A distribution deal seems like it would be less of a screwjob than a 360 or even a standard recording contract. Since a major problem with the major record labels is shitty contracts, this problem is thus alleviated.
Another suggestion, perhaps: SideOneDummy (speaking of which, FM in a music sense could also stand for Flogging Molly, one of the biggest names on the aforementioned label.
Also, AFAIK, it's relatively easy for indies to list their own stuff on iTunes Music Store et al. (The labels get most of the $ from that, and if you are your own label, you thus get most of the $)
"Don't take away money from artists just like me How else can I afford another solid gold Hum-Vee And diamond-studded swimming pools These things don't grow on trees So all I ask is, "Everybody, please...""
Weird Al, Don't Download This Song. Great parody of overreaction from RIAA and anti-P2P artists (other lyrics sarcastically reference Lars Ulrich). [I suggest MC Lars' "Download This Song" for a somewhat more serious musical take on the matter]
Nevertheless, I still like some of the products themselves, so I still buy. Hence my signature. (I like a lot of non-major stuff too)
Yes, we had embargoed fuel oil and other such things after Japan had started its brutal march through much of the rest of the Pacific. Japan had also thought they would pull off a crippling first strike against the potential/eventual threat of the US Navy Pacific fleet, but they mainly ended awakening a sleeping giant and filling him with a terrible resolve. Good thing our aircraft carriers were out of port at the time.
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the spark, but pressure had been building for awhile. High school teacher explained with the acronym MAIN:
Militarism - Tools and the desire to use them. 'Beliefs' category. Alliances - Webs of alliance treaties would widen a small conflict into a larger one as other countries got behind their allies. Imperialism - this one about resources, but also beliefs ("white man's burden", et cetera) Nationalism - this one squarely 'beliefs'.
Congress yes, but FDR seemed to be doing lots of things to skirt around neutrality. [US Navy escorting convoys, etc.] (I think that was a good thing though, trying to get us to do something highly unpleasant that needed to be done by that point.)
I registered for FB during my freshman year of university because it's so popular there, but ironically, most of my Friends are people I know from outside of university. (Nearly all of my Friends are people I know in RL)
42% Boy Scout friends, 7% family members, 6% because of shared taste in music, 2% middle school, 20% high school, 11% other; only 12% from university
I don't use it much, but IMHO it's good for what it is, for the few people I do use it with.
I'm no classical fan (one of the few genres I don't really listen to), so I can't speak too much about their product, but I can recite what they do/what they're trying to do. Your paragraph 3 adds something that I had forgotten to mention.
Yeah, issues do crop up with lowering the barrier to entry - some people, like DJ Neckbeard and those bad orchestras, should have been left out, even though lowering the barriers also lets in a lot of people that should be there.
+1 Funny, but what Musopen actually does is provide Free recordings of classical works (Bach et al) - even if the music composition is way too old to be under copyright, a new performance of it is still copyrighted in that regard, so Musopen addresses that issue.
He was talking about waiting a couple seasons to get some of the good cable shows, so I suppose you could say he's aware of that. I presume we'd still set up a broadcast-TV antenna
"When did Motley Crue become classic rock?" - Bowling for Soup, '1985'
In a way, I like trying the new stuff (because we don't know what's going to happen yet), rather than just banking on the proven classics (although I still have plenty of the latter as well)
Hell, Ke$ha I know is crap now, and yet I still kinda like listening to her for some reason. Yeah, we remember the good stuff, but we conveniently tend to forget the crap that was around in our past. Rose-colored rearview window?:)
I read GP's post as "You youngsters don't have the Netflix et al to dump cable thing to call your own, and you don't have any original pop music to call your own either."
That being said, I do think Gaga catches too much flak from people like you. Sure, she has some standard-issue pop songs [those kinds of things can be fun anyway, but I digress...], but she does break out of that mold more often than most. (The piano song Speechless, especially live, comes to mind) Lily Allen breaks the standard pop song mold on an even more regular basis.
