New episode is good. Had to listen it in couple parts. Beginning felt dragging a bit or perhaps it was more my lack of knowledge of artists, but it got good. Lots of topic what could be discussed further.
I am quite surprised Crumer would live off the No Rent label, hah! Feels like it is somewhat connected to discussion of "noise success".
I would guess people starting or even running labels may benefit from this and some "business oriented" discussions. Bandcamp critic is good to hear.
In early part there was some talk about how Rose seems to be quite less known - outside the immediate circle of followers. She mentioned not ever sending review copies to press. Which seems a bit amusing, as I find myself asking... what press? Is there anymore press that exists, where one could get attention? With fairly limited runs of tapes, I think one quickly is ruled out of certain possibilities. There is some talk how method of doing 100 tapes, breaking even, little profit and moving on works out. It does, but for example I personally find more interesting than the immediate sales, the potential that can be there. Like you can find Freak Animal CD's from multiple Japanese record stores. Who buys them there? I have no idea! It's crowd that exists. Or that you can walk into Finnish music store chain desk and ask them to have Nicole 12 CD for next day and it can be done. As ridiculous as it sounds. It's just that against all the expectations, against any sense, one would see what if you try is there potential beyond audience who is in direct contact this week or this month. It is certainly consuming approach and works only if you got storage and patience. Tapes are neat, but if you try to arrange distribution there is certainly pro's and con's.
There was talk about a bit more centralized noise information. If that is correct way to put it. Several years ago, there was bubbling under idea of Special Interests as website. A bit more complex platform that it is now. Idea was, that why not have like proper media, where you'd have news of labels re-posted, reviews, interviews, interviews done by other sites, videoclip found anywhere. Sort of centralized site where info that is scattered all over the place can be found. Then list of potential flaws of idea came clear. You include wrong kind of content, and other guys don't want to be associated. You deal just that kind of stuff and big part of genre is ignored, which ain't good either. Publishing news of label X, but not willing to publish news of label Y, because they suck.. and soon you alienate bunch of people based on perhaps nothing else but personal taste. And so on and on. Just the idea of trying to keep up, multiple times a week, and I would know you will burn out. If it would be collective project, there would be some potential, but eventually it might be like most things: Enthusiastic early phase, and then regressing quickly into something else.
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Forum, as many flaws as it may have, is something that this all can be done. It ain't the same thing, but theoretically, anyone who registered in, can promote, post, talk, introduce, remind of whatever things noise. Their own, or things they just found out. It is not centralized. It is still one of the many marginal places, but somehow moderately centralizes things like news, ads, selling items, announcing items, that hopefully won't disappear in abundance of streams.
One advice for keeping eye of forum quick, is to use:
http://www.special-interests.net/forum/index.php?action=recentFound from bottom of front page, Special Interest - Info Center part: "View the most recent posts on the forum."
That way one doesn't have to open every single topic, but click this one thing and can view all messages in order how the appear. If you see something you want to check better, just click topic to navigate.
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Rose mentions that she could think right away 10 other women who should have been "before her" on the podcast. Well, I'd vote for Rachel Slurr to invited!
