Path: news.ccsf.jp!tomockey.ddo.jp!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!multikabel.net!feed20.multikabel.net!newshub2.home.nl!home.nl!amsnews11.chello.com!newsfeeder.wxs.nl!divide.nova.planet.nl!posting.nova.planet.nl!not-for-mail From: "JK Mittendorp" Newsgroups: alt.music.blues,alt.music.soul,japan.music.blues,rec.music.bluenote.blues,rec.music.folk,uk.music.folk,uk.music.rhythm-n-blues Subject: LABEL SEEKING NEW TALENT Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:28:01 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Lines: 66 Message-ID: <477b4b11$0$13746$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.61.237.221 X-Trace: 1199262481 text.nova.planet.nl 13746 80.61.237.221:55958 X-Complaints-To: abuse@planet.nl Xref: news.ccsf.jp japan.music.blues:286 My name is Jan Mittendorp and I run a record label (Black and Tan Records) and a booking agency (Crossroads). I combine the two for the same (mainly USA) artists. I am based in the Netherlands but I sell my records worldwide and I book the artist all over Europe and some of them also in the US. For me blues is a part of the rich folk music tradition. Story telling music that was created by artists who wrote and sang their own songs about their own lives. For me the voice and the story are the roots of this great music. I try to respect the tradition but also see blues as a living art form that should constantly evolve as a result of new impulses from other musical styles and new artists. For future releases / tours I am looking for new talent: - ORIGINAL artists with original material and an original style - that can really SING - have a real STORIES to tell - are willing and able to TOUR - and have NO drug or ego problems If this applies to you and your music (or if you want to suggest an artist you know) send me a link to the music on the internet (website, MySpace, Sonicbids etc) so I can listen to it there. To get an idea if my personal taste I suggest you visit my websites; http://www.crossroads.nl http://www.black-and-tan.com Best regards, Jan Mittendorp P.S. Keep in mind that I am not a native speaker so if my English sounds funny or strange you know why. Imagine how it would sound if you had to explain the above to me in Dutch. P.P.S. Please don't contact me if you can not accept NO without getting mad at me.