just to re-iterate that a bit more clearer, i even get demo's sent to me now, and i dont even have a friggin label! emphasising the point that alot of people dont think when sending out demo's, they see a name or artist and automatically presume they'l be interested in what they are doing. I dont even listen to half of them because there's no point, i dont have a label and i cant offer them anything, but if someone as small time as me doesnt have time to listen to CD's from people who havent had the deceny to introduce themselves in an email or out in a club or whatever, then remember that the "big guns" like Hertz etc probably wont even bother taking them out of their jiffy bags half the time

it is a tough one definately but no one said it was every gonna be easy, i just think there are more effective ways to promote one's self which i have personally found to be much more advantageous than sending out cd after cd with a note on saying so and so has played this. I've never said its wrong to do, i just dont favour that particular method thats all