Re: Poem on Klezmer "bootlegs"?

[Seth Austen <klezmusic...>]

on 1/28/01 7:03 PM, Joshua Horowitz at horowitz (at) styria(dot)com wrote:

> 
> Budowitz Website: http://www.budowitz.com
> 
> Tonight I waxed poetic, inspired by this discussion on free music on the
> web.  Here is a poem for all those whose fan bases and promotional budgets
> have not yet quite reached the dimensions of that of Phish and the Grateful
> Dead:
> 
> Producer called me, he sounded like a gent
> paid a small fee, the sales would pay the rent
> Told me new buyers would flow in through the vent
> But all that gushed in was my four percent
> 
> Promoter called me, she sounded like a gent
> paid a meager fee, new gigs would pay the rent
> Told me larger audiences would flow in through the vent
> But all that sputtered in was my three percent
> 
> Dj called me, he sounded like a gent
> paid a tiny fee, residuals'd pay the rent
> Told me Cd sales would flow in through the vent
> But all that seaped in was my two percent
> 
> Webmaster called me, she sounded like a gent
> forget the small fee, new fans would pay the rent
> Told me new offers would flow in through the vent
> But nothin dribbled in, not even one percent
> 


I like it, lets sample a tsimbl loop or two, mix in an ambient clarinet, add
a funky cello beat, and get that navel pierced, and you've got a hit...

Seth

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