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  • From: James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: best way to support artists?
  • Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:45:11 -0800 (PST)

Sounds like Burly at the Somewhere Else.

--- peace and love <peace AT love.org> wrote:

> We got paid with a single 12-pack of beer one time
> in Greensboro. The
> bartender felt so guilty he then offered us all the
> single serving size
> bags of chips he had on this little stand.
> we took them...
>
> James Hepler wrote:
> > $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 --
> >>
>
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> >>
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> >
> >
> >
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