Been a wierd day. First of all, a few nights ago we woke up with a dead skunk in our yard. During the night I had heard the neighbor's dogs barking, and the animal was found right on the property line. Well, today I got into my car and am thinking, damn, this smells...so yeah, I think my beloved car had been sprayed by that skunk. *sigh*
Work was wierd too. We had been having some problems with some of our equipment being moved around, then today when we went to go install another podium, we found the classroom we were trying to get into had had it's lock drilled. They had been unsuccessful, though, but now no one can get in, heh. So very suspicious things are happening.
Had another first today in the line of the music industry. Lately I've had a few bands submit music that I've had to turn down...not because they're bad, but because they're the wrong genre. Ok, the site says glam/goth/industrial/synth, and I know a lot of genres are up to interpretation...
Well, I got one techno dude - who calls his music "dark electronica" - submit, and, like I said, it's good stuff, maybe even more varying that your typical techno, but...it's still techno. So I politely comment on his work (I always give personalized feedback because I'm a good CEO like that) but tell him the standard "I don't think either your music or my targeted audience would benefit from a submission to the site". I got a kind of snide remark back about other larger bands that could be considered "dark electronica" that also had heavier tunes, and that I hadn't heard enough of his music to make that decision. I'm like, wtf, you sent me a link to your myspace site, and I listened to all four songs there. If you had other music you wanted me to hear, you shoulda, I dunno, sent it to me?? Just an idea. Oh, and arguing with the one who has final say over submissions is a reaaaaaaaaally good idea, let me tell ya. Haha, wow, some people...
But that lead me to the idea that I think I should put up a submission FAQ's for artists on the site, not only for me but for other uses...figured it might be good for people to get some advice on how to present themselves a bit better, especially since I've been getting promo packs for other means as well. So yeah, gonna do that tonight.
I also noticed something today elsewhere that kinda irritated me. Can't go into details, but it kind of made me (and I'm sure some other people too) feel like the work we've done has gone unnoticed. Ah well. That's why I run my own life and business, eh?
Anyways, not gonna stay up too much longer. Gotta wake up early and go to the bank and get some perscriptions refilled. *sigh* Money...
Work was wierd too. We had been having some problems with some of our equipment being moved around, then today when we went to go install another podium, we found the classroom we were trying to get into had had it's lock drilled. They had been unsuccessful, though, but now no one can get in, heh. So very suspicious things are happening.
Had another first today in the line of the music industry. Lately I've had a few bands submit music that I've had to turn down...not because they're bad, but because they're the wrong genre. Ok, the site says glam/goth/industrial/synth, and I know a lot of genres are up to interpretation...
Well, I got one techno dude - who calls his music "dark electronica" - submit, and, like I said, it's good stuff, maybe even more varying that your typical techno, but...it's still techno. So I politely comment on his work (I always give personalized feedback because I'm a good CEO like that) but tell him the standard "I don't think either your music or my targeted audience would benefit from a submission to the site". I got a kind of snide remark back about other larger bands that could be considered "dark electronica" that also had heavier tunes, and that I hadn't heard enough of his music to make that decision. I'm like, wtf, you sent me a link to your myspace site, and I listened to all four songs there. If you had other music you wanted me to hear, you shoulda, I dunno, sent it to me?? Just an idea. Oh, and arguing with the one who has final say over submissions is a reaaaaaaaaally good idea, let me tell ya. Haha, wow, some people...
But that lead me to the idea that I think I should put up a submission FAQ's for artists on the site, not only for me but for other uses...figured it might be good for people to get some advice on how to present themselves a bit better, especially since I've been getting promo packs for other means as well. So yeah, gonna do that tonight.
I also noticed something today elsewhere that kinda irritated me. Can't go into details, but it kind of made me (and I'm sure some other people too) feel like the work we've done has gone unnoticed. Ah well. That's why I run my own life and business, eh?
Anyways, not gonna stay up too much longer. Gotta wake up early and go to the bank and get some perscriptions refilled. *sigh* Money...
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