RTP-area local music and culture

[James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>]

$100-$200 a month on music, I'm gonna hit you up for a
loan sometime.  

--- Bryk <chscene AT bryk.com> wrote:

> ross, WTF that was a little harsh.
> 
> i would assume that glenn has invested a pretty big
> chunk of his  
> savings into 506, for what my parents probably
> wouldn't consider  
> "much of a living".  it's as much of a labour of
> love as being a  
> broke-ass indie rock fool like myself.  (admittedly,
> the main  
> difference being glenn is ONE rung up from the
> bottom of the food  
> chain, above the artist's traditional position).
> 
> OK, for the sake or argument, everyone who's not
> republican-tax-break- 
> wealthy has only so much they can drop on buying
> music.
> 
> for the record, let's say on average i spend
> $100-200 a month on CDs  
> and the occasional legit download.
> 
> i try to balance out buying the things i expect to
> really treasure,  
> listen to constantly and obsessively, artists i'm
> already into, with  
> maybe downloading or burning music i want to
> explore, or artists i  
> admire but don't really love.  even when i've
> downloaded or burned  
> stuff that i found i was really into, it's in my
> nature to want to  
> ultimately own it.  i spent a decade freelancing and
> slumming in  
> music retail (for the aforementioned career
> flexibility). i have a  
> ugly WALL of vinyl and CDs, at this point a bad
> investment in every  
> sense BUT the artistic/cultural.
> 
> if i bought EVERY CD i wanted to listen to, i would
> probably end up  
> living in my car.
> 
> until it was reposessed.
> 
> are you telling us that you've NEVER burned a CD you
> just wanted to  
> check out?
> 
> dan
> 
> p.s. fuck! the restaurant muzak is playing michael
> mcdonald's "reach  
> out (i'll be there)" and i think i just threw up in
> my mouth.
> 
> 
> On 15-Feb-06, at 7:23 AM, grady wrote:
> 
> > The thread was (and still is,
> subject-heading-wise) about how best to
> > support artists. Thanks for clarifying your
> position on that one.
> >
> > Glenn Boothe / Local 506 wrote:
> >> I try not to pay over $12 cos at that point, I'll
> just look to
> >> burn it from someone.
> > -- 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
> 


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