strathspey@strathspey.org:45207

Ozorak

Re: Ask and Ye shall receive - Perhaps!

May 9, 2006, 6:36 p.m. (Message 45207, in reply to message 45205)

It's not just record companies.  There are independent bands, like mine, 
that do it as a hobby.  So if I think of sinking $10,000 out of pocket for a 
CD that has limited market appeal, then I have to have some guarantee that 
the dance is worth having music to.  The way I think it, each track costs me 
anywhere between $500 to $1,000 to record, so it better be something that 
has some market appeal rather than just pull something out of obscurity.

When I look at dance tune books, the same is true.  There are tons of 
published fiddle tunes, but how many of them are really worth recording? 
How many versions do we need to have of tunes that are done to death (such 
as Ian Burns' "Spootiskerry"?).

Etienne,
Meadville, PA