Re: [Harp-L] Mel Bay mailing

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

Phil Phil Duncan is the harmonica 'Laison' at Mel Bay's. He is a  
charter member of spah. Mel Bay is a sponsor of spah, and Phil has  
given many interesting seminars, and has also played there. I'm  
fairly sure that the mailings were meant to be of interest to players  
and if not THEM, maybe a player friend of the player addressed whom  
doesn't know that these publications exist. (quite true here in S.W.  
Florida).

I recently got one of these mailings, and, interesting enough, my  
wife Cassie Mae happened to peruse the mailing and got  
insulted.....for ME. I didn't get insulted. I was pleased that they  
thought enough of me to send it. Once a quilt guild friend of hers  
sent her home with a book that her husband thought I might be able to  
learn something from. Cassie Mae was again insulted.....for ME,  
(she's my biggest fan). The book was written by Tommy Morgan. Again,  
I wasn't insulted. So, I think it was all harmless.

smo-joe

On Oct 9, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Slim Heilpern wrote:

> Yes, the list does contain complete address info for most members.  
> I assume you can ask for your address to be removed if that's your  
> preference, but I believe it's currently opt-out, not opt-in.
>
> - Slim.
>
> www.slidemanslim.com
>
> Tim Moyer wrote:
> > fjm wrote:
> >
> > > I received a hand addressed letter from some one at Mel Bay  
> > > publications.  The combination of address and name is the one I  
> > > use for my SPAH membership.  Since it is targeted marketing I  
> > > wonder if the publisher obtained a list of names and addresses  
> > > from SPAH.  Anyone else out there get a recent mailing?  Are you  
> > > a SPAH member?  I do not rule out another vector for the  
> > > information.  fjm
> >
> > SPAH routinely distributes membership lists to members attending  
> > the convention.  I don't recall how complete the lists are -  
> > whether they contain complete address information - but it's  
> > certainly conceivable that someone at Mel Bay is a SPAH member and  
> > got this list to use to promote their material to harmonica  
> > players directly.
> > I would think most SPAH members would find this of interest rather  
> > than annoying, since it's harmonica specific.  Then again, it is  
> > more paper in the mailbox...
> >
> > -tim
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