Way back in the stone ages I asked a lovely new and growing bunch of presenters to please consider whether they felt they could get into their scene well enough that they didn’t have to choose people primarily from who made the best promo submission, gently pointing out that several prominent performers had discovered that if they didn’t send out a promotional package every year they simply didn’t work that year. No guff. Sadly the possible interesting and potentially positive conversation was hijacked by the person who held the mic so it just didn’t take place. (What can I say, I was asked who I was talking about, these had been very private conversations with people we now think of as icons and I just didn’t feel comfortable saying. End of moment.) I’ve been out of that world for so very long, I wonder two things. I wonder what it’s like now. And I wonder if anything would’ve been different.