there used to be a logo for "home taping kills music" but as an independent musician, home recording is what will SAVE music from the industry blowhards.
The diversity of available music is greater now than ever, as the industry has been evolving, albeit painfully for the older labels. Artists can make a living through hard work, not necessarily through CD sales alone. Hell, some bands make more money from merchandise than from music (I'm talking to you, KISS). This has been true since at least the 1990's when my band the Dharma Bums made a killing on t-shirts and realized that's where the money was.
Never once has the industry blamed CLEAR CHANNEL for fucking up music distribution. Yet through their domination of local radio, nationally, Clear Channel calls the shots, picks the hits, and generally limits the availability of interesting music by focusing on the "stars" it decides to popularize. This is far more insidious than dropping $100 off at the radio station so the DJ will play your new 45.
After Napster came out, the industry stopped selling CD singles and raised the price of CD's to $18 retail. This had a stronger dampening effect than free music downloads, as many of the people who were exposed to new music through downloads would eventually by cd's to support their new favorite musicians. Plus, one cannot claim that 1 episode of free downloading = 1 lost sale, as many downloaders would never purchase music to begin with (financial constraints, stick-it-to-the-man, live concerts not available for sale, etc). Yes, scientific studies showed that music sales went UP in college towns where Napster was popular.
I'm encouraged by new arrivals like BandCamp, SoundCloud, Gobbler, and other new musical tools for the web -- but discouraged by the shitty pay musicians earn from streaming dis-services like Spotify. As a hobbyist musician with many friends in the industry, I recognize that it's hard to make a living doing what you like doing, but for many of them, they have no choice -- music drives creatives to create. And that is what we should support -- the human spirit, not some fucking RIAA executive making $80k/year by prosecuting grampas and teenagers.
Let us not forget that the RIAA and MPAA have forced taxes on all Americans for blank media -- cassettes and CD-R's -- because they assume we're "pirates" who are stealing from them. Nevermind the fact that blank optical media is used for storing computer data that may not have any relevance whatsoever to their claim. Nevermind the fact that I'm more inclined to make cd's of my own songs than to dupe the latest Rihanna (will NEVER happen, boys, cuz I think she sucks #TaintedLove). The RIAA and MPAA have been nursing the public's teat for a long time -- it's time for them to grow the fuck up.
in the 1890's Tesla staged naval battles in Madison Square Garden where remote-controlled boats did battle against each other. His goal was to have robots fighting in wars as our proxies, so men wouldn't have to die. But eventually, it will be man vs machine, Terminator-style.
uh, no, that would be Stalin - killing the most innocent women and children yet. Hitler is probably number two, although white supremacists would probably counter me over the use of the word "innocent".
It's not as if there are any candidates who would promote a human rights agenda that focuses on equality for ALL people, regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation. The problem is, all of these guys running for pope are pretty much the same.
But somehow Hillary Clinton failed to stress the danger the US is in every day because of Chinese military-sponsored attacks on US corporations' websites. Hopefully (doubtfully) John Kerry will be more transparent.
It's not racism, or even namism, if the ads are served because they're effective. True fact: more young black males are in jail than in college. Is that a racist fact? No, facts aren't racist -- but policemen might be.
Word 3 kind of sucked (was that 1987 or 1988?) but by Word 4, Microsoft had a killer feature set. The only new feature they've added since then that I use is hyperlinks. and Word Art still sucks hard.
Is there anyway to send information about the lawyer trolls to 4Chan or Anonymous? That kind of angry mob groupthink would be a fun defense against lawyer trolls.
No, what Tim Cook said was, "Although we didn’t have a chance to talk about a new Mac Pro at today’s event, don’t worry as we’re working on something really great for later next year." -- that's not saying Apple will release a new Mac Pro; they're working on something different that they think pros will like (or put up with, like Final Cut Pro X).
how did Samsung unwillingly infringe? By copying the complete design of the original iPhone, they were just doing what a lot of Koreans do: make copies of original American products. My ex-gf was involved in a sportswear company and it was part of her job to create infringing designs so people would believe they were buying original clothes from the famous labels she stole the look from.
