RTP-area local music and culture

[Chris Rossi <nospam AT spacelabstudio.com>]

I think most people equate "free" with "suck".  Giving away something
for free is the best way in the world to completely devalue it.  The
vast majority of those CDs would go straight into the landfill.

chris



Jeremy Blair wrote:
> How many of those Heard Together comp CD's went into distribution? I was
> thinking of a freebie handed out at something like Apple Chill, or another
> event more focused on the town of Chapel Hill or students or who ever we're
> trying to target. Get like 20k-30k or more handed out. Putting aside the $$
> for a moment, would something like this make an impact?
> 
> On 30 Jan 2006 22:39:02 -0800, Glenn Boothe / Local 506 <
> gboothe2 AT earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>>I think one of the things we love about the local music scene, the
>>abundance of solid bands, also works as a disadvantage to the
>>unitiated.  Where do you start?  Unless you know someone in a band, how
>>do you pick from the plethora of shows or CDs out there.  I often feel
>>that way in a record store, there is so much I want to buy that I'd
>>rather leave empty-handed than try to make a decision. It can be
>>intimidating.
>>
>>
>>>Didn't that CD come out less than 1 year ago? Am I to assume that it
>>
>>wasn't considered a success by whatever metric they decided to judge it by?
>>
>>Oddly enough, Heard Together was kinda my idea, something I wanted
>>Local 506 to do. With so little time, I mentioned it to my intern at
>>the time, Stuart Cullinan (now in Tennis & the Mennonites) and he and
>>some friends executed it (as I always say, ideas are a dime a dozen,
>>only execution matters.)  The idea was to make a greatest hits CD of
>>current local recordings, as opposed to limiting exclusively to
>>unreleased, and possibly weaker, material.  Track for track, I think
>>it's one of the best local music comps available and a great intro to
>>the scene.  Fuck, the unreleased Transportation track is worth the
>>price alone.
>>
>>With that said, I don't think it was financially successful and
>>probably didn't convert that many newbies.  One of the problems (which
>>happens with a lot of comps) is too many bands.  I think in this day
>>and age, less is more.  I think the recently released '3x4' is a better
>>way to go - less bands, more songs per band (and I haven't even heard
>>it!)  I think it takes more than one song these day to excite people
>>about a band.
>>
>>Along those lines, I actually made my own "Best of Local 506" CD for
>>2006 for some friends, but I listen to it alot myself.  In fact, it was
>>playing at 506 prior to Planet Claire on Saturday.  If my myspace page
>>was active, I'd try to have some of the tracks on it.  Heck, here is
>>the track listing, maybe you can track some of these down yourself.  It
>>isn't comprehensive as I could't fit everything I wanted on it - and to
>>create space, I developed some rules such as the band had to have
>>played 506 last year, which ruled out two of my favorites, The Rosebuds
>>and Kingsbury Manx.  I included Erie Choir (which Ross actually bought
>>for me!) even though that is from 2004 as one of my friends is a fan
>>and I didn't think he had heard that song and I didn't include Hotel
>>Lights, whose "AM Slow Golden Hit" is one of the greatest songs ever by
>>an NC band (no, i'm not joking!,) as I had included that on a different
>>CD for the same group of friends.  These are in no particular order
>>beyond trying to make a CD that flows well.  The last song was a bonus
>>track, something me and my friends tend do do for a our CDs, but DJ
>>Twombley is Tim Ross so I thought it apropos. It's a mash of Kelis'
>>"Milkshake" and Arcade Fires "Neighborhood" - and it's great.  If you
>>haven't heard that, I think you can download it at his tubafrenzy site
>>(that's where I got it.)
>>
>>Erie Choir      Favorite Fotos
>>Autopassion     I Like Your Purse
>>The Sames       Bomb Scare
>>Des Ark        No More Fighting Cats, OK?
>>Fake Swedish    Remember This
>>The Moaners     Oh Christy
>>Chrome Plated Apostles  Blues
>>The Hellsayers  Sarah's Lament
>>Transportation  Baby You're So Young
>>The Old Ceremony        Shadows
>>Portastatic     Truckstop Cassettes
>>Work Clothes    South Bronx
>>Pyramid Devil In The Details
>>The Prayers & Tears Of Arthur Digby Sellers     Raise Up, You Celestial
>>Choirs
>>Pleasant        Monster
>>The Honored Guests      Postmarked
>>Bellafea        Tara
>>The Nein        The Vibe
>>Sweater Weather Every Eye Will See
>>The Strugglers  The Disappeared
>>DJ Twombly      Neighborhood # 5 (Milkshake)
>>
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