RTP-area local music and culture

[Sarah Freeman <sfree18 AT gmail.com>]

maybe this sounds completely lame and would just hit a dead end, but
what about some board/group made up of club owners (both durham and
chapel hill), musicians, and duke and unc students, whose purpose
would be to take a good look at the situation and see what can be done
to improve it (if anything). something big enough to have a decent
supply of ideas and brainpower, but small enough to cut out
bureaucratic nonsense and worthless sidetracking on trivial issues. 
it seems like there is a lack of communication between the students
and the local music scene... is there any interest out there for
something like this? s


On 1/30/06, James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> I didn't think I had any expectations at all.  Maybe a
> reply.  That was it.
>
> --- grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
> > Did you really expect the DTH to leap up & take
> > notice? "Flash! -- Local
> > Band to Perform at Local 506!"
> >
> > Please tell me you didn't send an email encouraging
> > them to check out
> > your www.myspace.com/engarde webpage again. Hasn't
> > that chick gotten
> > enough play already?
> >
> > I mean, I have lately taken to checking out as many
> > local bands' Myspace
> > pages as I can find, and downloading (whenever
> > possible -- c'mon y'all,
> > I don't know exactly how it works, but if it's up to
> > you, enable the
> > freaking "download" option on your Myspace mp3s --
> > you're not going to
> > lose a sale of your precious 4-tracked demo) mp3s to
> > play on the radio,
> > but I'm willing to bet that most folks aren't
> > necessarily willing to go
> > to the trouble, even those who're ostensibly
> > responsible for doing that
> > sort of thing. Other than Grayson, I mean; I'm
> > convinced that cat has
> > taken to hanging around outside various
> > practice-spaces, so eager is he
> > to hear the latest from every-fucking-band in town.
> > But he is clearly in
> > the minority.
> >
> > I could provide you a fairly long list of local
> > bands whose CDs we've
> > never even received at WXDU. What's the matter,
> > y'all, afraid of blowing
> > up BIG in northwestern Durham and the unincorporated
> > portions of
> > northern Durham & Orange counties?
> >
> > I don't know that it's time for me to resend my
> > primer on how to send
> > your CD to radio (DO: send a full-size jewel box,
> > with something
> > resembling cover art. bonus points for marking
> > tracks with dirty words.
> > DON'T: bother with the highschool portfolio-folder
> > with the B&W glossy &
> > your manager's business card stuck in the little
> > slits). I also don't
> > know if anybody listens to radio. Actually, scratch
> > that: the guys who
> > built my house, honest-to-god Chatham County
> > construction workers, did
> > the entire thing while flipping back and forth
> > between XDU & XYC as the
> > mood struck them. And no, I had nothing to do with
> > it.
> >
> > Of course, they don't go to a lot of rockshows. Hmm.
> >
> > Ross
> >
> > James Hepler wrote:
> > > Maybe the marketplace is cluttered, but I don't
> > buy
> > > it.  I mean, that's probably why WXYC was so
> > behind
> > > the curve on new releases.  But I don't buy it for
> > the
> > > other guys.
> > >
> > > --- Glenn Boothe / Local 506
> > <gboothe2 AT earthlink.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Sorry, should have merged these last two
> > responses:
> > >>
> > >>>>> So before the En Garde/Criteria show, I
> > emailed
> > >> the
> > >> DTH about either writing a blurb about the
> > show...I
> > >> never
> > >> got a response.... Business, laziness, apathy,
> > >> scorn, who knows?  It's
> > >> not
> > >> ignorance.
> > >>
> > >> Although I have been disappointed at times with
> > the
> > >> various student
> > >> media infrastructure (radio and press) in this
> > area,
> > >> having been a
> > >> college music director myself, one thing to keep
> > in
> > >> mind is just the
> > >> amount of stuff that is out now.
> > >>
> > >> I can really only speak about radio, but back
> > during
> > >> my heyday, there
> > >> were only a handful of local releases per year
> > and
> > >> most releases were
> > >> met with great fanfare by the station, the press,
> > >> the stores and the
> > >> clubs.  That number comes out monthly now.
> > Heck,I
> > >> can't even do all
> > >> the CD release shows that come my way (and those
> > are
> > >> usually the bigger
> > >> shows!)
> > >>
> > >> For example, I just noticed on the wxyc playlist
> > >> that was just posted
> > >> that they are now playing The Strugglers and
> > Physics
> > >> of Meanings.  Both
> > >> of those bands had their CD release shows at 506,
> > >> one in late October,
> > >> the other early November...and it appears that
> > the
> > >> station is just now
> > >> getting around to playing them.  Disappointing
> > yes,
> > >> but at least they
> > >> didn't get entirely overlooked.
> > >>
> > >> Anyway, I don't think it's ignorance or any of
> > the
> > >> other attributes you
> > >> describe, but just the fact that the marketplace
> > is
> > >> cluttered...glenn
> > >>
> > >> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> > >> alt.music.chapel-hill --
> > >>
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > __________________________________________________
> > > Do You Yahoo!?
> > > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
> > protection around
> > > http://mail.yahoo.com
> > > -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> > alt.music.chapel-hill --
> > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> > alt.music.chapel-hill --
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
> >
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> http://mail.yahoo.com
> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors alt.music.chapel-hill --
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
>