From: owner-trailer-park-digest@smoe.org (trailer-park-digest) To: trailer-park-digest@smoe.org Subject: trailer-park-digest V1 #115 Reply-To: trailer-park Sender: owner-trailer-park-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-trailer-park-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk trailer-park-digest Saturday, August 5 2000 Volume 01 : Number 115 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 10:10:46 +0100 From: "Robin Petty" Subject: Re: hello > From: "Will Kostelecky" > Subject: RE: hello (now Kathryn Williams) > > Maybe if she sucked up her protest against the industry and signed, > her CDs would cost less than $22 a pop? I don't think she releases her material on her own label out of protest or hatred of the industry. I've read interviews and spoken to her briefly after a couple of gigs and I never got that impression. I just think she likes complete control over the artistic process without executives wanting to mould her into some unit-shifting, radio-friendly singer-songwriter. > It seems like a protest against the labels > oughta involve a competitive price for a CD with more money to the artist > than to the label...but limited availability and sky high prices? I'm not > sure its worth it. In the UK her releases are normal price and she gets them into the 'big name' high street stores. It's sad the rest of the world has to pay hefty import charges - but I think in the early days Brits had to pay a small fortune for Ani DiFranco releases for example. It's just the same in reverse I suppose. Kate Rusby (UK trad. folk singer) started in the same way as K.W, releasing material on own label, and, when she got 'big', now has her albums released/licensed/distributed in the states on Compass Records. I'd like to think a similar thing would happen with K.W. Robin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 19:38:48 -0400 From: "Will Kostelecky" Subject: RE: hello Robin et all: I only mentioned the protest thing given some articles that I have seen on the Web such as the following http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19990316111812reviews.html. Now dont get me wrong, I think the music industry is likely full of "c--s" but I am also a product of the e:Commerce revolution here in the States. To me it would be a more effective protest (and more profitable) if Kathryn had a website where you could hear some samples, order CDs, or maybe even download MP3s at a couple of bucks a song. Nothing would make a statement to those "c--s" more than an artist making fistfulls of money without them! Will - -----Original Message----- From: owner-trailer-park@smoe.org [mailto:owner-trailer-park@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Robin Petty Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 5:11 AM To: trailer-park@smoe.org Subject: Re: hello > From: "Will Kostelecky" > Subject: RE: hello (now Kathryn Williams) > > Maybe if she sucked up her protest against the industry and signed, > her CDs would cost less than $22 a pop? I don't think she releases her material on her own label out of protest or hatred of the industry. I've read interviews and spoken to her briefly after a couple of gigs and I never got that impression. I just think she likes complete control over the artistic process without executives wanting to mould her into some unit-shifting, radio-friendly singer-songwriter. > It seems like a protest against the labels > oughta involve a competitive price for a CD with more money to the artist > than to the label...but limited availability and sky high prices? I'm not > sure its worth it. In the UK her releases are normal price and she gets them into the 'big name' high street stores. It's sad the rest of the world has to pay hefty import charges - but I think in the early days Brits had to pay a small fortune for Ani DiFranco releases for example. It's just the same in reverse I suppose. Kate Rusby (UK trad. folk singer) started in the same way as K.W, releasing material on own label, and, when she got 'big', now has her albums released/licensed/distributed in the states on Compass Records. I'd like to think a similar thing would happen with K.W. Robin ------------------------------ End of trailer-park-digest V1 #115 **********************************