tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post1077069617489240583..comments2024-03-27T23:45:06.093+01:00Comments on Renewable Music: Dead-Dropped Music?Daniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-36278436411501169622010-11-03T16:10:12.992+01:002010-11-03T16:10:12.992+01:00Jeff, that is a good example of one of the great u...Jeff, that is a good example of one of the great untold stories in the concert music world, which is the degree to which one must self-finance and promote a career upfront. As I've written here far too often, cds are no longer end use commercial items in themselves but have become the calling cards for concerts, commissions, and teaching gigs. <br /><br />Someday, someone will have to write the definitive history of promotion in new music - Cage's percussion music getting a Life magazine spread, Steve Reich's collectors' item concert announcements, etc.Daniel Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-61521980236392610862010-11-02T13:59:11.661+01:002010-11-02T13:59:11.661+01:00That reminds me of a story David Starobin told me ...That reminds me of a story David Starobin told me in 1982 when I was working at the record store, Sam Goody's on E. 46th Street, NYC. He came by, not to sell us his LP's, but just to drop them in our bins and said he was doing this all over town. Seems to have been a winning strategy!jeff_harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974264062967468882noreply@blogger.com