Surfersaurus
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Posts: 352
Australia
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Posted on Oct 20 2015 03:13 AM
Here's a simple idea to spread the word on instro surf music.
Make up a mix tape and give it to your friends or anyone who you think might be interested in music. This can be on a CD , USB drive, but keep it simple, make it easy for them.
Say, no more that 20 tracks and don't try to be too cool with song choices, keep it accessible. Save the less commercial tracks for next time, should they want more.
This is how we used to share music in the 70s and turn others onto stuff they might not hear otherwise. I discovered lots of music this way.
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Badger
Joined: Nov 16, 2013
Posts: 4537
Wisconsin
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Posted on Oct 20 2015 06:15 AM
Yep, used to do that with cassettes. Have done it with CD's a few times & now have a couple of in-laws and a daughter who are digging on it and a fishing buddy who likes more of the hot-rod oriented stuff. All report they like not having their brain being co-opted by nebulous pop lyrics. The one sister-in-law is a 60-something cello/violin teacher lol and instro surf is reported by daughter to be ear candy when getting through a morning workout.
— Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel
DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.
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Kawentzmann
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1062
Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Oct 20 2015 09:19 AM
I thought streaming services have algorithms for discovery? Like you listen to 90% the same stuff as this other guy, but no Surf like he does so we slip in a surf track ans see if you skip it. That’s how I thought it worked. LastFM was trying to do something like that and now there’s Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer. I’m not using any of them so I don’t know. They pay musicians lousy and play commercials in exchange for access to your listening habits.
— The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann
You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy.
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Badger
Joined: Nov 16, 2013
Posts: 4537
Wisconsin
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Posted on Oct 20 2015 02:42 PM
Kawentzmann wrote:
They pay musicians lousy and play commercials in exchange for access to your listening habits.
I don't know how long the phrase has been around but it goes something like:
"If something is free, than You are the service."
Not as friendly as just handing someone you know a mix-CD with a smile & having them "give it a listen."
— Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel
DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.
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shake_n_stomp
Joined: Jan 09, 2014
Posts: 624
Vancouver BC
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Posted on Oct 20 2015 02:48 PM
When my non-surf band - one that does typical covers - performs, I give a short preamble about "back in the early 60s Dick Dale was a pioneer of a new form of rock called 'surf music'...some of you know this from the diner scene in in the film Pulp Fiction" (and then hit it).
I've had people come up to me later on to tell me how cool that was, that they never really knew that it was a RnR sub-genre, and that they loved the "fast guitar stuff from Pulp Fiction". People dance and will enjoy it if it is good. Pipeline tends to go over as a "well, time to order another pint" kind of tune.
One has to start somewhere. Dick Dale is a great place to start. 
— Lorne
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Vancouver BC Canada
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IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 10331
southern Michigan
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Posted on Oct 20 2015 04:35 PM
Badger wrote:
Not as friendly as just handing someone you know a mix-CD with a smile & having them "give it a listen."
This was exactly my hope with the Brave New Surf comp that I put together back for Double Crown Records in 2012 - something that surf music fans could give to people they knew that might grow to like surf music. It was already 'predesigned', so to speak, for that purpose. That's certainly how I was thinking about that whole CD as I worked on it.
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19356
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Oct 20 2015 09:31 PM
Here's a link to the Brave New Surf website:
http://bravenewsurf.com/
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25715
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Oct 21 2015 09:54 AM
IvanP wrote:
Badger wrote:
Not as friendly as just handing someone you know a mix-CD with a smile & having them "give it a listen."
This was exactly my hope with the Brave New Surf comp that I put together back for Double Crown Records in 2012 - something that surf music fans could give to people they knew that might grow to like surf music. It was already 'predesigned', so to speak, for that purpose. That's certainly how I was thinking about that whole CD as I worked on it.
I've given a few of them as gifts over the past few years.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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