I for one, enjoy going to concerts where the songs I've come to enjoy on CDs are now played in different ways.
This won't prevent musicians from performing songs differently than the originals. It just makes sure that whatever they do remains in the correct key as they do it. I personally prefer to hear the performer's natural delivery but let's remember that this is only one of an almost infinite number of devices designed to modify natural sound waves. After all, my guitar would sound pretty boring without some distortion and other effects applied here & there.
One of my favorite albums from the 90's was Nirvana's MTV Unplugged gig. The band insisted that the original recording not be doctored in any way - and the mistakes certainly shine through.
Another great memory for me was seeing Judas Priest live and watching KK Downing drunkenly throw his guitar into the air and miss it on the way down. BLAM!! - it broke into several pieces which he stupidly stared at for a couple of seconds before picking it up to hurl at a roadie. Who also missed it as it slammed into a stack of side-fills. Hee hee hee, great moments in live rock. You never see that stuff any more. Everything is too sanitized and pre-packaged these days.
Anyway, this is what the soul of music is all about, (to me at least), - including the mistakes and sour notes. It adds to the reality of the experience. Otherwise, you may as well just listen to the radio and save yourself the cost of the concert ticket.
Yeah, but they had to rely on tape - which broke in the middle of one of their 'concerts' giving away their secret. This is a device that can make my dying cat sound like Celine Dion.
Heh - I saw the original [twitch] Halloween on acid when it came out in theaters. Big mistake. That movie [twitch] is imprinted on my mind for all eternity. Why, oh why didn't I choose [twitch] to see Animal House or the animated LotR instead?
Subpoenas and warrants are for the government, not a private company.
In the words of Frank Zappa, "There's the crux of the biscuit":-)
This is why we have a huge problem with corporations running amok. They have somehow gotten the idea that they are not accountable for their actions. In reality, corporations have no more right to your personal information than the justice system. Even less so since the justice system does indeed need to get a warrant to search your personal space - unless you willingly give them permission, that is. A private company also needs your permission to collect your personal information. They may try to get around this with one of those over-restrictive EULA's, but I would venture to say that most EULA's may not be legally binding. We'll see how they hold up in court in future.
In the meantime, if I decide to install any 'cracked' software, (not that I would), I'll be sure to make sure that machine has no chance of talking to the internet.
Then why are people willing to pay $1 per song on iTunes?
Not that I disagree with you. I believe CD's are way over-priced from a cost to produce standpoint. What I think you may be forgetting is the supply & demand factor. Obviously, there are still too many people willing to buy from the ??AA cartels - hence the current price.
Personally, I do all my CD shopping at cdbaby. Prices are fair, I can listen to samples before I buy, and all the money I pay, (except for $4), goes directly to the (independent) artist. If more people did this, it would go a long way toward resolving this issue.
I mean, say what you will about microsoft, at least it isn't Microsoft mOffice that comes with mExcel and mOutlook and mWord
You're right, they don't preface it with a letter. They put the whole damned company name there!Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, etc... Check the title bar next time you're using an MS product. It's called branding - I suggest you get used to it, (I do agree with you that it's really effing annoying - but that doesn't mean it's gonna go away;-/)
If someone does, I hope they choose to borrow this spectacular color-scheme from slashdot instead of going with the Atari GEM look that the IntyOS folks chose.:-)
Totally agree with your post. The above comment just reminded me of 'To Your Scattered Bodies Go', the first book in Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld story. For those who haven't read it, the premise is this; one day all of humanity - every person whoever lived on Earth up to some year in human history, (1992 or so?, sorry don't recall off the top of my head), wakes up on an alien world on the banks of a great river. So what do all the religious zealots do? Why, they form 'The Church of the Second Chance', of course!
IOW - you can't destroy religion. Like life, it finds a way to survive. Which probably isn't too far off your original point, I suppose...
This only affects people who live in CA and buy from California merchants.
Initially that may be true. What you're forgetting is the precedent this sets. The other 49 states will follow as quickly as they possibly can. Not a one of them will want to miss jumping on the pork-wagon, after all.
This device looks so good that the RIAA might try to make it illegal.
The more they try, the more innovations will come along. The RIAA are fighting a losing battle. The sooner they realize it, the better off everyone, (including the RIAA), will be.
Maybe I would have broadband available where I live if the US government were an 'encouraging' entity instead of bogged down in bureaucracy. Whatever happened to leadership? Looks to me as though it's moving overseas...
Slashdot Mirror
hence the "oh wait..."
Oh never mind. The joke loses too much when it has to be explained...
One of my favorite albums from the 90's was Nirvana's MTV Unplugged gig. The band insisted that the original recording not be doctored in any way - and the mistakes certainly shine through.
