Re: OT rant from hell (was: AirFX)

[Martin Shellard <martins@pwdu.demon.co.uk>]

This relates to Joni Mitchell usong the Roland VG-8 for it's open tuning
ability. Apparently she didn't want to tour with a truck full of guitars
each tuned for one song but now she can use one guitar and the V so she
still plays live. For those of us in the VG community this was a welcome
plug to an underrated (and potentially short lived) piece of equipment.

Personally I don't see the problem, companies make products to make money,
they advertise these products by sending a promo mag. I'd rather that than
the incessant covert advertising that you get on TV all the time.

I may have missed the point of this thread  :-)

Martin Shellard 


> 
> I know what you mean.  I used to receive the Roland propaganda magazine 
>that
> they send for free (free?  I mean "whose cost is added to their 
>products").
> A few years back, I read with true disgust an article that touted the
> importance of some new thing (a guitar controller or something) that they
> claimed "saved Joni Mitchell."  According to the article, she was ready 
>to
> chuck it all, give up on music [GASP!!], etc. but she was SAVED BY 
>ROLAND!!
> And I could be saved too!  All it took was buying a new doo-dad from 
>Roland.
> Alleluia!!!  Just crucify me on my credit card!!!!
> 
> Ever since, the Roland magazine goes directly from the mailbox to the 
>trash.
> 
> Dennis Leas
> -------------------
> dennis@mdbs.com
> 
>