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Re: semi-OT:Claude review/ted's repsonse...etc



If you want feedback, why not just post a few mp3s and save yourself 
the heartache of mailing so many CDs?  I get good feedback this way and 
I don't have to spend a dime on postage.

Mark Sottilaro

On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:54 AM, Scott Hansen wrote:

>> TED said: I had to package and send out 750 CDs
>> (all at my own cost and postage expense) the result seems a rather
>> pitiful percentage (probably less than 10%)...
>
> i will 2nd ted's comments here. i've done 3 li'l cdr projects (d2r,
> corp rock sucks, unplayable) and for each sent out about 100 cdr copies
> (at my own expense). on my 1st one, i sent it to "places that were
> supposedly 'friendly' to reviewing 'independant releases'. of the about
> 100 i sent out, i got like 4 or 5 reviews (2 of them i had to pay for).
> the others sort of ripped me a new bum-hole. but i have a tough skin
> and didn't bother me, criticism is good, helps you grow, and i don't 
> think
> that everything i do is SUPER AT THE TOP OF THE GAME QUALITY, i just
> keep trying. i think you have to start thinking of your intent. my 
> intent
> was to try to get my music that i made out to people, and that's what
> i did w/ the 2nd 2 releases. a few people sent me some nice emails back
> w/ kind words, but i didn't really expect it. people are busy, i'm 
> busy.
> a friend of mine told me once: do this b/c you love it and it's fun.
> if it's not fun, stop and do something else. by the way, i've gotten
> a lot of great music from people on this list, and i tend to think
> that there is a lot of great music being made out there, you just have
> to find it...
> so good luck....
> s---
> -- 
>