Another great memory for me was seeing Judas Priest live and watching KK Downing drunkenly throw his guitar into the air and miss it on the way down. BLAM!! - it broke into several pieces which he stupidly stared at for a couple of seconds before picking it up to hurl at a roadie. Who also missed it as it slammed into a stack of side-fills. Hee hee hee, great moments in live rock. You never see that stuff any more. Everything is too sanitized and pre-packaged these days.
Anyway, this is what the soul of music is all about, (to me at least), - including the mistakes and sour notes. It adds to the reality of the experience. Otherwise, you may as well just listen to the radio and save yourself the cost of the concert ticket.
Yeah, but they had to rely on tape - which broke in the middle of one of their 'concerts' giving away their secret. This is a device that can make my dying cat sound like Celine Dion.
oh wait...
Heh - I saw the original [twitch] Halloween on acid when it came out in theaters. Big mistake. That movie [twitch] is imprinted on my mind for all eternity. Why, oh why didn't I choose [twitch] to see Animal House or the animated LotR instead?
In the words of Frank Zappa, "There's the crux of the biscuit"
This is why we have a huge problem with corporations running amok. They have somehow gotten the idea that they are not accountable for their actions. In reality, corporations have no more right to your personal information than the justice system. Even less so since the justice system does indeed need to get a warrant to search your personal space - unless you willingly give them permission, that is. A private company also needs your permission to collect your personal information. They may try to get around this with one of those over-restrictive EULA's, but I would venture to say that most EULA's may not be legally binding. We'll see how they hold up in court in future.
In the meantime, if I decide to install any 'cracked' software, (not that I would), I'll be sure to make sure that machine has no chance of talking to the internet.
Then why are people willing to pay $1 per song on iTunes?
Not that I disagree with you. I believe CD's are way over-priced from a cost to produce standpoint. What I think you may be forgetting is the supply & demand factor. Obviously, there are still too many people willing to buy from the ??AA cartels - hence the current price.
Personally, I do all my CD shopping at cdbaby. Prices are fair, I can listen to samples before I buy, and all the money I pay, (except for $4), goes directly to the (independent) artist. If more people did this, it would go a long way toward resolving this issue.
Just my 40% of a nickel...
If someone does, I hope they choose to borrow this spectacular color-scheme from slashdot instead of going with the Atari GEM look that the IntyOS folks chose. :-)
"Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy"
Will anyone get that reference or am I just wasting karma?
Ah well, what the hell...
Totally agree with your post. The above comment just reminded me of 'To Your Scattered Bodies Go', the first book in Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld story. For those who haven't read it, the premise is this; one day all of humanity - every person whoever lived on Earth up to some year in human history, (1992 or so?, sorry don't recall off the top of my head), wakes up on an alien world on the banks of a great river. So what do all the religious zealots do? Why, they form 'The Church of the Second Chance', of course!
IOW - you can't destroy religion. Like life, it finds a way to survive. Which probably isn't too far off your original point, I suppose...
Sorry to reply to a .sig, but here's the real deal...
"To do is to be" - Socrates.
"To be is to do" - Plato.
"Do be do be do" - Sinatra.
</minor nitpick>
Heh...
;-]
"Mozilla" - 6,220,000
"Microsoft Internet Explorer" - 3,140,000
"God" - 44,200,000
"Satan" - 364,000
Looks like the 'good guys' are winning
(Thanks for the tip! I didn't know about GoogleFight.)
Initially that may be true. What you're forgetting is the precedent this sets. The other 49 states will follow as quickly as they possibly can. Not a one of them will want to miss jumping on the pork-wagon, after all.
This device looks so good that the RIAA might try to make it illegal.
The more they try, the more innovations will come along. The RIAA are fighting a losing battle. The sooner they realize it, the better off everyone, (including the RIAA), will be.
In case you're interested, Kurdt's current project is here
Who'd a thunk it? Here is the closest I could find on Google. There are actually entries dated today. ;-]
There are currently, 1348 guest(s) and 5 member(s) that are online.
If each of those people were to donate $10 to his fund, it would more than reimburse his savings that were stolen by the RIAA.
Does anyone here think that the $12,000.00 he had to pay to the RIAA will end up going to the artists whose music was shared?
Yeah - that's what I think too...
Maybe I would have broadband available where I live if the US government were an 'encouraging' entity instead of bogged down in bureaucracy. Whatever happened to leadership? Looks to me as though it's moving overseas...
Hmmm.. I notice NanoGator is suspiciously missing from this discussion.
Oh my god! They've killed NanoGator with their evil research! Those bastards!
It's a joke - laugh.
I look forward to ducking things flying at me and flinching from explosions.
:-)
Heh - just get yourself married!
Makes me see the moon-falling-on-the-earth scene in The Time Machine remake all over again.
Oooops!!
I don't think so...
kinda like a self-parody of Slash...
;-]
Actually, I feel that Slash had already begun to self-parody himself by the third GNR release.
Oh wait...
Bad, bad idea that's easily fixed with adduser but still... not everyone who buys a cheap computer is aware of these kinds of security issues.