Shep, let me explain a few things for you. Kutt is not the draw for a Strange Music show. Not many people know who Kutt is outside of the Midwest, or Kansas City for that matter. Do you really expect Strange to make him a headliner on a national tour? He has to build a following before he can be a draw. That is where the touring comes into play. As for radio promotion...Do you know how hard it is to break a song into rotation by an unknown artist from an independent label?? Major labels have all of the real power in this business. All they have to do is say a song will be big, and the radio stations will follow. They have all the major publications(Vibe, The Source, Rolling Stone) in their coner. If they want to push an artist to be famous, all they have to do is spend the money. Payola is still a major factor in getting airplay with commercial stations. The fact that Strange is going for a major label deal tells me that Strange wants to get SERIOUS about promotion. I think to a certain extent they are fighting an uphill battle as an independent label. Travis is trying to make the deal that would make them a player in this business. This is turn would do nothing but good for Kutt and SS. As for the promotion for the current albums, I can't speak on that. I don't know what's been done, etc. Maybe they chose to spend money on getting Tech's record done earlier so that the deal could help Kutt and SS's records. I don't know...and that's the whole point I've been making about the people that come here and critcize Strange on this forum. We really don't know what is going on behind the scenes and what factors come into play in the decision making. And this place seems to be full of experts....Now, don't I have a right to have an opinion on this forum also?? My voice is an opinion also. I was not attacking you or anyone else personally here. I was simply making a comment about how I thought it was funny about how so many "experts" come here to voice their opinions about Strange, etc without really knowing what is going on. Notice I said it was "funny"...I wasn't trying to start a fight, but that seems to be the M.O. around here sometimes. I don't even think you guys should stop, or change ANYTHING for that matter. I was simply making a comment, and evryone jumped all over it. As for disrespect, etc....These are MY opinions, not Strange's. Alot of you already know that I am an asshole, and I am comfortable with that. So be it. But I have just as much of a right to make a comment here as anyone else does...
