Re: Looper CD update / Offer for rare CDs

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Yes, thanks for checking me, I got a little excited about the concept, but
hey if I weren't a dreamer, I probably would not be a musician.  Someone 
else
had posted the idea of a group of people contributing to say a initial 500
cds or so, of which would be split among the investors to market on their
own.  This sounds like a very good starting point of which we could see the
response and then discuss the internet marketing approach.   I don't know, 
I
just feel that looping is really a new art that has not caught on yet and 
the
potential audience would be enormous.  

For example, look at the popularity of the new-age music phenomena (Yanni 
and
others),  and groups such as Manheim Steamroller etc. etc.  In fact, a 
local
radio station in Minneapolis has a Sunday "Musical Starstreams" show that 
is
very popular. Not that these folks are loopers, but they have a corner a a
certain market.   

As to the 2nd CD project, I am not a producer so I don't know the steps, 
but
I would think we would need someone to collect the submissions, perhaps
someone that will have a track on the cd (to keep the interest) and then 2)
Decide the order of materials and do whatever engineering work necessary.  
I
am assuming that each artist would send a fully mixed down version.   Now I
could see that submissions could be rejected if they don't meet certain
requirements such as tape hiss, db levels etc. etc.  If they were rejected,
then the producer would need to decide if that artist would need to remix 
or
wait for the next CD etc. etc.  However, prior to the final stuff being 
sent
to production, there would be a formal review or selections and a check off
 of general content and each artist's final approval.  From there, it's off
to the presses.

As far as economics, I see 1)Kim needing something, 2) The producer needing
something and then 3) The artists being delivered the final product of 
which
they market and report back to the group the success of the sales. etc. 
etc.
 From there,
who knows?

Thinking out loud again.  Any dates in mind?

Thanks;
John Peters