr.
At 9:33 PM -0500 on 4/28/99, BARNARD wrote:
Jeff, the last I saw the Albini text was when Purcell posted it way back,
at least 18 months ago?...
Maybe Dave still has the reference.
I don't remember the exact search phrase Mr. P used, but if you search
for "Albini" and "fucked" in your
Someone posted it to Postcard a week or two ago. Do a web search for "your
friends are already this fucked." That should find it.
mike dougherty
By popular demand...
The Problem With Music
by Steve Albini
excerpted from Baffler No. 5
Whenever I talk to a band who are about to sign with a major label, I
always end up
thinking of
