I swear i'm going to fucking kill myself, I just spent a fucking hour writing a fucking reply to this fucking thread and I lost the fucking thing by pressing fucking preview and pressing fucking back Oh god i'm so SNAPPING!!!!!!!!! 
anyway, here's the reprise:
If you don't know me(i've been away from regular interweb access for some time), i'm ross, I work with Naphta and Rohan in bassbin. V interesting and productive discussion so far, big up yourselves.
oh god i'm still snapping. Anyway, here's my thoughts, mostly practical as I'm not too hot on the theorising
1. a SPLIT. Unless someone wins the lottery then we pretty much have to work in current DnB structures, much as we would like to all have a distribution company that has an account with tons of shops. 0=0, i'm v interested to hear the nuts and bolts of how you go about distributing your records. I suppose if we're talking about doing a CD with knowledge then that much is self evident. I know I would be dubious about trying to sell an event that is explicitly not Drum and Bass in our town. Also. I feel a responsibility towards our DJs who play nearly exclusively 2 step new drum and bass. Where do they fit in? I certainly would like them to be able to express themselves however they would like to...
i'm still headwrecked about losing my previous post it was so fucking long aaaah I feel like smashing up the fucking computer
2. I wholeheartedly agree with Naphta, Pieter and beckett when it comes to internet hostilities!!! Let's concentrate on celebrating music we love instead of slagging off that which we don't. It's all too easy to breath flame on an internet forum, which leads me to...
3. Don't let this just be a load of cunts talking to each other on the web!! This 'thing' we're talking about, whether it starts out with a cover CD (damn good place to start IMO, as it's relatively cheap) is going to be a logistical nightmare. BE PREPARED FOR PAIN AND SUFFERING. How do we go about picking tracks for the CD?? Could I suggest, one track per label with each label paying a proportionate share? That would surely only amount to a few quid each...
Bassbin
Streetbeats
Inperspective
Outsider / Paradox
Warm Com
Offshore
0=0's label
Fracture & Neptune
Who am I missing??
what about Polar? Danny Breaks? Surely they have one or two tracks lying around they're doing nothing with...
Has anyone pointed out this thread to Heath and Clever from Warm Com and Offshore? It would be nice to get their input before we sign them up...
4. a tour, holy shit that's difficult. Pieter's right about franchising but it needs to amount to more than just a logo on a poster...this shit is going to be hard and it needs people to make decisions, which means we need some sort of 'decider'!!! Whether it be a committee or what, I don't really know...thoughts?? This whole thing will stand or fall on factors like this.
Any forwardbounders on here? Remember the forwardbound ep???? Let's not let it go like that, eh?
Ok, there was other stuff in my other post but it's too late for that...i'll check out the thread tomorrow and see what else yiz have come up with...v interesting stuff so far
Ross
ps STILL SNAPPING
anyway, here's the reprise:
If you don't know me(i've been away from regular interweb access for some time), i'm ross, I work with Naphta and Rohan in bassbin. V interesting and productive discussion so far, big up yourselves.
oh god i'm still snapping. Anyway, here's my thoughts, mostly practical as I'm not too hot on the theorising
1. a SPLIT. Unless someone wins the lottery then we pretty much have to work in current DnB structures, much as we would like to all have a distribution company that has an account with tons of shops. 0=0, i'm v interested to hear the nuts and bolts of how you go about distributing your records. I suppose if we're talking about doing a CD with knowledge then that much is self evident. I know I would be dubious about trying to sell an event that is explicitly not Drum and Bass in our town. Also. I feel a responsibility towards our DJs who play nearly exclusively 2 step new drum and bass. Where do they fit in? I certainly would like them to be able to express themselves however they would like to...
i'm still headwrecked about losing my previous post it was so fucking long aaaah I feel like smashing up the fucking computer
2. I wholeheartedly agree with Naphta, Pieter and beckett when it comes to internet hostilities!!! Let's concentrate on celebrating music we love instead of slagging off that which we don't. It's all too easy to breath flame on an internet forum, which leads me to...
3. Don't let this just be a load of cunts talking to each other on the web!! This 'thing' we're talking about, whether it starts out with a cover CD (damn good place to start IMO, as it's relatively cheap) is going to be a logistical nightmare. BE PREPARED FOR PAIN AND SUFFERING. How do we go about picking tracks for the CD?? Could I suggest, one track per label with each label paying a proportionate share? That would surely only amount to a few quid each...
Bassbin
Streetbeats
Inperspective
Outsider / Paradox
Warm Com
Offshore
0=0's label
Fracture & Neptune
Who am I missing??
what about Polar? Danny Breaks? Surely they have one or two tracks lying around they're doing nothing with...
Has anyone pointed out this thread to Heath and Clever from Warm Com and Offshore? It would be nice to get their input before we sign them up...
4. a tour, holy shit that's difficult. Pieter's right about franchising but it needs to amount to more than just a logo on a poster...this shit is going to be hard and it needs people to make decisions, which means we need some sort of 'decider'!!! Whether it be a committee or what, I don't really know...thoughts?? This whole thing will stand or fall on factors like this.
Any forwardbounders on here? Remember the forwardbound ep???? Let's not let it go like that, eh?
Ok, there was other stuff in my other post but it's too late for that...i'll check out the thread tomorrow and see what else yiz have come up with...v interesting stuff so far
Ross
ps STILL SNAPPING