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SilasCiaran wrote:

copy release, but those thirteen in all are monumentally more significant to me than a RAR full of glitched file ghosts ever could be, and I know for a fact that thirteen people will either cherish what I and the label have done, or hate it to its core, but either way, they will have something that they can keep in a box, display proudly with similar objects and artifacts, or toss in the rubbish to rot with day old bananas peels and milk cartons set to curdle. Perhaps some wary wayfaring stranger will come on by the local dump and pick up what is thought to be trash, and instead find gold, or perhaps it will forever be lost to a sea of parasites and squirming rings of lost souls. Perhaps is a word often used for the unknown but secretly needed. All I know is that I love what I do, and I am honoured to work with each and every artist that I do. I will never cease to feel that pride, and I plan on creating an environment in the future where arts of all kind can survive, thrive, and

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SilasCiaran wrote:

air and cheap, shallow threats of indignation that drove me to discover the amazing qualities in gigantic quantities that the 'underground' had to offer. I do not run a Myspace label. I do not run a net-label. I do not promote false ideals and falser-so sounds, and I would never find triumph or self-satisfaction if I did. I run a physical entity that I can reach out and touch, put blood into and bone against, and share with others. I loathe the internet for what it has done to a generation, zombifying would-be revolutionists into has-been sensationalists. In closing... you ask what is appealing about all of this from the artist's perspective? Well, as one such 'artist', I have released albums on various labels of friends, and while the number of copies is never to be known prior, nor is the true response, the sense of satisfaction is always there, never to leave you hanging to where the desperation of posting links may lead you by the hand. I may only receive three copies of a thirteen

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SilasCiaran wrote:

have their own sounds heard, but merely as a throwback to the fact that when it comes down to barebones, it really is degrading the quality and actual integrity of the art), but I know for a fact how much time, effort, and heart I put into each and ever copy of something that I create. Like I said, you cannot hold an MP3, but you can spin a record, pop a cassette into a tape deck, and slide a CD into a player, sit back in the dark, and close your eyes to soak within the sounds coming forth from your speakers. Surely, you can find ways to do this with an MP3 through various means, but you will always have the accusatory eye of the glow of a thousand computerised faces staring back at you, even if you cannot readily see them. I have acquired some of my most cherished albums through physical mail-order sheets of paper, without hearing flimsy mp3 samples, and without knowing what I was going to get. It was that excitement, that sense of longing for something to fill the void of stale

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SilasCiaran wrote:

with a few 'hard-earnt' dollars to say "Well, I appreciate you, your sounds, and what they do for me. Here is some sort of 'validation' (but in no way is a validation necessary or...well, valid... as you said) that your hard work is worthy of my measly monetary gain." The DIY community, while a small one in reality, is strong in its blood, and the actual essence of that blood runs within the physical underground, not a theoretical one, where thousands of people can click a link but only three will actually listen to what is behind said link. I do this for love. For appreciation. For the former found sometimes but not always within the latter. And it is those defining moments where it is found that truly ring through as monumental. Yes, I may not be able to make so many copies of a release that it equals the amount of times someone can spam a link (and I say this in no way as a slight to you or any other artist online, as I respect anyone with the will and determination to actually

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SilasCiaran wrote:

certainly been 'screwed', as one might say, by a handful of labels. One of which is now quite 'large' and 'respected' by dozens of mindless peons. A label that I helped to start, and get none of the recognition for. But that does not bother me. I am not bitter, because I know for a fact that what I myself am doing is real, and true, and that is all that matters to me. I began running a label because it made me feel something that my other involvements in the music scene had not. It gave me a concrete, satiated pride where other endeavours had left me feeling only the slightest bit of shallow glamour and surface-scratching glee. Taking a turn into a completely different spectrum, you cannot and never will be able to hold a music file. You cannot taste 1s and 0s. You will never be able to truly experience aural catharsis as a whole in the lieu of the digital era. One may attend a concert, pick up an ill-pressed t-shirt, and rant and rave over their favourite band, but one cannot part

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SilasCiaran wrote:

shreds, leaving a thin layer of mucus membrane scattered around, throwing your whatever scraps are left in the form of a few dollars as if to compensate for some 'attaboy' form of self-induced therapy. I, however, believe in something else. Something with more confidence and non self-righteous appreciation. I do not work on a contract-based system, nor one that relies on money as reason to proceed with things. I do things completely independently, my packaging is handmade, and I dub / duplicate everything myself. I spend hours upon hours making damn well sure that a release comes out to pristine specification, both from my own standards and the artists'. I use money out of my pocket for everything, and send a good amount of the copies of the finished product to the artist for him / her to do with as they please. I do not live within the selfish, self-involved, degrading world of most labels that I have had the unfortunate mis-step of involving myself with. Believe you me, I have

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SilasCiaran wrote:

First off, hello. Now... Well, let me ask you the most basic of questions, inherently connected to your own; what is so great about 'releasing' music on the internet? Surely, you can pack some Mp3s into a RAR file, upload it to various share sites, and send the link to millions of people. Surely, you can have others post it all over every single place that they know and see. And more than surely, some people will download those files, listen to them, like or dislike them, and Blog furiously about it later. But when it comes down to the essence of it, the true spirit beneath its surface, net-music is lazy. Net-labels, while some hold a place of true love and respect in my heart, and most of the time lazy, incompetence, and all around disrespectful to art, sound, and their own method of transporting these things, bastardised as it may be. And once again, MUCH more than surely, there are countless labels out there who would take your music and your soul therein and merely tear it to

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Velvet_Myx wrote:

Also I tried Helios, but dunno...I didn't like it really. Is Deaf Center good?

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