Mods - dunno if this is better under Literature/Misc/whatever - feel free to move.
Off the back of my blog, I've started getting the odd record company or individual writing to me offering me free CDs. Woohoo, yeah, I say. Up to now these have been offered with a clear eye to getting them reviewed on the blog, which I'm happy to do at the moment as it helps me hone my own reviewing skills.
But I've just got an email, out of the blue, from one record company (a small indie, who produce a lot of records I'd like to own) who simply say 'let us know what you'd like us to send you'. No suggestion of any reviewing/promo/writing obligation at my end, simply 'can we send you some CDs'.
Obviously I'm in completely unfamiliar water here, so my questions to any old hands are:
Is there some PR/reviewer code I'm missing out on?
Can I just say, 'yeah, send me x, y and z' and be under no obligation to write about them anywhere?
And how many CDs is a cheeky number to ask for? I could come up with at least 20 I reckon....
Off the back of my blog, I've started getting the odd record company or individual writing to me offering me free CDs. Woohoo, yeah, I say. Up to now these have been offered with a clear eye to getting them reviewed on the blog, which I'm happy to do at the moment as it helps me hone my own reviewing skills.
But I've just got an email, out of the blue, from one record company (a small indie, who produce a lot of records I'd like to own) who simply say 'let us know what you'd like us to send you'. No suggestion of any reviewing/promo/writing obligation at my end, simply 'can we send you some CDs'.
Obviously I'm in completely unfamiliar water here, so my questions to any old hands are:
Is there some PR/reviewer code I'm missing out on?
Can I just say, 'yeah, send me x, y and z' and be under no obligation to write about them anywhere?
And how many CDs is a cheeky number to ask for? I could come up with at least 20 I reckon....