STOP THE WAR!

["CULLUM, David" <dcullum@gl...gov.uk>]

'...the nuclear bomb is a blunt instrument in the hands of disturbed
children playing for marbles...' Gerard Langley, 'Hard Object', 1979.
Discuss ref. Dubya, Saddam & Phony Blair....
 
respect & peace to all friendsloversplanes
 

atb

 

David

CULLUM

MAIDeN Project Officer

01452-426891

MAIDeN Project

Environment Department

Shire Hall

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-----Original Message-----
From: Hans Degrauwe [mailto:hans.degrauwe@ad...be]
Sent: 06 January 2003 18:36
To: blueplanes@st...net
Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] (no subject)


Hi all, 
 
I must say I know all this, because I'm e real big Marillion-fan... 
I even paid for that record in advance (and my name is in the booklet of 
the
limited edition album...)
Now they're trying to do the same thing all over again for the next album. 
One difference though... 
They're trying to raise enough money to pay all promotiom-stuff
themselves.... 
This instead of one or another recordcompany.
They just asked their fans what they all think about the idea...
 
Hans.
 
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From: Steve Burt <mailto:steve@pk...com>  
To: Blue Aeroplanes <mailto:blueplanes@st...net>  
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 4:49 PM
Subject: [Blueplanes] (no subject)

Happy New Year all.
 
Did anyone read the Doors supplement in the Sunday Times this week,
especially the Marillion article?
 
For those who didn't, it ran something like this:
 



The example of pomp rockers Marillion - not the hippest of bands - suggests
a new business paradigm. Dropped by their record company for being
unfashionable, the band had to cancel a US tour, until Jeff Woods, a fan
from Raleigh, North Carolina, took matters into his own hands. Woods, who
had been to 75 Marillion concerts, raised £37,000 online from other fans 
and
the tour went ahead. Realising the power of the internet to build a
like-minded artistic community, within months 13,000 fans had each paid
Marillion £16 in advance - totalling more than £200,000 - which allowed the
band to record their recent CD Anoraknophobia. Suddenly, Marillion had the
biggest recording advance of their career and no record company to call
their tune. 


"We were the first band to recognise the potential of the internet," said
the singer Steve Hogarth. "We have cut out the middle men in suits, who 
have
been taking most of our money for the past 20 years. What is so brilliant
about the net is that we can ask 40,000 fans at the touch of a button what
they think about a proposed release. It makes music incredibly 
democratic." 


Having sacked their manager and fired their booking agent - fans now book
the shows - the band employ a full-time web editor to keep
<http://www.marillion.com/> www.marillion.com up to date. He sits in the
office next to their recording studio - a fan could not get much closer
without being on stage - and band members visit the site's forum
twice-weekly to contribute to the debate. 


"Sure, the net threatens the record industry," Hogarth said, "but it 
doesn't
threaten the artist. It frees the artist." 


 

You can't say we didn't try with Swagger but an idea worth pursuing, maybe.
 
Steve B
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