From Andrew Scott Wells Sent Tue, Dec 8th 1998, 08:16
From Andrew Scott Wells Sent Tue, Dec 8th 1998, 08:16
> Will these be the same categories as last year?
>
> Album of the Year
> Single of the Year
> Compilation of the Year
> Chillout Album of the Year
> Drum & Bass Album of the Year
> Label of the Year
> Artist of the Year
>
> 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
>
> What do you think IDM people?
Ooh! Ooh! Pick me, pick me!
I'd like to second the proposed New Artist/Label and Track/Remix o' the
year, just because they broaden the horizons of the poll a bit without
making it too big or tricky for the poller to handle (in my estimation,
anyway; Mr. Hilker's take on this may vary :D). I'm pretty much indifferent
toward the other categories. "Underappreciated" artist/label? How do you
vote for that? Clearly whoever WON that category would not be
underappreciated ;), besides which there's liable to be a lot of overlap
between that category and the best overall category. Make it easier. Just
look for the ones who did get nominated, but didn't get many votes; SOMEONE
thought it was the best, but not many. Ergo, it's underappreciated. There.
You're done. It worked for me w/ last year's poll.
Bill van Loo also suggested categories involving items purchased but not
released in '98. An admirable idea considering how many of us on the list
are playing catch-up, but imo it would be too hard to implement on a poll;
you'd have FAR too many nominations, running the gamut from SAW1 to _Give
Peace a Dance, Volume 2_! Better just to discuss these releases on the list
than to try and determine which ones are the most popular years after the
fact. So if you find an old release that you believe merits our attention,
by all means quit your lurking and tell us about it! Anyone who wants more
info can go to Hyperreal's website. Last I checked, they still had a backlog
of all the previous IDM polls
Also, someone suggested a most anticipated section. Again, this is what the
list itself is for. Trying to determine a MOST anticipated artist/release is
pretty much pointless. For one thing, it's too subjective; it'd just be a
popularity contest based on what the artists had done this year. For
another, you'd probably get a lot of abstentions, as there aren't too many
people in the know about these things aside from the record exec's on the
list, and guess who they're gonna vote for :).
Well, that's my little contribution to the debate. Hope I didn't
bore/annoy/offend/incinerate (circle one) anyone too much.
--Andy Wells