Re: photo of our new vocalist.

From: Rick Torres (sblrocks@pacbell.net)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2002 - 20:53:14 CET

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    Hi Steph, I appreciate your comments and take them to heart.
    I'm not trying to be condescending, I just have my hands tied right now by
    the current SBL situation as far as releasing new music samples on the web,
    we are in a settlement to sell my band name "SBL" to the old vocalist Geri
    for their new project, and in the meantime I am just letting the world know
    that we are still working on new projects. if you would like to hear some of
    the new music I would be happy to share it with you privately.
    Again, sorry to come across as a boor, this was not my intention.

    Rick Torres
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    >From: steph99 <beleza@speakeasy.net>
    >To: Rick Torres <sblrocks@pacbell.net>
    >Subject: Re: photo of our new vocalist.
    >Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 1:34 PM
    >

    > Listen hon, this is the second time you've posted about your trophy vocalist,
    > and while she's probably quite talented and a very nice person, your
    > presentation of her is really getting to me. First of all, I don't know who
    you
    > are or why I should be interested in the fact that you have a new vocalist.
    > (ah, so you're a supreme being of leisure. you could add that to the email to
    > add a little relevance. Call me a cavedweller but I didn't know that from
    just
    > your name. I think it's a little ballsy to assume everyone on a 700-person
    > list-serv would know that, or care.)
    >
    > Second, the page you point to just has a huge picture of this girl, and a
    > statement that she can sing. And the last page you sent out had pictures of
    > this girl frolicking on the beach. No bio, no sound clips, no information, no
    > quotes to even it out, just a visual. And the comment in your email that she
    > sings better than she looks? Did it occur to you that that might come across
    as
    > condescending? Would you give the same treatment and commentary to a
    > male vocalist? It reminds me of the story of how Jill Scott chose a record
    > label. They sent out lots of blank cds with no picture, no bio, no name, just
    > contact info. The labels who wrote back saying "wow this girl has talent.
    > what does she look like?" got the old thanks-but-no-thanks. Labels that
    weren't
    > interested in appearance went into the maybe pile.
    >
    > Your vocalist may not mind this sort of representation, but I can tell you as
    a
    > potential audience member fairly representative of a certain demographic, I
    > don't like it at all and it doesn't make me want to listen to your music. In
    > fact it puts an odd shadow over all your work, to me. Take this as an
    > aggravated but constructive (cuntstructive?) and pretty darn informed
    criticism:
    > Put more emphasis on the music, and less on your vocalist's lips and freckles,
    > please. Can we elevate a little, folks?
    >
    > Ok, enough of this, I have some bras to burn.
    >
    > full of vitriol and a heart of gold,
    > 99
    >
    > On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Rick Torres wrote:
    >
    >> follow this link to a recent photo of our new vocalist....
    >>
    >> http://www.ricktorres.com/story.html
    >>
    >> ...she sings better than she looks :-)
    >>
    >
    >



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