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*Blatantly stolen from the Ableton board*
This a post by the owner of US record store Planet X USA. :
You can check out the thread here : http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35660
This a post by the owner of US record store Planet X USA. :
Dear winter music conference,
We go through this just about every year, don't we?
While we all pretty agree that apple does a great job with itunes, they are certainly not "real" enough to be considered a "dance music retailer". Sure, they might sell "dance music" but that certainly doesn't make them a "DMR". Hey! I know it's all about the bottom line but at what point does WMC actually serve the DM Community instead of themselves and mr jobs & co bottom line? Does ol' steve j REALLY need more money?? We all would be interested in WMC disclosing if itunes - or any other nominees in any catagory for that matter - are in any way contributing sponsorship money to your event.
Listing itunes is an insult to the many people who through the years have supported DM (and not pimped it [and every other type of music for that matter] to sell ipods). It goes without saying that the last couple years have not been great years for the DM Community, but instead of showing much need support to it "life blood" (because as JFK noted - a rising tide raises all boats) - you've sold out to "the man".
This has nothing to do with being "underground" or anything naive and dated like that - i've been doing this to long to even imply that. But this IS about you REALLY supporting the community you portray yourself to be a member of. But by the looks of it, you are just another corporate vampire sucking the life out something with soul.
Like red sez - dumbass! Looking forward to hearing from you.
mark "spike" simchock
ruthless ruler
www.planetxusa.com
"honest & legit since 1990"
p.s. and please spare us all the crap about "well, we just take nominations...blah blah blah". Categorically the itunes nominations should have been ignored. Gawd knows you need some sort of legitimate criteria - another one of your nominees professes to be a "dance music specialist" and they don't even sell slip mats (they aren't digital, they sell vinyl!), nor do they don't even have the necessary intelligence to supply a release's catalog/matrix #. Heck, they don't even show the release's country. To neglect these BASIC tools of a DJ boarders on blasphemy. Again, such asinine nominations should be ignored. If you're gonna put the time in to give an award at least make it worth something. As it is, your nominations list has clearly devalued the winner's prize.
Finally, to those of you who are getting this email please vote for us in the category: "best store not nominated" and also under "the only store with the a backbone". And please think next time you see someone pull some lame half assed shxt like this, whether it's in this industry, politics, the local paper or anywhere. Crap is crap and more intelligence-insulting crap is the last thing this world needs at this point.
We go through this just about every year, don't we?
While we all pretty agree that apple does a great job with itunes, they are certainly not "real" enough to be considered a "dance music retailer". Sure, they might sell "dance music" but that certainly doesn't make them a "DMR". Hey! I know it's all about the bottom line but at what point does WMC actually serve the DM Community instead of themselves and mr jobs & co bottom line? Does ol' steve j REALLY need more money?? We all would be interested in WMC disclosing if itunes - or any other nominees in any catagory for that matter - are in any way contributing sponsorship money to your event.
Listing itunes is an insult to the many people who through the years have supported DM (and not pimped it [and every other type of music for that matter] to sell ipods). It goes without saying that the last couple years have not been great years for the DM Community, but instead of showing much need support to it "life blood" (because as JFK noted - a rising tide raises all boats) - you've sold out to "the man".
This has nothing to do with being "underground" or anything naive and dated like that - i've been doing this to long to even imply that. But this IS about you REALLY supporting the community you portray yourself to be a member of. But by the looks of it, you are just another corporate vampire sucking the life out something with soul.
Like red sez - dumbass! Looking forward to hearing from you.
mark "spike" simchock
ruthless ruler
www.planetxusa.com
"honest & legit since 1990"
p.s. and please spare us all the crap about "well, we just take nominations...blah blah blah". Categorically the itunes nominations should have been ignored. Gawd knows you need some sort of legitimate criteria - another one of your nominees professes to be a "dance music specialist" and they don't even sell slip mats (they aren't digital, they sell vinyl!), nor do they don't even have the necessary intelligence to supply a release's catalog/matrix #. Heck, they don't even show the release's country. To neglect these BASIC tools of a DJ boarders on blasphemy. Again, such asinine nominations should be ignored. If you're gonna put the time in to give an award at least make it worth something. As it is, your nominations list has clearly devalued the winner's prize.
Finally, to those of you who are getting this email please vote for us in the category: "best store not nominated" and also under "the only store with the a backbone". And please think next time you see someone pull some lame half assed shxt like this, whether it's in this industry, politics, the local paper or anywhere. Crap is crap and more intelligence-insulting crap is the last thing this world needs at this point.
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