Re: (idm) IDMRmxchain & wanted: remix project

From david turgeon
Sent Thu, Sep 9th 1999, 16:30

> > and yes, the original idm remix chain nearly fell apart several times,
> > not because of any lack of organization from multsy, but because
> > we all tend to be a bunch of assholes when you put us together in
> > one place and try to decide in some democratic and fair way how
> > to put it all together.
> Why if we put it another way? Not a chain, but an open project. Every
> participant may remix anything that's been contributed. This implies
> setting up a repository somewhere on the net, where every participant
> might store his version/add-ons/updates. After some time, when it's
> become enough stuff, items for the release will be selected by some
> democratic procedure.

sorry to burst your bubble, but _that_ sounds like the ultimate recipe
for disaster.  people will procrastinate when you tell them what to do. 
imagine if they have to _choose_ what they want to remix on top of it.

(not only that, but a few songs may be left unremixed, not because
they're not good, but because the chain members aren't familiar with the
artists involved & won't bother downloading the file.  so you'll end up
with 10 remixes of the same song, & 10 unremixed songs.  might as well
just make it an open compilation & that's it.)

--
david