Led Zeppelin and Metallica would only be pop under a very wide definition (that which includes most anything nonclassical or something), but Zep is/was still *more* awesome, my overall #1. A few very premium classic acts are the few I like more than her any more. (Considering that I also have Lynyrd Skynyrd in that category, I've very well set in the name-starts-with-L department.:P)
Yeah, my dad ( > 45) has also talked about going for Netflix et al to cut out the satellite bill (However, our new house not having good satellite reception, even though it's in the city, might also be a part of it)
Nothing like seeing 'obligatory' on/. without the words 'XKCD' attached.:P Yo I'm happy for you Metallica and Imma let you finish, but Judas Priest is one of the best heavy metal bands of all time. OF ALL TIME.
where the next packet of cheetos is going to come from
Classic. +1 funny for that excerpt, but it might not have been clear form just a modding, so there ya go. In all seriousness, if I was rich, I would still enjoy commoner activities like eating packaged snack foods.
Yeah, large quantities of money as the freedom to do what you want - also called "'Fuck you' money". Thing is, you have to make sure to not get entangled in the process of *getting* that money, and I don't think wise/lucky stock market investing doesn't come with too many special strings attached. (the latter is as opposed to, say, the obligations and pressure that may come with a high-paying job)
Yeah, what I said there works more in concept than in practice. And not to mention the annoying loophole of "pay a contractor to do it, and they can still copyright it"
people with anything else were pretty much on their own.
True, but that doesn't have to cause problems.:) I would however predict problems if the odd man out is a tech dunce of sorts, and/or advanced features of the device are used in the class.
I had a class once that required a financial calculator (basically a scientific calculator with time value of money kinds of functions). I already had a model different from the suggested one, so I felt no need to buy the suggested one. Prof said he would explain things based on the default one, and I was welcome to figure out mine, but most of it was pretty similar anyway.
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Sometimes I've bought stuff (whether CDs or legal downloads) in part so that I could copy it for others. :)
A distribution deal seems like it would be less of a screwjob than a 360 or even a standard recording contract. Since a major problem with the major record labels is shitty contracts, this problem is thus alleviated.
Another suggestion, perhaps: SideOneDummy (speaking of which, FM in a music sense could also stand for Flogging Molly, one of the biggest names on the aforementioned label.
The 'popular' part...maybe that's *possible*
Also, AFAIK, it's relatively easy for indies to list their own stuff on iTunes Music Store et al. (The labels get most of the $ from that, and if you are your own label, you thus get most of the $)
[plug for some stuff I like] Like http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/k-flay/id396174073
"Don't take away money from artists just like me
How else can I afford another solid gold Hum-Vee
And diamond-studded swimming pools
These things don't grow on trees
So all I ask is, "Everybody, please...""
Weird Al, Don't Download This Song. Great parody of overreaction from RIAA and anti-P2P artists (other lyrics sarcastically reference Lars Ulrich). [I suggest MC Lars' "Download This Song" for a somewhat more serious musical take on the matter]
Nevertheless, I still like some of the products themselves, so I still buy. Hence my signature. (I like a lot of non-major stuff too)
Yes, we had embargoed fuel oil and other such things after Japan had started its brutal march through much of the rest of the Pacific.
Japan had also thought they would pull off a crippling first strike against the potential/eventual threat of the US Navy Pacific fleet, but they mainly ended awakening a sleeping giant and filling him with a terrible resolve. Good thing our aircraft carriers were out of port at the time.
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the spark, but pressure had been building for awhile. High school teacher explained with the acronym MAIN:
Militarism - Tools and the desire to use them. 'Beliefs' category.
Alliances - Webs of alliance treaties would widen a small conflict into a larger one as other countries got behind their allies.
Imperialism - this one about resources, but also beliefs ("white man's burden", et cetera)
Nationalism - this one squarely 'beliefs'.
We tried pretty hard to stay out of that.
Congress yes, but FDR seemed to be doing lots of things to skirt around neutrality. [US Navy escorting convoys, etc.] (I think that was a good thing though, trying to get us to do something highly unpleasant that needed to be done by that point.)
I registered for FB during my freshman year of university because it's so popular there, but ironically, most of my Friends are people I know from outside of university. (Nearly all of my Friends are people I know in RL)
42% Boy Scout friends, 7% family members, 6% because of shared taste in music, 2% middle school, 20% high school, 11% other; only 12% from university
I don't use it much, but IMHO it's good for what it is, for the few people I do use it with.
the fact remains that the difference exists, whoever's responsible.
For some documents, the differences in layout are more important than for other documents
Fractals were how this non-artist got his art credit in high school with style. :)
I know when I'm too tired to drive (which is far too often) - and I don't.
