...could this be a good thing for small labels and good music in the long run? Think about it. If the deep pockets of the oligarchy [RIAA] help to dismantle the vertical monopoly of Clear Channel [stations, indie promoters, concert venues] then there's less pressure on program directors to play musical dreck, since they don't get a station van and luxury trips as swag?
[insert M$ bashing for Karma purposes] Although we know how hard it is to dismantle monopolies in the real world, don't we? [/insert M$ bashing for Karma purposes]
If the music industry is as sophisticated as any other big business (and you've got to believe so, given the profits they crank out), They've got plenty of people whose sole responsibility is forecasting sales/profit curves and the like.
I'm sure they determined long ago the multiplier for $ spent in marketing hype : CD price charged. And think about it, although we grumbled, before Napster and other peer-to-peer networks came up, most of us bit the bullet and paid.
Now that we have more options for free (as in not purchased) music, all the finance-geek-spreadsheet-models are out the window. What did they do? Panic, cry foul, legal action, yadda yadda.
If/Once they find a way to make $$ on p2p, they'll be able to plug it into their financial models and things will calm down again.
[digression] Salon.com has an article today about how game companies have shared code to allow game mods, and how it's helped grow their business. Record companies should take note. [/digression]
a few weeks back by a research company [forgot the name] asking about my music purchases. IIRC, some of the questions included how often I purchased CDs in stores, if I had ever downloaded music from the net [they listed Napster, Limewire, Morpheus & Kazaa as some of the choices], as well as if I'd bought music online [Amazon / mp3.com].
I've worked for research co's so I felt compelled to help, since getting completed interviews from random people is tough. However, as the questions continued, the lightbulb went on and I thought "hmmm, I wonder why RIAA needs this info?" The only site I copped to downloading from was Napster, for that reason. Feed their egos and all.
Here's the interesting part: They asked for my email for me to "complete the survey online", and they'd pay me $10. I gave them one of my junk mail addresses and never responded. They sent me 2 follow-ups, offering me up to $40 to participate. I wonder why they needed me to finish the survey online? Research co's generally want to do their interviews via one method, to get the data quickly and consistently.
For other media watchdogging, also check out The Daily Howler. An incomparable site for shredding those pundits who twist the facts to sell you The Truth.
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One thing I always wonder when hearing how AI technology will replace/mimic/supersede human intelligence is that the type of intelligence being exhibited by a machine is rarely identified. Social scientists generally agree that there are seven [Gardner added an eighth] types of human intelligence:
As humans we all have different levels/mixes of these intelligence types. Some intelligence types require more sensate interaction with an unpredictable world [such as intrapersonal or naturalist intelligence], others are more strictly rules-based [logic-math or visual-spatial], while some [like musical intelligence] require a combination of both.
One can see how some of these might be more or less able to be adapted by AI technology, but that's why "intelligent" machines, IMO, will never completely be able to be human.
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"Enterprise solutions that accelerate the solution process by turning information into results"
Seems like someone's been using the Dilbert Mission Statement Generator again!
...could this be a good thing for small labels and good music in the long run? Think about it. If the deep pockets of the oligarchy [RIAA] help to dismantle the vertical monopoly of Clear Channel [stations, indie promoters, concert venues] then there's less pressure on program directors to play musical dreck, since they don't get a station van and luxury trips as swag?
[insert M$ bashing for Karma purposes]
Although we know how hard it is to dismantle monopolies in the real world, don't we?
[/insert M$ bashing for Karma purposes]
If the music industry is as sophisticated as any other big business (and you've got to believe so, given the profits they crank out), They've got plenty of people whose sole responsibility is forecasting sales/profit curves and the like.
I'm sure they determined long ago the multiplier for $ spent in marketing hype : CD price charged. And think about it, although we grumbled, before Napster and other peer-to-peer networks came up, most of us bit the bullet and paid.
Now that we have more options for free (as in not purchased) music, all the finance-geek-spreadsheet-models are out the window. What did they do? Panic, cry foul, legal action, yadda yadda.
If/Once they find a way to make $$ on p2p, they'll be able to plug it into their financial models and things will calm down again.
[digression]
Salon.com has an article today about how game companies have shared code to allow game mods, and how it's helped grow their business. Record companies should take note.
[/digression]
Say it with me...
"a SMALL Seasoned Curlys"
a few weeks back by a research company [forgot the name] asking about my music purchases. IIRC, some of the questions included how often I purchased CDs in stores, if I had ever downloaded music from the net [they listed Napster, Limewire, Morpheus & Kazaa as some of the choices], as well as if I'd bought music online [Amazon / mp3.com].
I've worked for research co's so I felt compelled to help, since getting completed interviews from random people is tough. However, as the questions continued, the lightbulb went on and I thought "hmmm, I wonder why RIAA needs this info?" The only site I copped to downloading from was Napster, for that reason. Feed their egos and all.
Here's the interesting part: They asked for my email for me to "complete the survey online", and they'd pay me $10. I gave them one of my junk mail addresses and never responded. They sent me 2 follow-ups, offering me up to $40 to participate. I wonder why they needed me to finish the survey online? Research co's generally want to do their interviews via one method, to get the data quickly and consistently.
[insert conspiracy theory here]
For other media watchdogging, also check out The Daily Howler. An incomparable site for shredding those pundits who twist the facts to sell you The Truth.
One thing I always wonder when hearing how AI technology will replace/mimic/supersede human intelligence is that the type of intelligence being exhibited by a machine is rarely identified. Social scientists generally agree that there are seven [Gardner added an eighth] types of human intelligence:
Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence
Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
Kinesthetic Intelligence
Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Musical Intelligence
Interpersonal Intelligence
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Naturalist Intelligence
As humans we all have different levels/mixes of these intelligence types. Some intelligence types require more sensate interaction with an unpredictable world [such as intrapersonal or naturalist intelligence], others are more strictly rules-based [logic-math or visual-spatial], while some [like musical intelligence] require a combination of both.
One can see how some of these might be more or less able to be adapted by AI technology, but that's why "intelligent" machines, IMO, will never completely be able to be human.