From terraHertz Sent Wed, Mar 24th 1999, 11:22
From terraHertz Sent Wed, Mar 24th 1999, 11:22
On 23 Mar 1999, Noah wrote: > >Frankly, I don't understand why an artist would bother with a CD-r label > >when any artist can buy a CD burner for $300 and do it themselves. At > >least Underscore has some really cool packaging that looks like a big > >matchbook, but underneath all that it's still not the real thing, and it > >still wont play on all CD-players. > > an artist would bother with a cd-r label because it's easier than going > through the process i mentioned above. > > i would recommend, however, ditching the cd-r method and fronting the money > to a duplication plant. save you time and headaches.. > > noah Firstly, Underscore is artists putting out their own stuff, no one who does not make music on Underscore is involved in any part of it...secondly, it may sound mad, but i feel there's a special, unique quality to a cdr that was given individual attention and crafted totally by the artist himself. hilarious eh, the idea that a cold, heartless digital storage media could have an aura...and all for around 10$. now here's a REAL questionable price: i saw the Xecutioners in DC and paid 12$(!) for what sounds like a fourth-generation cassette tape copy of Roc Raida's "Stuck in the Past"...and I was buying from the crew themselves! :) Nick +---------- -- - - - - |UnderscoreEntertainment www.gl.umbc.edu/~nworth1 iDM Bawlmer Stylee |UnderscoreMailingList www.egroups.com/list/underscore Chitty Chat |IDidATripleTakeToday mp3.musichall.cz/IT3 Impulse Tracker ver.3! |