China helped North Korea with their acquisition of nuclear tech so that NK could harass us at will, and the Chinese likely enjoy watching the US threat over the not-entirely-sane actions of the NK leadership. It's just like when a President allows the VP to go on the attack -- the guy at the top keeps his hands clean.
I'm not certain we need to step in to protect South Korea any more than I think we need to help out Israel. Our defenses should protect the US, no more no less. We could strike NK100 or 1000 times for each of their attacks on us; at what point does it stop being comical and become tragic? Diplomacy has not helped us in our efforts to pin down the North Korean hostilities or nuclear program, and GWB (worst president ever) went to war against Iraq (who didn't have weapons of mass destruction) instead of North Korea (who did), allowing NK to transfer nuclear tech to the Pakistanis. [my GOD bush was an idiot]
in any case, we don't have anything to fear from NK, and I'd prefer that our state department be rougher and more aggressive in our approach to their threats and histrionics. kissing their ass hasn't gotten them to dismantle their nuclear program. we would gain nothing from an invasion. so really we should just focus on humiliating their leader to encourage the population to take a stand against communism.
when napster was first out (before they were sued and sold and reorged), music sales were up in college towns where p2p was popular. the more exposure young people have to new music, the greater the likelihood that they will buy new music. duh.
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there used to be a logo for "home taping kills music" but as an independent musician, home recording is what will SAVE music from the industry blowhards.
The diversity of available music is greater now than ever, as the industry has been evolving, albeit painfully for the older labels. Artists can make a living through hard work, not necessarily through CD sales alone. Hell, some bands make more money from merchandise than from music (I'm talking to you, KISS). This has been true since at least the 1990's when my band the Dharma Bums made a killing on t-shirts and realized that's where the money was.
Never once has the industry blamed CLEAR CHANNEL for fucking up music distribution. Yet through their domination of local radio, nationally, Clear Channel calls the shots, picks the hits, and generally limits the availability of interesting music by focusing on the "stars" it decides to popularize. This is far more insidious than dropping $100 off at the radio station so the DJ will play your new 45.
After Napster came out, the industry stopped selling CD singles and raised the price of CD's to $18 retail. This had a stronger dampening effect than free music downloads, as many of the people who were exposed to new music through downloads would eventually by cd's to support their new favorite musicians. Plus, one cannot claim that 1 episode of free downloading = 1 lost sale, as many downloaders would never purchase music to begin with (financial constraints, stick-it-to-the-man, live concerts not available for sale, etc). Yes, scientific studies showed that music sales went UP in college towns where Napster was popular.
I'm encouraged by new arrivals like BandCamp, SoundCloud, Gobbler, and other new musical tools for the web -- but discouraged by the shitty pay musicians earn from streaming dis-services like Spotify. As a hobbyist musician with many friends in the industry, I recognize that it's hard to make a living doing what you like doing, but for many of them, they have no choice -- music drives creatives to create. And that is what we should support -- the human spirit, not some fucking RIAA executive making $80k/year by prosecuting grampas and teenagers.
Let us not forget that the RIAA and MPAA have forced taxes on all Americans for blank media -- cassettes and CD-R's -- because they assume we're "pirates" who are stealing from them. Nevermind the fact that blank optical media is used for storing computer data that may not have any relevance whatsoever to their claim. Nevermind the fact that I'm more inclined to make cd's of my own songs than to dupe the latest Rihanna (will NEVER happen, boys, cuz I think she sucks #TaintedLove). The RIAA and MPAA have been nursing the public's teat for a long time -- it's time for them to grow the fuck up.
