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 -- Sigma6 Interactive Media / http://www.sigma6.com dj marathon: "fibre" up now @ http://www.flatplastic.com/