Can always depend on Bowie. Lord knows...the man knows how to change with the times. Started accustical, singing love songs and songs of exploration with the 60s...then into rock for the 70s and 80s...90s are here he's doing techno. To top it off...he is supporting MP3s. Who knows...we might no longer need CD Players...
Don't get me wrong...I have respect for Microsoft and their technology. That's where my respect ends. The thing that bothers me about microsoft is the way they do business. They are too dependant on "the next version." I think a company that has the most popular operating system in the world should worry about customer services. If nothing else, it would've prevented this need for something new (check out how Linux is becomeing more popular).
Meanwhile...in an interview with Barbra Walters, he simply said "its a tough business" in repsonse to everyone accuseing him of shady business. In actuality...it is a though business...but take some lessons from the good guys. It can't hurt.
Tracking is an art that will almost never die. First of all, it can keep up with the times...it has not yet gone obsolete as far as I or anyone involved in tracking is concerned. Second, the tracking scene is at an all time large. It might not have the edge that it did when midi was made of 7 sounds -- but it's up there. Third, there are still hundreds of games that still use the MODULE format (IT, S3M, XM) as a means for music and sound. Fourth...if a person becomes really skilled, they can turn this module format into something like an MP3 or even CD-Audio formats that are much more popular. I have friends in Obsidian Dream who write via a tracking program, but record it (mastered and all) onto an Audio CD.
I for one have been involved in the free music scene (demoscene) for quite a few years. I can speak for Kosmic as far as the fact that this is genuine. They do need money! This is not a ploy to make money...I garuntee it would be non-profit. And if you don't think its worth it? Keep this in mind: I got their first CD collection for roughly $10. Sure, I will admit, I didn't like every song on the disk. But I would say I liked about half of them. The collection was for about four years worth...roughly a couple thousand songs and software applications (freeware) all on one CD. It's worth it. Their site is down at the moment, but you can check out some other websites of similar stuff. Hornet Archive (should be up for a short while) is one place you can get access to a lot of these files as it is: http://www.hornet.org
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Can always depend on Bowie. Lord knows...the man knows how to change with the times. Started accustical, singing love songs and songs of exploration with the 60s...then into rock for the 70s and 80s...90s are here he's doing techno. To top it off...he is supporting MP3s. Who knows...we might no longer need CD Players...
Don't get me wrong...I have respect for Microsoft and their technology. That's where my respect ends. The thing that bothers me about microsoft is the way they do business. They are too dependant on "the next version." I think a company that has the most popular operating system in the world should worry about customer services. If nothing else, it would've prevented this need for something new (check out how Linux is becomeing more popular).
Meanwhile...in an interview with Barbra Walters, he simply said "its a tough business" in repsonse to everyone accuseing him of shady business. In actuality...it is a though business...but take some lessons from the good guys. It can't hurt.
Tracking is an art that will almost never die. First of all, it can keep up with the times...it has not yet gone obsolete as far as I or anyone involved in tracking is concerned. Second, the tracking scene is at an all time large. It might not have the edge that it did when midi was made of 7 sounds -- but it's up there. Third, there are still hundreds of games that still use the MODULE format (IT, S3M, XM) as a means for music and sound. Fourth...if a person becomes really skilled, they can turn this module format into something like an MP3 or even CD-Audio formats that are much more popular. I have friends in Obsidian Dream who write via a tracking program, but record it (mastered and all) onto an Audio CD.
I for one have been involved in the free music scene (demoscene) for quite a few years. I can speak for Kosmic as far as the fact that this is genuine. They do need money! This is not a ploy to make money...I garuntee it would be non-profit. And if you don't think its worth it? Keep this in mind: I got their first CD collection for roughly $10. Sure, I will admit, I didn't like every song on the disk. But I would say I liked about half of them. The collection was for about four years worth...roughly a couple thousand songs and software applications (freeware) all on one CD. It's worth it. Their site is down at the moment, but you can check out some other websites of similar stuff. Hornet Archive (should be up for a short while) is one place you can get access to a lot of these files as it is: http://www.hornet.org