From: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org (oppositeview-digest) To: oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Subject: oppositeview-digest V5 #29 Reply-To: oppositeview@smoe.org Sender: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oppositeview-digest Thursday, February 20 2003 Volume 05 : Number 029 Today's Subjects: ----------------- OV: Going Indie [darren@bendcable.com] OV: in d [SngWrite1@aol.com] OV: Move Away Jimmy Blue cover version? [SngWrite1@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:32:35 -0800 From: darren@bendcable.com Subject: OV: Going Indie Since a band we've all heard of may be working the Indie side of things... here's a couple of quotable excerpts from an article on the state of the music(sic) biz today: All of this adds up to a picture today where it is no less risky to "go indie" than to "get signed", signed, that is, as an artist or as an employee. Choosing to go indie is exploding across all industries not just music. We need only think of indie film or book publishing. Independence is a mark of the times we're living in. We are profoundly on our own in this milieu. And that's the rub. Today we have three different music "industries" developing side by side: 1. the mainstream pop/rock business, which will continue to market established stars like Celine Dion and Whitney Houston; 2. the chaotic illegal record business, involving at one extreme pirates and bootleggers, at another experimental and political artists refusing to accept the restraints of copyright law; and in between the usual variety of pirate broadcasters, home digital distributors, and so forth. 3. the indie, genre music scenes, local players connected through web sites and digital radio, but commercial in their niche, making enough money to go on making music but not necessarily seeking to play "the game" of ever-increasing ladder-climbing success. The first industry is contracting; the second is and always will be present; and the third is poised for quantum development. The lesson: Unless you're seeking Britney Spears-level fame, then avoid the major labels and prove yourself in the independent sphere first. Someday you may want to partner with a major company (record company or otherwise) but, for now, focus on creating your own success, building your value, maintaining control of your career and music trajectories, following your muse and your spreadsheets with utter dedication and focus. The full article here: http://cdbaby.org/stories/03/02/19/3815475.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 23:36:51 EST From: SngWrite1@aol.com Subject: OV: in d Darren, do tell what mystery band you are refering to? Could it be those Del Amitri lads? It'd be nice if someone from the band would give us a scrap of information as to what is going on. Or do they WANT us to forget about them? And I've never heard anything back from the Superfecta guy regarding his cryptic note about the first album reissue with bonus tracks. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 00:44:20 EST From: SngWrite1@aol.com Subject: OV: Move Away Jimmy Blue cover version? Anyone ever hear the Clive Gregson & Christine Collister version of Jimmy Blue from their album Love Is A Strange Hotel? It came out in 1990. ------------------------------ End of oppositeview-digest V5 #29 *********************************