HW/OFF: Support College Radio Music...

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On lör 13 mar 1999 01.25 +0000 "Chuck Rosenberg" <Chuckrecs at AOL.COM> wrote:
> In a message dated 99-03-12 18:55:47 EST, you write:
>> I was going to say that several of those bands have members
>> who are on-line, or whose snail mail addresses are available.
>
> Really? Tell me where to find those addresses. I mean, if you want to. :)

     Well, for darXtar, I would think the obvious place to
start is their webpages ;)  You gotta dig a little sometimes!
But perhaps Scott Heller can point you towards some other people.

>> Yeah, they're stuff is from
>> overseas and it costs a bit more thereby.  Det ”r ett fritt land,
>> but if we're going to crassly pirate CDs IMO we might at least bite
>> the bullet and limit ourselves to dubbing stuff that's otherwise
>> unavailable.
>
> Okay, but do you consider CD-R copying as "pirating" anymore than
cassette-
> copying is?

     Mmm, yeah, this is a tricky issue but I think I do see it
that way (explanation follows).

> Curious... I've always traded tapes, and never minded them in the
> least; it's just that in the context of DJing, they don't seem as
efficient...

     I've always traded or simply given people tapes as well.
I think that's a good way of giving bands some exposure and
getting people into new music.  On the other hand, anything
I hear I like, I buy (as soon as I can afford it) because tapes
are not an ideal medium.  The sound isn't as good, they are
not as convienient, they tend to fall apart after a while.
     A CD-R, on the other hand duplicates the sound and
convienience of the legit item, and is rather more durable
than a tape if treated right.  You'd have to be very
dedicated to replace a CD-R with a legit CD!  There's must
less incentive, execpt for the ethnical.  Bands like
Spacious Mind don't exactly move a lot of product and if
people start copying their CDs too much ... well, they
already have to compete with much cheaper domestic CD prices
in the US, as you've noticed.

     BTW, Spacious Mind were very hip to live taping.  Scott
Heller taped their set at Jönköping and I gather some of that
is going onto upcoming release as a bonus track!  You could
trade for some live tapes of them and play that.

     No, I appreciate the problem.  And I certainly see no
reason why one shouldn't copy out-of-print stuff and the like--I
don't think I'd be bothered by people making a copy of some
completely rich band anyway.  But I'd encourage the
exploration of other avenues to our desired end, at least.

> Maybe. I don't know what's generally considered ethical on these topics.
> But I really doubt it would make a difference around here--no one seems to
> know about the scene anyway... even these "hip" college students...

     Of course not.  College students aren't really that plugged
in as a group.  They certainly aren't over here :)  Yeah, I try to
expand horizons a bit by making mix tapes, lending CDs.  Cambridge
has a *completely* puny radio operation by American standards--we're
talking a broadcast radius most covieniently measured in paces--but
I've lent discs to played on it sometimes.

Cheers,
Carl

--
Carl Edlund Anderson
Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic
St. John's College, University of Cambridge
mailto:cea20 at cus.cam.ac.uk
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~carl/