i don't get it. can somebody provide insights into why this is a big deal and is on slashdot? criminals break law, get arrested. what is the sizzle here?
dude, come on! there are many ways to find the best music. get recommentdations, read reviews, ask your twitter feed about how they like the new JT album or the new "my neighbor singing" album. it's not that hard! then spend your money as you like.
But I would still warrant that if you professionally engineered your stuff and put it up against your home recording, people would pick the professional job; if the price were the same.
you still don't get it...
Yes, if you took the same song and compared the studio recording with a bootleg, people will choose the studio recording.
BUT!!! If you took a studio recording of a sucky song, and compared it to a bootleg of an awesome song, people will choose the awesome song. Don't you get this? people want to listen to awesome things! they don't want to pay for sucky things!
Also, I hear what you're saying about sound engineers vs. amateurs. But I bet that a reasonably trained and provisioned amateur (a couple hundred $$ in gear, a couple editing classes or online courses) could get a pretty good result. so it's not about comparing the best technical quality to shit quality, you're comparing the best technical quality to pretty good quality.
lastly, there's no point in buying the finest most exquisitely recorded record in history if you're just going to play them through a set of earbuds. I would say a very minute portion of the population listens to music with the proper equipment and in the proper setting to discern pro from pretty good. heck, i spend most of my time listening to internet radio, so everything's already been compressed to hell and back!
rephrase: i really want hollywood to make "throw momma from the train 2: grandma!" I cannot afford to bankroll the whole movie but I will happily buy a ticket when this comes out in theaters. how can I make this happen?
I was originally just going to say this to be a dick, but in rephrasing the question I think we see the answer. Look at the story behind Veronica Mars 2. It was fans who pushed for it and ultimately funded it through KS. The lesson here: even though Hollywood was apathetic, fans won out because of their collective ferver.
solution for @phlawed: build a rabid fanbase. Don't worry about the coders, worry about the users. the coders will come.
Of course, if you don't have the time / inclination to work towards this goal, and nobody else wants to do it either, then you're @phucked!
this summary and the whole thread make absolutely no sense to me.
Definitely true that the technological hurdles for recording music have been coming down. For $100, I can buy a high-quality interface for plugging my guitar into my ipad. For $200, a condensed microphone. And garageband costs $15, and it's free on new phones and ipads. I can see how all of this really hurts the music industry, from the technical side - all the recording techs, fancy recording studios, especially those that catered to the mid-tier pay-for-it-yourself crowd. I'm sure they're getting pinched.
Also, more competition broadens the market. There will be fewer multi-millionaire recording artists, but I bet the total amount spent on music (including live shows, etc) will only grow because the supply is growing. This trickles up to the record labels as well - sorry capital records!
But he're is what I don't get - the idea that the quality of music will go down. You know, the amount of music that's really good. I think this can only go up! The music industry has always had this shadow of really talented people who didn't make the cut for the big boys. Now they all have a voice, and there will be many more diamonds that rise to the top.
In short, the music recording industry may be taking a hit, but the music culture is going through a renaissance.
you're totally right. I'm one of those guys who leaves 12+ documents open at once - word docs, spreadsheets, emails. it's like a mind map of my mind. blows when my comp reboots overnight
related, remember compUSA? god that place blew. Also microcenter? I was always shocked to see one by the mercado. lastly frys, I can't believe that place is still in business. some of my worst retail experiences were at frys.
Slashvertisements are not useless time wasting speculation. They are productive platform gnostic information resources that help produce civil, reasonable and equally valuable discussions between like-minded individuals in a public forum.
what's the fourth amendment exclusion perimeter? I thought at first you meant the US borders (no 4th amendment allowed within), but that would be like 8,000 miles
1) itunes radio is free. if you have an itunes match subscription ($25/mo, does a variety of things) then there are no ads even. 2) itunes radio is only for iOS right now. you listen to it on your phone or ipad. has nothing to do with the desktop itunes software or windows (you'e still on windows?)
I don't have to justify myself to you. my words speak for themselves. that is the strength of the internet - it is about ideas, not people. in your case, it's also about trolls.
Several million years of human history show that people very rarely take consequences for things they don't have to
also btdubs there are only 5,000 years of human history, because history by its very definition is a recorded catalog of events. No writing, no history. everything else is pre-historic.
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Is it somehow controversial that this division made the arrest? I think the crime itself seems cut and dried bootlegging. Is this unit controversial?
i don't get it. can somebody provide insights into why this is a big deal and is on slashdot? criminals break law, get arrested. what is the sizzle here?
dude, come on! there are many ways to find the best music. get recommentdations, read reviews, ask your twitter feed about how they like the new JT album or the new "my neighbor singing" album. it's not that hard! then spend your money as you like.
But I would still warrant that if you professionally engineered your stuff and put it up against your home recording, people would pick the professional job; if the price were the same.
you still don't get it...
