From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Fri, Feb 19th 1999, 17:43
From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Fri, Feb 19th 1999, 17:43
Lance C McGannon wrote: > I agree that the Crank album is great. I''ve been > playing tracks from it on the inaudible show > for several months so i guess you dont have the > "World Premiere" on this one Andrew. : ) Hi, Lance. After reading your response to my posting about the Crank premiere, I just wanted to clarify how these world premieres I'm doing work. (Like you, I too received a CDR of the Crank album (Mille Plateaux version of it, as opposed to the original version) and also have been playing it out since late '98, well before this forthcoming release date on Mille Plateaux in March.) The main thing about these Cognition Audioworks premieres is that they are done in such as way to benefit the artists, labels, and listeners, not so that I can say "hey, I'm playing it first" or anything like that. (Believe me, if I was into that, I would have played the Model 500 out in full and called it a world premiere the day I got it in the mail, instead I waited till everything was set up. anway...) These premieres are a lot of work, but because the artists, labels, and listeners appreciate them, I'm doing more. (In fact, some artists and labels are now asking me personally to do the world premieres because they appreciate the exposure.) The premieres are held approximately 3 weeks before commercial release and are online in RA in full for up to 7 days in order to give as many people as possible a chance to check out the release before it comes out. (I could have done this Crank premiere, for example, any time after I got the CDR, but because the premieres are done closer to release date in order to benefit the artists and the labels, the premiere was pushed back a couple of times; this tends to happen with most of the premieres, including the Stewart S. Walker that also went online today; Merrick told me he was pushing the release date back, so when he asked me to delay on doing the premiere by a week or two I pushed the premiere back in order to benefit his label and Stewart as well). They're not about a "I have a promo of this release, so if I play it all, that's a world premiere" either because I obtain permission from the labels to do these premieres and the artists (such as Danny Zelonky) and labels appreciate the exposure because they are promoted so that anyone who wants to can check them out, plus they're done close enough to release date that they're not forgotten about by the time the release is available, plus far enough in advance so they're more special than just playing the whole thing after it's out already. (I've been lucky enough to have a copy of the Super Collider album (from Vogel and Lidell) since September 98, for example, but have yet to get permission to do a world premiere, so I haven't done it and maybe won't be premiering it in full ever. I have been playing tracks from it here and there, (which would be previews, (or exclusive previews if no one else had played those yet)), but it won't be done as a world premiere (i.e played online in RA in full for a week) until permission is obtained (it's distributed by Sony in the end, so it's a lot of work ;) Wanted to premiere the Pole 2, for example, but Matador said they wouldn't be allowing anyone to do this kind of premiere, so not all companies are into it, but most are happy to have these world premieres done) Same thing for Daniel's Mad Monkey compilation; he's sent out the promos and myself and others with a copy will be playing selections before release; but Daniel has given me the goahead on doing the world premiere, so I'll be playing it online in full in RA for a week 3 weeks before release and calling it a world premiere even though selections have been played out elsewhere. Sometimes no one else has played anything anywhere from the releases I'm premiering, sometimes some of the tracks have been played. But it's sort of like setting a record and getting in Guiness; if you do a world record and there aren't any witnesses, it isn't considered a world record to Guiness. I do the same thing with the world premieres: I make the premiere as available as possible so that it really is, IMO and in the opinion of the artists and labels, a world premiere. Hope this makes sense. It's all about the music in the end, and I'm putting in the work with these premieres to best benefit that, not myself. Thanks. Andrew :) (PS I'm struggling over getting the Crank/Low Res feature written up for Magic Feet because the computer is fighting me every step of the way; I'm thus in a very foul mood and may have taken your post the wrong way. No offense is meant in this reply.)