Vinyl Me Please Anthology

High Rant District said:
This is a really bad look, unless there are POC instagram accounts also partnering with VMP to try to move these records. I hope that is the case.
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Here's the thing. When all of the Blue Note Anthology albums turned out to be African-American performers, I didn't think anything of it. When the Women of Motown Anthology was announced, my spider sense started to tingle. I thought "are they putting out 14 of 14 Anthology records that will be all by African-American performers, and selling to a target audience of mostly Caucasian people?", but I kept it to myself. Then it comes to light that because the latest Anthology isn't selling through, they partnered with an Instagram account with 15k followers with an avatar of a girl posing like Britney Spears. Who, exactly, is the target audience they're trying to reach via her account?

IMO, this is rotten. It appears - to me - that this is making a profit by selling black culture to white people.

If they are partnering with Instagram accounts of POC as well, then by all means, show me that I'm wrong and I will eat my words.
 
I'm planning on listening to it here in a little bit. And yes, let's just keep it going here. No need for a new thread, IMO.
 
Storf definitely made the most recent podcast seem more polished than just a 2-hour interview cut into several "episodes." I hope he continues to grow into the role and find his voice. He's not bringing much to the table yet, but I believe that's an artistic decision he is making. I think there's a balance between letting Susan Whitall be the expert on Women in Motown and some role for Storf to play to help educate us. Just chiming in to demonstrate that he read the book and recount
how the startup money came from loans from the Gordy family matriarchs or that Smokey used to mow the lawn
doesn't really add much, IMO. I think this is just an inevitable growing pain. It's very clear that Storf is way into it and trying hard, so it just feels different than what my personal taste would be vs. half-assed.
 
I really want to know what the 8 albums in the VMP Anthology are!!! My box has been sent, and I just want to know all the records in there 😂😅

I’m so excited for this box!!! 💎
 
Completely missed that the entire boxset is being sent at once, with the later albums covered up. Interesting idea; will see if I have the discipline

(Although, TBH I'm currently without my record player in corporate housing and will be through out the entire process so makes it a little easier).
 
seeirwin said:
Storf definitely made the most recent podcast seem more polished than just a 2-hour interview cut into several "episodes." I hope he continues to grow into the role and find his voice. He's not bringing much to the table yet, but I believe that's an artistic decision he is making. I think there's a balance between letting Susan Whitall be the expert on Women in Motown and some role for Storf to play to help educate us. Just chiming in to demonstrate that he read the book and recount
how the startup money came from loans from the Gordy family matriarchs or that Smokey used to mow the lawn
doesn't really add much, IMO. I think this is just an inevitable growing pain. It's very clear that Storf is way into it and trying hard, so it just feels different than what my personal taste would be vs. half-assed.
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Listened this morning and I agree it's much better produced this time. His script is more interesting and there's a clear drive to actually teach us something. I'm happy they got a journalist/writer that knows the history to contribute. This podcast was already more interesting and informative than the BN one was-- which wasn't THAT bad, honestly. People love dragging Storf but I think he's doing a decent job.

I think those tidbits about lawn mowing and the startup money are trying to put the coming story in context. This was a small venture run from a single house in the beginning with seed money from the guys family. I think those details are super interesting, from someone that knows nothing about Motown, but also work to establish the coming narrative as a sort of grass-roots beginning that blows up into what we know today.
 
botherly said:
Listened this morning and I agree it's much better produced this time. His script is more interesting and there's a clear drive to actually teach us something. I'm happy they got a journalist/writer that knows the history to contribute. This podcast was already more interesting and informative than the BN one was-- which wasn't THAT bad, honestly. People love dragging Storf but I think he's doing a decent job.

I think those tidbits about lawn mowing and the startup money are trying to put the coming story in context. This was a small venture run from a single house in the beginning with seed money from the guys family. I think those details are super interesting, from someone that knows nothing about Motown, but also work to establish the coming narrative as a sort of grass-roots beginning that blows up into what we know today.
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I think what I would like is for Storf to periodically "cut away" from the interview footage and provide targeted extensions or interesting asides from that conversation that may last a few minutes and then transition us back. As it is now, he is mindful of his air time during the interview (which I think is good!), so he is limited to just making a small observation here and there. One thing I think is doing well is being an enthusiastic listener without being obtrusive!
 
seeirwin said:
I think there's a balance between letting Susan Whitall be the expert on Women in Motown and some role for Storf to play to help educate us.
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Hold on. The podcast about the women of Motown is by two white people?

Also, are the women whose voices are being used to sell this set getting even a penny from these sales?
 
High Rant District said:
Hold on. The podcast about the women of Motown is by two white people?

Also, are the women whose voices are being used to sell this set getting even a penny from these sales?
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From VMP: "featuring interviews with Ethiopia Habtemariam (the President of Motown Records) and much more." Ms. Habtemariam is a woman of color. Can't speak to compensation for the artists. That's probably more down to their record contract than VMP.
 
High Rant District said:
Hold on. The podcast about the women of Motown is by two white people?

Also, are the women whose voices are being used to sell this set getting even a penny from these sales?
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The woman he talked to wrote a book called "The Women of Motown". She happens to be white. Is she not allowed to discuss Motown?
 
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