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Re: remember that band? what was their name? something about a river?
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>From: john davis <hellomynameisj at yahoo_com>
>Subject: remember that band? what was their name? something about a
river?
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>i'm gonna go out on a limb here and write about OtR.
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>my friend rich asked me this question about a year ago and i managed
>to weasel my way out of it:
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>suppose OtR gets a record deal and gets really famous... is that good
>or bad?
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>i know it's a horrible question, but we have, i think, benefited from
>the "home studio" aspect of OtR- they can afford to be creative
>without having to worry so much about the radio, or about fitting into
>a market. (thank God they are smart enough to stay away from the only
>manmade black hole in history- the Christian music industry)
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>what will radio do to them? (am i being selfish here?) nothing? (i
>think of the innocence mission) or will they have to fit into molds
>that don't suit them (i think here of the low-budget videos for
>"jacksie" and "happy with myself?")
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>how many people are interested in the "success" of OtR (i read a lot
>about people 'evangelizing' others to become OtR fans, and i do it
>myself- i designed the ULTIMATE OtR mix tape last summer). how many
>worry about the effects of a record deal?
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>is this perhaps why OtR is being so cautious about signing with anyone?
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>i don't really have an opinion one way or the other, i just wonder
>what folks think...
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>i am glad i am not a cat.
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>john.
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>NP- "up up up up up" ani difranco. (it's yummy.)
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I suppose I wonder more about how they feel. Didn't they always say they
had something to whisper to the world? If they do indeed go "mainstream"
I suppose they won't be whispering anymore. I have often felt icky when
I'm hit from all sides (radio, TV, friends who don't really "appreciate"
it) by a song or group that was special to me. I suppose this is quite
selfish.
S. Miles
"And I keep hearing that same damn song everywhere I go!"
Ani Difranco (Little Plastic Castle)
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