From Bill VanLoo Sent Mon, Dec 7th 1998, 18:52
From Bill VanLoo Sent Mon, Dec 7th 1998, 18:52
Regarding the IDM Poll:
> These are good and fine (and I appreciate the effort C-Spot puts into
> the poll) but I would like to suggest the following poll categories in
> addition to these, which I think would make the poll more interesting
> and perhaps turn people who read the results onto something they may
> have missed this year?
>
> New Artist of the Year
> New Label of the Year
> Vinyl Only Release of the Year
> Track of the Year
> Remix of the Year
> Most Under appreciated Label of the Year
> Most Under appreciated Artist of the Year
> Best Live Show of the Year
I also would be in favor of these. For my money, though, what would _really_ fit
my tastes would be something like these, too:
> Best Album purchased in 1998 (not necessarily released in 1998)
> Best Single purchased in 1998 (not necessarily released in 1998)
> Best Compilation purchased in 1998 (not necessarily released in 1998)
etc.
The reason I suggest this is that 80% of what I buy in any given year wasn't put
out that year. Case in point: I just managed to find a copy of the Detroit
Escalator Company's album on Ferox ("Soundtrack [313]"). It would be my chillout
album of the year, most likely, except it got released in 1995. I know for a
fact that many of you face similar situations.
Or is that getting much too broad to conduct effectively? Chris Hilker, I know
you put in a _lot_ of work organizing this poll, so it'd have to be up to you
(unless having volunteers would help?).
Cheers,
Bill
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