From NJmm973@aol.com Sat Apr 07 11:50:37 2007
Subject:Re: CloneWheel gas!

Sonja,

With all due respect, I understand your point of view. But when a product or company excites us, we talk about it, official or not. When a company disturbs us or upsets us, we talk about it, whether offical news or not. Your "advice" comes accross as a reprimand not to talk about unofficial things. And that will have the result of killing the "buzz" about your product. And that, believe me, can impact your company and your product negatively.

As an example, just search for the threads on here dealing with the new Nord Clavia C1 organ. People were speculating and guessing and wondering about all kinds of features and such. None if it was official, and much of it was inaccurate. But talking about it was exciting! It put wonder in our lives! It put anticiaption into our hearts! And when the product did come out, some of what we discussed was correct and some was total baloney. But so what! We were eagerly anticipating the product and are now excited as hell that it's here. I can't even afford one, but because of all the excitment on here I lust for one, and my someday save for one.

In you tone, you are telling us, don't talk, don't speculate, don't think about anything that might not be 100% correct. Would you kill the fever of dedicated clonewheel customers by supressing the their need to share and be a mutually supportive community? Because what your emails suggest or imply is just that. In fact, YOU are likely to be a benefactor of all the buzz around the Nord C1, because it was such an improvement in clonewheels, that we expect even more in future products. And NOW, your product may be the next big improvement.

With all due repsect. Monitor these chats, correct anything you feel is desperately wrong if you feel the need by providing simple accurate information. But please, do NOT tell us what to talk about, when to talk about it, and let us grown ups evaluate the quality of the information we get from each other.

Right now, you have made YOU, the topic of conversation, not your product. And so you have begun to kill the buzz around your product. You might want to just monitor us, appreciate the excitement, but not comment about it. At this point, you are your company's worst enemy. Please let your products speak for themselves.

Gene

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