Hello, I posted this comment logged in, yet my score started at 0 instead of 1. And why has it not been modded up at least somewhat. It is a decent question deserving of a score better than 0.
My comments are never modded. Please mod this to let me know you care. I should start at 1, 'coz I'm logged in, but I start at 0./. is stupid. Does anyone want to see my wang?
It seems that most of the discussion I see regarding the sad current state of the music industry has to do with the problems with major labels. From what I've read, I get the picture that a band must sell 1.5 million records to ever see any money if they are on a major label. How does this differ for a band on an independent label? For instance, Bad Religion recently moved back to their founded independent label, Epitaph, from a major. What benefits would such a band reap when making said move, and what amenities must they give up? Also, where do the DMCA and RIAA come into play with concern to independent labels and their artists?
Oh, and I see that my Korma, Navrattan is bad, mostly due to moderation. All my posts start at 0, and all of my posts are still 0. I've never been moderated once! Goddam! Being ignored is the worst. I've even posted some relevant shit, but there is sits at 0.
I really liked the article, but it is certainly half-blind. It speaks of
how major labels only look at the "Next Big Thing." (A song by citizen fish
with that name says all the same stuff, as does "Shelf Life" by David J.)
However, it says that new musicians cannot get started because they are
overlooked. This just isn't true. The indy labels are stronger than ever, and
some major artists, such as Jewel, are making great waves in getting exposure
to lesser-known artists. I mean, her opening acts were bands from Soul City
Cafe - that was a great thing to do. And the internet can create a great
buzz about a band through HTML alone, regardless of P2P networks. Brett
Gurewitz started a new label called Anti to host non-punk acts, such as Tom Waits.
The major labels are killing themselves, but the industry is due for a
renaissance of true artists, and the indies are already in place to handle it.
Sure this is cool, but I have a better idea... Wouldn't it be neat if you could just speak the words and the computer would understand what you were saying and type for you that way? I think I'm on to something here. I could call it "Talking Recognization." Has anyone else thought of this? If not, anyone want to start a company with me?
Seems that the links to pictures of Case mods are the most popular thing on this site. They get/.ed so quickly....might have something to do with the pages being on some low-bandwidth server, but hey, I'm just glad that someone dropped the term "donkey punch" on here.
Check out the self titled album by Daniel Ash (pychobaby records) of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets fame. It's great electronic music that happens to have some great guitar riffs.
...Don't get me wrong. This is really great that there will be full iPod support for linux, as well as Windows, but why oh why does it seem that both camps need to *copy* a great device and it's great software, rather than coming up with something completely new and usable of their own. MS has done nothing new and innovative with a UI in... well... ever. And the open desktops, both Gnome and KDE, are just trying to be as Windows-like as possible. They're mimicking a piece of shite. So here come the guys at Apple, rethinking things for the first time. You'd think others would follow suit and try to come up with new ideas, but instead what we see is, "Hey! Apple's doing some great stuff here! Let's copy that, too!" But who am I to talk, I live in a glass house...
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Hello, I posted this comment logged in, yet my score started at 0 instead of 1. And why has it not been modded up at least somewhat. It is a decent question deserving of a score better than 0.
My comments are never modded. Please mod this to let me know you care. I should start at 1, 'coz I'm logged in, but I start at 0. /. is stupid. Does anyone want to see my wang?
It seems that most of the discussion I see regarding the sad current state of the music industry has to do with the problems with major labels. From what I've read, I get the picture that a band must sell 1.5 million records to ever see any money if they are on a major label. How does this differ for a band on an independent label? For instance, Bad Religion recently moved back to their founded independent label, Epitaph, from a major. What benefits would such a band reap when making said move, and what amenities must they give up? Also, where do the DMCA and RIAA come into play with concern to independent labels and their artists?
Oh, and I see that my Korma, Navrattan is bad, mostly due to moderation. All my posts start at 0, and all of my posts are still 0. I've never been moderated once! Goddam! Being ignored is the worst. I've even posted some relevant shit, but there is sits at 0.
I really liked the article, but it is certainly half-blind. It speaks of how major labels only look at the "Next Big Thing." (A song by citizen fish with that name says all the same stuff, as does "Shelf Life" by David J.)
However, it says that new musicians cannot get started because they are overlooked. This just isn't true. The indy labels are stronger than ever, and some major artists, such as Jewel, are making great waves in getting exposure to lesser-known artists. I mean, her opening acts were bands from Soul City Cafe - that was a great thing to do. And the internet can create a great buzz about a band through HTML alone, regardless of P2P networks. Brett Gurewitz started a new label called Anti to host non-punk acts, such as Tom Waits. The major labels are killing themselves, but the industry is due for a renaissance of true artists, and the indies are already in place to handle it.
From my preferences page: "Anonymous posts start at 0, logged in posts start at 1."
I'm logged in, but my posts start at 0. They usually drop from there, but shouldn't they start at 1? I want my money back!
Sure this is cool, but I have a better idea... Wouldn't it be neat if you could just speak the words and the computer would understand what you were saying and type for you that way? I think I'm on to something here. I could call it "Talking Recognization." Has anyone else thought of this? If not, anyone want to start a company with me?
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Seems that the links to pictures of Case mods are the most popular thing on this site. They get /.ed so quickly. ...might have something to do with the pages being on some low-bandwidth server, but hey, I'm just glad that someone dropped the term "donkey punch" on here.
Check out the self titled album by Daniel Ash (pychobaby records) of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets fame. It's great electronic music that happens to have some great guitar riffs.
...Don't get me wrong. This is really great that there will be full iPod support for linux, as well as Windows, but why oh why does it seem that both camps need to *copy* a great device and it's great software, rather than coming up with something completely new and usable of their own. MS has done nothing new and innovative with a UI in... well... ever. And the open desktops, both Gnome and KDE, are just trying to be as Windows-like as possible. They're mimicking a piece of shite. So here come the guys at Apple, rethinking things for the first time. You'd think others would follow suit and try to come up with new ideas, but instead what we see is, "Hey! Apple's doing some great stuff here! Let's copy that, too!" But who am I to talk, I live in a glass house...