RTP-area local music and culture

[Ben Davis <ben_dontspamme_davis AT unc.edu>]

plant those mp3 links as - "secret, illegal"  - download links  - watch 
them fly off the shelves - I mean - the servers...



Chris Rossi wrote:
> 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.
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> chris
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> Jeremy Blair wrote:
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>>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:
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>>>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)
>>>
>>>-- ch-scene: the list that mirrors alt.music.chapel-hill --
>>>http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
>>>
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>>-- ch-scene: the list that mirrors alt.music.chapel-hill --
>>http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
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