Re: Commercial???

[Philip.Sainty@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Philip Sainty)]

In article <4984.9308100450@daiches.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>,
Richard Caley <rjc@cogsci.edinburgh.ac.uk> wrote:

>That KaTe has any kind of reputation as an obscure or
>`alternative' artist is mostly due to non-existant promotion of the
>early albums in the US. 

ummm... I wouldn't know about promotion in the US :-)
But yes, I imagine she has a much higher profile in England...

>> I agree that these are wonderful songs, but I don't consider them
>> 'mainstream', as this implies that they are comparable with the songs
>> you hear in the pop charts, which, IMHO, they are not. 

>The reason for that has nothing to do with comerciality of other styles 
>and lots to do with the fact that chart are based on single sales which 
>are dominatedby an age group that likes those styles. 

Good point...

>Besides which, She'll be in the singles chart very soon now.

>Much as I hate to disagree with Vickie, it does matter to me if the
>album and singles are a big hit. I want to stand maximal chance of
>hearing something reasonable playing as background in shops and on the
>radio.

Agreed!

I'm just worried that rather than walking into a shop and hearing the
KaTe I know and love singing, she'll be singing the sorts of songs I
hear in shops at the moment.

On the other hand, I have yet to hear anything from the album apart 
from a sampled .au version of "Moments of Pleasure" which I liked despite
the poor sound quality, so I am probably overreacting a lot :)
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