Ok, sorry, I admit I misunderstood you and I think I get what you're saying now. As much as I would prefer there was a lot less "performers" in the music, and coding world, they are there. I am not saying they are wrong, but I must admit I don't really understand their motivations...
But don't think I can afford "to be principled". I learned to live with very little, and I won't feel like a whore ever again. There is a lot of people on earth who survive with much less that what I have, and still, they sing and dance. And that is music, we just forgot.
I'm a coder. I began taming computers at a very young age. I am also a musician. I decided to steer my life toward music, because I felt like a sellout in the IT world. The Free Software / Open Source philosophy gave me back my faith in the binary art. I am more a musician than a coder now, but for me, the spirit is the same. Coding was my Art, Music is my Art now, and I don't want to be a sellout anymore than I wanted to be one when I was a software programmer.
YOU must understand, that you don't know what a true artist is. Coder, musician, or whatever. I am not calling myself a "true" artist, but I still hope I could find a way to make music in the same spirit as Free Software and etc. I may fail, I may starve a bit (I do now) but I'll try.
As a former coder and current musician, I say FUCK DRM and record labels. I don't need them any more than GNU needs Microsoft.
And I'm confident that the spirit of freedom that is now born in IT will cross borders and reach other domains like music. And I am sure there is a lot of artists that will get on the train. Your perception of "artists" and "performers" is based only on those you know and who fit the current system. But the current system is collapsing, and a new breed (or an old one, reborn) of artists will appear.
The only way to escape from that DRM hell is with the artists / musicians / film-makers / book-writers, etc... The day the Source will want their creations to spread without restrictions, everything will be fine again.
I am a musician, and I will take that step and encourage everyone I know to do it too. Real artists don't want to live in a DRM jail. If you produce "content", please think about it.
Sorry man, but I used to code on a TRS-80 when I was a child, and I noticed later, with great shock, that it runs on BASIC from Microsoft Corporation. Turn on your TRS-80 and read the text. The TRS-80 will not save you from Microsoft.
Those were the good days... When Microsoft managed to do a CLS, PRINT and RUN that actually worked... sigh...
Maybe what we hear is some kind of forcewaves. Ships use the Force to fly, disturb it somehow, and make waves of Force. Then, for the movie, they make us hear these waves, so we can enjoy them.
So the fighters don't make sound in a vacuum. It is impossible, you don't know that?
I am a musician, and I am really sick of all that BS. I want record companies to die an horrible death. I want to eat low quality hot-dogs for the rest of my life and compose the music I want to hear. I want OpenSource/FreeSoftware to take over the world and Open/FreeMusic too. I am really sick of all that BS and I will do everything to liberate music as much as I can.
They killed music, bastards! Where did the real music go? I wish someday we will be able to listen to something we have never heard before. GASP! Listening to new music? ARGH!
YES! New music! I know it would take many people a little bit of getting used to, but that is the way it always was before the invention of recording. Ever heard of Bach that had to compose new music everyday? Nobody ever thought of playing the same music several times! That would have meant the death penalty, at least! Death penalty + a kick in the nuts!
This new "trend" of selling music has lasted too long now. We should all put an end to it. And if you don't help me, I will do it alone because I can't take it anymore. How can you help? Do what feels right for you, but don't hurt anybody.
To the right of the article! She's beautiful!:-)
http://www.theinquirer.net/images/ads/Inquirer/ali _lass.jpg
Alternate Text: "Stranded INQ hack Paul Hales snapped this employee of ALI at the Intel Developer Forum"
Uh?
Euh? Is it just me, or there is something familiar about this McBride guy. Maybe I've seen him on CNN. Wasn't his name Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf or something?
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You're a dick.
Ok, sorry, I admit I misunderstood you and I think I get what you're saying now. As much as I would prefer there was a lot less "performers" in the music, and coding world, they are there. I am not saying they are wrong, but I must admit I don't really understand their motivations...
But don't think I can afford "to be principled". I learned to live with very little, and I won't feel like a whore ever again. There is a lot of people on earth who survive with much less that what I have, and still, they sing and dance. And that is music, we just forgot.
