From jeff salamon Sent Tue, Nov 24th 1998, 06:00
From jeff salamon Sent Tue, Nov 24th 1998, 06:00
C Twomey wrote: > > I suggest you quit while you're ahead. There are enough people in > publishing who aren't doing it in their spare time. Why parallel the rip > off of artists in the music production biz by doing it to writers? If you > are not going to pay anyone anyway why not just sample the reviews on this > list and credit yourself? > > Oh, and what's the name of this rag that I plan to avoid. Good Music And > Martyrdom Monthly? LA Dreamers Review? > > CT > jesus christ, ct -- did your girlfriend dump you last nite or something? i haven't seen such an outpouring of bile on this list since trent reznor bought the us rights to the warp catalog. as someone who makes a living writing about music (and, incidentally, as a former card-carrying shop steward with the united auto workers of america), lemme just say that yeah, i expect to get fairly compensated when i write for a publication that's making money off my labor. but i'm also aware that plenty of publications i write for only got off the ground because there were a lot of eager writers willing to donate their work until the magazine/newspaper became a viable concern (at which point they had every right to demand remuneration). also, there are plenty of publications that _never_ make money, and only exist because the people who produce it are in love with the idea of communicating their enthusiasms to others. i wish i was still young and idealistic enough to pour my energies into something like that, but i sure don't resent those who are. why do you? go piss on someone else's parade. jeff