Re: [ARSCLIST] Music Conferences / Future Releases / Online Radio / 78s in the Bottom of a River?

[Lance Ledbetter <lance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Lou,
We added the list of email addresses from the most recent ARSC Conference to
our email list because we wanted to stay in touch with the people we met. If
your address was included and you would not like to receive future updates
from us, please feel free to use the link at the bottom of the email that
states "Leave mailing list."  All you have to do is click the link and
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 Sorry for the inconvenience,
Lance Ledbetter
Dust-to-Digital

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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lou Judson" <loujudson@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Dust-to-Digital" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List" <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Music Conferences / Future Releases / Online Radio / 78s in
the
> Bottom of a River?
>
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> Excuse me, but can you tell me where you got my email adress, and maybe
> I will want to stay on - but I do not recall subscribing to your
> newsletter.
>
> Thanks for any information you can find on how I got signed on, as I do
> not believe Arcslist shares email addresses with anyone, do they? This
> cetainly looks like commercial advertising spam to me!
>
> <L>
>
> Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
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> On Jun 13, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Dust-to-Digital wrote:
>
> >  Greetings from Atlanta,
> >
> >  The last few weeks have been a whirlwind for us here at
> > Dust-to-Digital. In mid-May, April and I traveled across the country
> > to Seattle for our first ARSC conference where we got to hear many
> > incredible presentations. We saw some old friends and made some new
> > ones. Overall, it was a great experience.
> >
> >  On the trip, I used whatever down time I had to work on a
> > presentation of my own, which I was set to deliver in Nashville three
> > days after our return. The paper, entitled "Standing in the Presence
> > of the Past: Dust-to-Digital and the Preservation of Old Time Music,"
> > served as the keynote presentation for the  International Country
> > Music Conference. With the assistance of Belmont University and the
> > Country Music Hall of Fame, we were able to get the Roan Mountain
> > Hilltoppers to perform throughout the presentation to illustrate some
> > of the songs I discussed. The presentation went well, and I hope to
> > get some excerpts on the DTD website at some point in the future.
> >
> >  When the ICMC ended, I joined company with blues journalist and
> > country music discographer Tony Russell. He and I conducted several
> > research trips in Kentucky and north Georgia. We talked to relatives
> > and acquaintances of musicians and were able to learn a great deal of
> > information about some biographical ciphers. Tony stayed with us for
> > a week then headed back to London.
> >
> >  That brings us to the present. We are working on several
> > compilations that we hope to have out before the end of the year. The
> > largest of which is a three CD anthology of the standup bass
> > appropriately titled "Basses Loaded" by its producer Dick Spottswood.
> > There are a couple of foreign language releases we are preparing for
> > reissue, as well.
> >
> >  Our most recent release Fonotone Records: Frederick, Maryland
> > 1956-1969 has been featured in several press outlets over the past
> > month. Bill Meyer called the box set "a packaging geek's dream" in his
> > review for the Chicago Reader. Whitney Strub described the Fonotone
> > basement as "a giddy vortex of tooting jugs and clanging tablespoons,
> > hyperactive banjos and restless mandolins" in his article for Pop
> > Matters. The positive response to Fonotone has resonated with the
> > label's founder Joe Bussard. Never one to sit still for too long, Joe
> > has been talking about a possible Fonotone Records resurrection. Stay
> > tuned for more info...
> >
> >  Speaking of Joe, last Friday we celebrated the 100th episode of his
> > "Country Classics" radio show on WREK. Further news from the world of
> > radio, a new online station and two new shows have been getting a lot
> > of play in the DTD offices. First, there is Venerable Music's virtual
> > jukebox, which operates 24/7 and even plays requests. The station
> > showcases many of the CDs that Venerable Music carries. Second, there
> > is "Theme Time Radio" with host Bob Dylan on XM Radio. So far, there
> > has been a show on Baseball, Coffee, Jail, and Weather. Who knows what
> > to expect next? Third, Greg Vandy's "The Roadhouse" on KEXP in Seattle
> > features three hours of American blues and roots music every
> > Wednesday. Each show is archived for a week, and the webpage even
> > lists cocktail menus to mix for your listening pleasure.
> >
> >  Finally, I leave you with a recent delve into 78 rpm folklore. The
> > PBS show "History Detectives" set its sights on Grafton, Wisconsin
> > last week in search for  master recordings that Paramount Records is
> > rumored to have dumped in the Milwaukee River. I spoke to Dick
> > Spottswood who was flown up for the show to see whether any records
> > were recovered. He said the scuba diving excursion was to take place
> > last Friday, and we'll have to watch the show in August to see.
> >
> >  Best wishes for summer,
> >  Lance Ledbetter
> >  Dust-to-Digital
> >
> >
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