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<DIV>My opinion on this is simple. Its obvious that we (GLBT artist /bands) are
heading towards a breakthrough.</DIV>
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<DIV>I personally don't feel offended by sharing the same space on our stations/
networks with "GLBT friendly artists" but I do feel that we as GLBT artists have
to step up and speed up the process as much as possible.</DIV>
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<DIV>I think that part of the reason why they (Madonna, Britney
etc) have dominant status in this situation is because the
average GLBT consumer has remained relatively brainwashed by the music
industry when it comes to what and who they should focus their attention
and more importantly, their money on.</DIV>
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<DIV>It amazes me how little the average GLBT consumer actually knows
about us--our music, our music history, and our
already-in-place-and-active GLBT music community! And to make it more
interesting, these potential supporters seem to know almost nothing when it
comes to getting involved on our behalf!</DIV>
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<DIV>I personally have taken the time out of direct self-promotion to
enlighten people about what and who's out there--including providing them
with various GLBT music community stations, networks, web sites, organizations
and other GLBT music artist information. Educating our consumer is the key.
Telling them first hand what our struggle is and how this business works! And
why it is important for them to get involved and stop being so blindly
satisfied with the industry status quo.</DIV>
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<DIV>As an example of this-- I have and continue to respond to my fans with
information about Radio With A Twist and its current format. I encourage every
single one of them to contact the station directly on a regular basis to provide
them with their personal selection of favorite</DIV>
<DIV>GLBT artists, musicians, bands etc. </DIV>
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<DIV>Included with every email response is the contact tel no and email address
for the radio station. Which was provided to me directly from this Outmusic
group! Thank you again JD Doyle! :D</DIV>
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<DIV>I believe if we can continue to band together and not fall into this
competitive trap of "who's on first" we can effectively gain the power to
increase our identity in a still severely homophobic music industry.</DIV>
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<DIV>We all know how all to well just how this "system" works. Now let's
make it work for us! FINALLY!</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for you time.</DIV>
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<DIV>Sincerely, </DIV>
<DIV>SCANDELLE</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>