$15? remember $18? or $40-$100 for a box set? fuck the RIAA. seriously, fuck them.
in the 1890's Tesla staged naval battles in Madison Square Garden where remote-controlled boats did battle against each other. His goal was to have robots fighting in wars as our proxies, so men wouldn't have to die. But eventually, it will be man vs machine, Terminator-style.
uh, no, that would be Stalin - killing the most innocent women and children yet. Hitler is probably number two, although white supremacists would probably counter me over the use of the word "innocent".
It's not as if there are any candidates who would promote a human rights agenda that focuses on equality for ALL people, regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation. The problem is, all of these guys running for pope are pretty much the same.
it's not google's business model to do the bidding of the RIAA. they can bite me.
I don't believe that Sony & Microsoft realize that cutting off inexpensive games will kill their new platforms.
But somehow Hillary Clinton failed to stress the danger the US is in every day because of Chinese military-sponsored attacks on US corporations' websites. Hopefully (doubtfully) John Kerry will be more transparent.
awesome. i was thinking the very same thing. it's like a stephen king story.
or we could refer to them in the vernacular, changing "canon fodder" to "laser canon fodder".
the roleplaying game Traveller came out in 1977. They had space marines a full 10 years before Warhammer 40k was released to the games market.
It's not racism, or even namism, if the ads are served because they're effective. True fact: more young black males are in jail than in college. Is that a racist fact? No, facts aren't racist -- but policemen might be.
unless you're a musician with shitloads of samples and music, or perhaps a pornophile with tons of video.
Word 3 kind of sucked (was that 1987 or 1988?) but by Word 4, Microsoft had a killer feature set. The only new feature they've added since then that I use is hyperlinks. and Word Art still sucks hard.
Is there anyway to send information about the lawyer trolls to 4Chan or Anonymous? That kind of angry mob groupthink would be a fun defense against lawyer trolls.
who the hell was using Wifi in 1996? We didn't start rolling it out until sometime between 1998 & 2000 as part of the Y2K rollout.
the Mac Pro is not water-cooled. some models of the G5 were liquid-cooled. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Mac_G5
No, what Tim Cook said was, "Although we didn’t have a chance to talk about a new Mac Pro at today’s event, don’t worry as we’re working on something really great for later next year." -- that's not saying Apple will release a new Mac Pro; they're working on something different that they think pros will like (or put up with, like Final Cut Pro X).
how did Samsung unwillingly infringe? By copying the complete design of the original iPhone, they were just doing what a lot of Koreans do: make copies of original American products. My ex-gf was involved in a sportswear company and it was part of her job to create infringing designs so people would believe they were buying original clothes from the famous labels she stole the look from.
The real concern shouldn't be Iranians in space, but the development of ICBM-type rockets.
but apple will probably just scrap osx for IOS, fucking all the pro OSX users along the way
China helped North Korea with their acquisition of nuclear tech so that NK could harass us at will, and the Chinese likely enjoy watching the US threat over the not-entirely-sane actions of the NK leadership. It's just like when a President allows the VP to go on the attack -- the guy at the top keeps his hands clean. I'm not certain we need to step in to protect South Korea any more than I think we need to help out Israel. Our defenses should protect the US, no more no less. We could strike NK100 or 1000 times for each of their attacks on us; at what point does it stop being comical and become tragic? Diplomacy has not helped us in our efforts to pin down the North Korean hostilities or nuclear program, and GWB (worst president ever) went to war against Iraq (who didn't have weapons of mass destruction) instead of North Korea (who did), allowing NK to transfer nuclear tech to the Pakistanis. [my GOD bush was an idiot] in any case, we don't have anything to fear from NK, and I'd prefer that our state department be rougher and more aggressive in our approach to their threats and histrionics. kissing their ass hasn't gotten them to dismantle their nuclear program. we would gain nothing from an invasion. so really we should just focus on humiliating their leader to encourage the population to take a stand against communism.
at $18 per pdf, they're definitely pushing folks to use torrents
when napster was first out (before they were sued and sold and reorged), music sales were up in college towns where p2p was popular. the more exposure young people have to new music, the greater the likelihood that they will buy new music. duh.