Yes, if you took the same song and compared the studio recording with a bootleg, people will choose the studio recording.
BUT!!! If you took a studio recording of a sucky song, and compared it to a bootleg of an awesome song, people will choose the awesome song. Don't you get this? people want to listen to awesome things! they don't want to pay for sucky things!
Also, I hear what you're saying about sound engineers vs. amateurs. But I bet that a reasonably trained and provisioned amateur (a couple hundred $$ in gear, a couple editing classes or online courses) could get a pretty good result. so it's not about comparing the best technical quality to shit quality, you're comparing the best technical quality to pretty good quality.
lastly, there's no point in buying the finest most exquisitely recorded record in history if you're just going to play them through a set of earbuds. I would say a very minute portion of the population listens to music with the proper equipment and in the proper setting to discern pro from pretty good. heck, i spend most of my time listening to internet radio, so everything's already been compressed to hell and back!
rephrase: i really want hollywood to make "throw momma from the train 2: grandma!" I cannot afford to bankroll the whole movie but I will happily buy a ticket when this comes out in theaters. how can I make this happen?
I was originally just going to say this to be a dick, but in rephrasing the question I think we see the answer. Look at the story behind Veronica Mars 2. It was fans who pushed for it and ultimately funded it through KS. The lesson here: even though Hollywood was apathetic, fans won out because of their collective ferver.
solution for @phlawed: build a rabid fanbase. Don't worry about the coders, worry about the users. the coders will come.
Of course, if you don't have the time / inclination to work towards this goal, and nobody else wants to do it either, then you're @phucked!
this summary and the whole thread make absolutely no sense to me.
Definitely true that the technological hurdles for recording music have been coming down. For $100, I can buy a high-quality interface for plugging my guitar into my ipad. For $200, a condensed microphone. And garageband costs $15, and it's free on new phones and ipads. I can see how all of this really hurts the music industry, from the technical side - all the recording techs, fancy recording studios, especially those that catered to the mid-tier pay-for-it-yourself crowd. I'm sure they're getting pinched.
Also, more competition broadens the market. There will be fewer multi-millionaire recording artists, but I bet the total amount spent on music (including live shows, etc) will only grow because the supply is growing. This trickles up to the record labels as well - sorry capital records!
But he're is what I don't get - the idea that the quality of music will go down. You know, the amount of music that's really good. I think this can only go up! The music industry has always had this shadow of really talented people who didn't make the cut for the big boys. Now they all have a voice, and there will be many more diamonds that rise to the top.
In short, the music recording industry may be taking a hit, but the music culture is going through a renaissance.
Google essentially killed my profession (being quite serious here), but I am not complaining because I use Google as well.
wow. what profession? how did google kill it?
you're totally right. I'm one of those guys who leaves 12+ documents open at once - word docs, spreadsheets, emails. it's like a mind map of my mind. blows when my comp reboots overnight
related, remember compUSA? god that place blew. Also microcenter? I was always shocked to see one by the mercado. lastly frys, I can't believe that place is still in business. some of my worst retail experiences were at frys.
maybe a developer release thing? considering it's not publicly available, then it's not really a "bug" yet.
yes, accurate, thanks for the correction. $25/mo would be a lot! brain fart.
Overall, I believe that worldwide, Android has statistical dominance.
i dont think that word means what you think it means.
So, pancakes on a rabbit.
LOLWUT?
Windows X-Box Zune Radio 64 Bit Ultimate Edition for Windows 8 SP2
what's disappointing about the launch? it looks like a great new product, and there is no sales yet to say if it is disappointing or not
a classy response. i'm a somaFM fan, but i'll check out Radio 23.
Slashvertisements are not useless time wasting speculation. They are productive platform gnostic information resources that help produce civil, reasonable and equally valuable discussions between like-minded individuals in a public forum.
got it
itunes radio is on iOS, not desktop. also what the fuck is winamp? is that like a geezer thing?
Android statistically overtaking iOS,
what, you mean android may or may not be taking over iOS, depending on your confidence interval? maybe you need more data points!
what's the fourth amendment exclusion perimeter? I thought at first you meant the US borders (no 4th amendment allowed within), but that would be like 8,000 miles
1) itunes radio is free. if you have an itunes match subscription ($25/mo, does a variety of things) then there are no ads even.
2) itunes radio is only for iOS right now. you listen to it on your phone or ipad. has nothing to do with the desktop itunes software or windows (you'e still on windows?)
I migrated from XP 8 years ago... TO OSX!!!!!
you are stalking me by modding down all my posts on other threads. low class.
I don't have to justify myself to you. my words speak for themselves. that is the strength of the internet - it is about ideas, not people. in your case, it's also about trolls.
why use a balloon?
Several million years of human history show that people very rarely take consequences for things they don't have to
also btdubs there are only 5,000 years of human history, because history by its very definition is a recorded catalog of events. No writing, no history. everything else is pre-historic.