Mike, it's not about the filters. It never has been.

JPF has had its annual awards for how many years now? Has Brian put together a list of links to the winning songs and artists' pages? Well, there's your filter right there.

Has Brian ever published a list of his favorites? He listens to all the stuff JPFers send in for the awards. He's in the best position to be exposed to all the stuff and folks that you and I aren't. That would be a truly JPF filter!

If he doesn't want to because of the administrative position he holds, well that's too bad for the listening public in- AND outside JPF.

If he leaves it to the awards process, well then he's simply abdicating the role he'd be perfectly happy to see Michael Laskow get paid to fill, in order to avoid hurting some folks' feelings.

I mean, does anybody here REALLY believe that NARAS voters actually get the Grammies into the hands of those who made the BEST MUSIC for the previous voting period?

'Filters' will simply be paid tastemakers, getting their checks from the subscription service to listen and pick. Won't be long until they'll expect payment from artists for inclusion on the hotlist.

Anybody, right now, can put together a list of links to songs, and send it out to LOTS of folks. You, Mike Dunbar, can become a JPF filter tonight. And people liking your taste can listen to your recommendations, and perhaps even buy the songs you select.
And if they DID buy a track, you'd be doing a just plain favor to your favorite artist! Right now!

A bigger favor than if you told them to be happy to MAYBE get a penny after they'd spent who knows how long writing and composing, collaborating and cajoling, recording and re-tracking, mixing and mastering, THEN bought a membership at hundreds of dollars a year, paid a submission fee, paid a forwarding/referring fee to get the song from the A&R to the 'filter', and paid a listing/inclusion fee to said filter, to get the song listed ONCE, and MAYBE listened to ONCE by how many hundreds of people who happened to listen long enough the day you were 'hot-picked'!

While EVERYBODY ELSE in the food-chain cashes good checks, made of the money you and every other hopeful and subscriber dutifully send in, every week!


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