attitude n.
- The orientation of an aircraft's axes relative to a reference line or plane, such as the horizon.
- The orientation of a spacecraft relative to its direction of motion.
I think that one of the best things to come out of the widespread adoption of digital photography is the fact that it has become so much easier for people to (inadvertantly in most cases) document their lives.
What's valuable about this is that the quantity of pictures has increased - and this includes all the crappy candids that capture the moment, instead of the scene. And it's the moment that matters in candids, not necessarily the anal-retentiveness of making sure that the best shot possible is taken.
This being said, the better a photographer knows the fundamentals of photography and the ins and outs of the camera, the better the pictures will be, but when a person starts fiddling with the camera at the expense of the moment, the spontenaity simply goes away and that moment is lost.
*shrug* some of my most valuable pictures are ones taken on a crappy camera, that aren't totally in focus, and that are plain bad pictures. But to me, and to my friends that identify with the moment that was captured, and to my son who will grow up and learn something about me from the pictures that he would never see if the pictures (crappy though they be) didn't exist....none of that matters.
...George Bush notices that the war on Iraq (formerly known as the war on terror, formerly known as operation shock and awe, formerly known as desert storm, formerly known as desert shield, formerly known as "let's fund this guy Saddam so he can fight the crazy Iranians for us" is not going as well as initially planned.
CNN. feh.
Artists, especially relatively new ones, get fairly little payment from royalties. Many artists will get less than a dollar/album sold until they've consistantly sold well (think Aerosmith, Rolling Stones etc.) Artists pay for their own videos, and with the rising costs of videos, many are questioning whether or not they're even worth it (Pearl Jam).
I think that this is one of the reasons that a lot of artists are so willing to "sell out" so quickly - they make no money off their music, so they are forced to exploit their own brand to become rich after they become famous.
Artists make money on touring, on merchandise and on non-music stuff. They make some money on radio airplay.
Most recording labels operate nowadays on the same portfolio model that venture capitalists use - out of 10 acts, 3 will lose money, 5 will break even and 2 might be so big that they account for the profit margin for the entire portfolio.
Maybe back in the day an artist had a lot of say in terms of what went onto an album, and how the album unfolded as a listener worked through it. Perhaps at one point there was a larger message that could only be conveyed by an album, and couldn't be contained in a single song (I'm thinking of The Wall by Pink Floyd). But the reality is that nowadays so much of the music out there is crap that the album as an art form seems to be mostly dead. This is one of the reasons that people are more willing to buy an individual track than to buy an album.
Personally, I prefer to buy an album, but ONLY after I've previewed (read: downloaded) enough enough material or I'm familiar enough with the artist to have some faith in them. I HATE being burned by buying an album based on one song and then finding out the rest of it was a load of shyte.
Record companies seem less and less interested in promoting a good album, and care more about the 2 or 3 singles that they can extract and promote the hell out of.
My point is that one of the reasons that the random play is preferred to an album at a time is because few entire albums are worth listening to anymore. Random play, with careful selection of what goes on the iPod in the first place, ensures that EVERYTHING that I listen to is good AND I get to be surprised.
But... it could just be the brain damage. If so, it's most likely brought on by too much commercial radio.
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attitude n. - The orientation of an aircraft's axes relative to a reference line or plane, such as the horizon. - The orientation of a spacecraft relative to its direction of motion.
I think that one of the best things to come out of the widespread adoption of digital photography is the fact that it has become so much easier for people to (inadvertantly in most cases) document their lives.
What's valuable about this is that the quantity of pictures has increased - and this includes all the crappy candids that capture the moment, instead of the scene. And it's the moment that matters in candids, not necessarily the anal-retentiveness of making sure that the best shot possible is taken.
This being said, the better a photographer knows the fundamentals of photography and the ins and outs of the camera, the better the pictures will be, but when a person starts fiddling with the camera at the expense of the moment, the spontenaity simply goes away and that moment is lost.
*shrug* some of my most valuable pictures are ones taken on a crappy camera, that aren't totally in focus, and that are plain bad pictures. But to me, and to my friends that identify with the moment that was captured, and to my son who will grow up and learn something about me from the pictures that he would never see if the pictures (crappy though they be) didn't exist....none of that matters.
...George Bush notices that the war on Iraq (formerly known as the war on terror, formerly known as operation shock and awe, formerly known as desert storm, formerly known as desert shield, formerly known as "let's fund this guy Saddam so he can fight the crazy Iranians for us" is not going as well as initially planned. CNN. feh.
Artists, especially relatively new ones, get fairly little payment from royalties. Many artists will get less than a dollar/album sold until they've consistantly sold well (think Aerosmith, Rolling Stones etc.) Artists pay for their own videos, and with the rising costs of videos, many are questioning whether or not they're even worth it (Pearl Jam). I think that this is one of the reasons that a lot of artists are so willing to "sell out" so quickly - they make no money off their music, so they are forced to exploit their own brand to become rich after they become famous. Artists make money on touring, on merchandise and on non-music stuff. They make some money on radio airplay. Most recording labels operate nowadays on the same portfolio model that venture capitalists use - out of 10 acts, 3 will lose money, 5 will break even and 2 might be so big that they account for the profit margin for the entire portfolio.
Maybe back in the day an artist had a lot of say in terms of what went onto an album, and how the album unfolded as a listener worked through it. Perhaps at one point there was a larger message that could only be conveyed by an album, and couldn't be contained in a single song (I'm thinking of The Wall by Pink Floyd). But the reality is that nowadays so much of the music out there is crap that the album as an art form seems to be mostly dead. This is one of the reasons that people are more willing to buy an individual track than to buy an album. Personally, I prefer to buy an album, but ONLY after I've previewed (read: downloaded) enough enough material or I'm familiar enough with the artist to have some faith in them. I HATE being burned by buying an album based on one song and then finding out the rest of it was a load of shyte. Record companies seem less and less interested in promoting a good album, and care more about the 2 or 3 singles that they can extract and promote the hell out of. My point is that one of the reasons that the random play is preferred to an album at a time is because few entire albums are worth listening to anymore. Random play, with careful selection of what goes on the iPod in the first place, ensures that EVERYTHING that I listen to is good AND I get to be surprised. But ... it could just be the brain damage. If so, it's most likely brought on by too much commercial radio.
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