I'm a coder. I began taming computers at a very young age. I am also a musician. I decided to steer my life toward music, because I felt like a sellout in the IT world. The Free Software / Open Source philosophy gave me back my faith in the binary art. I am more a musician than a coder now, but for me, the spirit is the same. Coding was my Art, Music is my Art now, and I don't want to be a sellout anymore than I wanted to be one when I was a software programmer.
YOU must understand, that you don't know what a true artist is. Coder, musician, or whatever. I am not calling myself a "true" artist, but I still hope I could find a way to make music in the same spirit as Free Software and etc. I may fail, I may starve a bit (I do now) but I'll try.
As a former coder and current musician, I say FUCK DRM and record labels. I don't need them any more than GNU needs Microsoft.
And I'm confident that the spirit of freedom that is now born in IT will cross borders and reach other domains like music. And I am sure there is a lot of artists that will get on the train. Your perception of "artists" and "performers" is based only on those you know and who fit the current system. But the current system is collapsing, and a new breed (or an old one, reborn) of artists will appear.
Developers! Developers! Developers!
I suggest that you watch the movie "Kundun", by Scorsese. Maybe you will not see that quote the same way you do now.
the lichen touches you!
You can still buy new ones from Moog.
The only way to escape from that DRM hell is with the artists / musicians / film-makers / book-writers, etc... The day the Source will want their creations to spread without restrictions, everything will be fine again.
I am a musician, and I will take that step and encourage everyone I know to do it too. Real artists don't want to live in a DRM jail. If you produce "content", please think about it.
I'm tired of it... I'm moving back to my TRS-80
Sorry man, but I used to code on a TRS-80 when I was a child, and I noticed later, with great shock, that it runs on BASIC from Microsoft Corporation. Turn on your TRS-80 and read the text. The TRS-80 will not save you from Microsoft.
Those were the good days... When Microsoft managed to do a CLS, PRINT and RUN that actually worked... sigh...
Maybe what we hear is some kind of forcewaves. Ships use the Force to fly, disturb it somehow, and make waves of Force. Then, for the movie, they make us hear these waves, so we can enjoy them.
So the fighters don't make sound in a vacuum. It is impossible, you don't know that?
I am a musician, and I am really sick of all that BS. I want record companies to die an horrible death. I want to eat low quality hot-dogs for the rest of my life and compose the music I want to hear. I want OpenSource/FreeSoftware to take over the world and Open/FreeMusic too. I am really sick of all that BS and I will do everything to liberate music as much as I can.
They killed music, bastards! Where did the real music go? I wish someday we will be able to listen to something we have never heard before. GASP! Listening to new music? ARGH!
YES! New music! I know it would take many people a little bit of getting used to, but that is the way it always was before the invention of recording. Ever heard of Bach that had to compose new music everyday? Nobody ever thought of playing the same music several times! That would have meant the death penalty, at least! Death penalty + a kick in the nuts!
This new "trend" of selling music has lasted too long now. We should all put an end to it. And if you don't help me, I will do it alone because I can't take it anymore. How can you help? Do what feels right for you, but don't hurt anybody.
Toe of Destiny, musician
Sorry, but I think Taco is dead and some kind of monkey-robot is handling things now... or there is yellow stuff oozing from his ears and armpits...
I guess we should all flee in terror now...
from the in-the-beginning-was-the-command-line dept.
uh?
I think it's time for someone to file a patent on Earth, Fire, and Water. ;-)
Wind is already patented?
To the right of the article! She's beautiful! :-)
http://www.theinquirer.net/images/ads/Inquirer/ali _lass.jpg
Alternate Text: "Stranded INQ hack Paul Hales snapped this employee of ALI at the Intel Developer Forum"
Uh?
Euh? Is it just me, or there is something familiar about this McBride guy. Maybe I've seen him on CNN. Wasn't his name Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf or something?
If someone shoots a picture of my Garden Gnome, I'll sue him! Be warned... suing is cool now... S!