I hope this ability for judgment carries over once I start drinking...
I have noticed a surprising amount of analogies between sleep deprivation and intoxication; this is one.
I'm no classical fan (one of the few genres I don't really listen to), so I can't speak too much about their product, but I can recite what they do/what they're trying to do. Your paragraph 3 adds something that I had forgotten to mention.
Yeah, issues do crop up with lowering the barrier to entry - some people, like DJ Neckbeard and those bad orchestras, should have been left out, even though lowering the barriers also lets in a lot of people that should be there.
Even if you embrace the new industry paradigm, you still need to, ya know, make good music. The types of indies I listen to do get that. The slick mainstream stuff is competition.
One of them, MC Lars, also tries his hand at webcomics. Here's a couple relevant ones:
http://27thstreetcomic.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-4-2010-diy-sellout.html
http://27thstreetcomic.blogspot.com/2009/07/july-30-2009-diy-networking.html
-1 WTF?
+1 Funny, but what Musopen actually does is provide Free recordings of classical works (Bach et al) - even if the music composition is way too old to be under copyright, a new performance of it is still copyrighted in that regard, so Musopen addresses that issue.
He was talking about waiting a couple seasons to get some of the good cable shows, so I suppose you could say he's aware of that.
I presume we'd still set up a broadcast-TV antenna
"When did Motley Crue become classic rock?" - Bowling for Soup, '1985'
In a way, I like trying the new stuff (because we don't know what's going to happen yet), rather than just banking on the proven classics (although I still have plenty of the latter as well)
Hell, Ke$ha I know is crap now, and yet I still kinda like listening to her for some reason. :)
Yeah, we remember the good stuff, but we conveniently tend to forget the crap that was around in our past. Rose-colored rearview window?
I read GP's post as "You youngsters don't have the Netflix et al to dump cable thing to call your own, and you don't have any original pop music to call your own either."
That being said, I do think Gaga catches too much flak from people like you. Sure, she has some standard-issue pop songs [those kinds of things can be fun anyway, but I digress...], but she does break out of that mold more often than most. (The piano song Speechless, especially live, comes to mind) Lily Allen breaks the standard pop song mold on an even more regular basis.
Led Zeppelin and Metallica would only be pop under a very wide definition (that which includes most anything nonclassical or something), but Zep is/was still *more* awesome, my overall #1. A few very premium classic acts are the few I like more than her any more. (Considering that I also have Lynyrd Skynyrd in that category, I've very well set in the name-starts-with-L department. :P)
IATYO (I Am A Twenty Year Old)
Yeah, my dad ( > 45) has also talked about going for Netflix et al to cut out the satellite bill (However, our new house not having good satellite reception, even though it's in the city, might also be a part of it)
Nothing like seeing 'obligatory' on /. without the words 'XKCD' attached. :P
Yo I'm happy for you Metallica and Imma let you finish, but Judas Priest is one of the best heavy metal bands of all time. OF ALL TIME.
Wish I had bought AAPL and GOOG in real life rather than in a stock market simulator game.
where the next packet of cheetos is going to come from
Classic.
+1 funny for that excerpt, but it might not have been clear form just a modding, so there ya go.
In all seriousness, if I was rich, I would still enjoy commoner activities like eating packaged snack foods.
Yeah, large quantities of money as the freedom to do what you want - also called "'Fuck you' money". Thing is, you have to make sure to not get entangled in the process of *getting* that money, and I don't think wise/lucky stock market investing doesn't come with too many special strings attached. (the latter is as opposed to, say, the obligations and pressure that may come with a high-paying job)
Yeah, Pacino was about as subtle as Sherman's March, similar for the guy who he was feeding off of.
Yeah, 'tis an iconic character
Yeah, what I said there works more in concept than in practice.
And not to mention the annoying loophole of "pay a contractor to do it, and they can still copyright it"
people with anything else were pretty much on their own.
True, but that doesn't have to cause problems. :)
I would however predict problems if the odd man out is a tech dunce of sorts, and/or advanced features of the device are used in the class.
I had a class once that required a financial calculator (basically a scientific calculator with time value of money kinds of functions). I already had a model different from the suggested one, so I felt no need to buy the suggested one. Prof said he would explain things based on the default one, and I was welcome to figure out mine, but most of it was pretty similar anyway.