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1. A HAND JOB: MUSIC INQUIRY FROM MTV
A HAND JOB: MUSIC INQUIRY FROM MTV
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 18:13:53 -0800
From: Matt McCartie <mmccartie@bunim-murray.com>
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To: NEGATIVLAND@NEGATIVLAND.COM
Subject: MUSIC INQUIRY FROM MTV
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DEAR NEGATIVLAND:
MY NAME IS MATT MCCARTIE AND I AM THE MUSIC COORDINATOR FOR MTV'S "THE REAL WORLD". I AM CURRENTLY REFORMING AND REVISING MY MUSIC LIBRARY TO GET READY FOR OUR 8TH SEASON OF THE SHOW. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THE SHOW IS VERY MUSIC DRIVEN AND I WANT TO HAVE MUSIC I LIKE IN THE SHOW.
I HAVE WRITTEN YOUR LABEL, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHERS BECAUSE (A), I LIKE BANDS FROM YOUR LABEL OR (B), YOU WERE RECOMMENDED TO ME BY OTHER SOURCES. I WANT TO HEAR MORE MUSIC. I WANT TO GET INUNDATED WITH NEW MUSIC FOR THE NEXT SEASON. I WANT TO GET WORLD WIDE EXPOSURE, ON THE HIGHEST RATED SHOW ON MTV, FOR BANDS THAT I'M INTO AND LABELS THAT PUT OUT GOOD MUSIC.
IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOUR LABEL WOULD BE
INTO, PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE AND SEND IT OUT. BE SURE TO THROW IN A CARD SO WE CAN TALK AT A LATER DATE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME IN ADVANCE.
SINCERELY,
MATT MCCARTIE
THE REAL WORLD
BUNIM-MURRAY PRODUCTIONS
6007 SEPULVEDA BLVD
VAN NUYS, CA 91411
(818) 756-5118
To: Matt McCartie <mmccartie@bunim-murray.com>,
From: Negativland
Subject: Re: MUSIC INQUIRY FROM MTV
Cc:
Bcc: dj, dick, chris, mark, david
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Dear Matt,
Although your inquiry is somewhat flattering, you are unfortunately way behind the times. We must be one of those recommended to you by others because if you knew our work, you would know that we are now completely old hat in the "next generation" music scene of today, and the welcome we never got was worn out a long time ago. We have nothing "new" to say and we just keep saying it over and over again. Like all musical groups that go on too long, what may have once been creativity has now simply become an
uncontrollable habit. We suffer from the obsessive compulsive musical disorder so common to dinosaurs like us and therapy has not changed us one bit. What can you be thinking of? Don't you realize it would be dangerous to your own hard climbing position at MTV to start using outdated works with as little musical interest as ours have? Don't you even care about your job?
That said, we like money just as much as all the other labels you are
contacting, so if you insist on having us lower your ratings, we could
hardly refuse - for a price. Since we don't get cable here, it wont affect our watching habits at all. However, since all our records are now made one at a time by hand, we have no "extras" to give away, so you will have to find a store that sells them, which is not that easy, believe us. But they're not really worth the price or the effort in our opinion. If you can find any, and if you still want to include some of the very brief clips you are known for from our work, please ask for one of our "Music Restraining Orders" which you must agree to before airing any amount of any of our recorded works. Don't worry, it's a brief legal form, easy to fill out, and
simply requires you to keep all commercials at least 10 minutes from either side of our work. This is necessary for your protection as well as ours, as we have had some problems with lawsuits in the past. But really, what good would it do to request this form in the first place since MTV does not HAVE a 10-minute stretch of programming without commercials? Surely you wouldn't propose to change THAT tradition, would you?
All in all, you have probably been misinformed about our current relevance, undoubtedly some kind of joke being played on you. And although this response might conceivably arouse your curiosity even more, if you can find any of our work, you will inevitably find out it just wouldn't work smoothly within your ultra modern context of selling products with music through disassociated distraction.
Maybe you can get Bleck, or Iced Ebonic, or Tweeky, or somebody like that instead. Give it a try.
Sincerely,
Negativland
Seeland Records
"Each One A Hand Job"
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:45:29 -0800
From: Matt McCartie <mmccartie@bunim-murray.com>
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To: don@negativland.com
Subject: Re: Negativland responds
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Negativland,
thanks for your return letter. it seems like you had a great deal of
fun writing it. i hope it was cathartic. i don't know exactly what you were trying to say but if it was good for you then great. have fun
matt
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