The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #102005   Message #2066227
Posted By: GUEST,.gargoyle
01-Jun-07 - 10:44 PM
Thread Name: morality of collecting
Subject: RE: morality of collecting
Mr. Greenhouse -



Don't get me wrong - (you are a good friend) however, the "service" of professional (and fringe) distributors is dead.....(while I would mark the year 2000....history will probably record 2006-07)



You list some truly CLASSIC Folk under your distribution....brillant artists with some recordings I have purchased (AND yours has been a VALUABLE contribution to the continuance of American Folk) however, FTP, P2P, .... or my preference ....direct artist interface...all profits to the artist...Do-It-Yourself....DIY ... have made artists aware that "getting a label" means that they are only another "slave to the man."



New technology - means that "the slaves have been set free."



Sincerly,

Gargoyle



For total - (real, bootleg, bogus,) My "collection" now holds perhaps, 92% (some un-released) Rodgers....and about 85% of Ives....My cost....about $15.00 US....because 45's sold for a buck once-upon-a-time.