all i know is that theres a great deal of music that i would NEVER have
stumbled upon if not for mp3s and those artists would never have received
my money. everyone should keep in mind how much the internet has aided in
the progression of music.
what i think would be *neat* is a new file format or a revision of the mp3
format that focuses on providing more information about the artist. im not
talking about the id3.v2 thing that someone tried to make up, or
liquidaudio [the evil RIAA nazi plot to switch mp3-ers to full-paying
customers] but to put a bunch of info into the file that lets you know what
you can do to send a few bucks directly to the artist. [im thinking this
chunk of audio would be early on in the file so no matter how much of the
track gets downloaded, you still have the info, unlike id3...] then a
napsterlike piece of software could let this shit flow
unrestricted-like. it would be set up so that everything would be
catergorized and would return better search results, and artists who dont
want their work up, can maybe have it worked out so that their name /
specific album / specific songs cant be traded, so even stingy rich
bastards can allow a few of their tracks to be put up.
im sure this could be worked out in a rather short time and id like to bet
that there could be support for it from record companies.
hm.
tell me what you think.
-matt
At 2000/05/18-12:59 PM-[ Thursday ], atomly wrote:
quoted 18 lines If all you want to do is make your art for personal expression and hope
>If all you want to do is make your art for personal expression and hope
>that a few people like it, then MP3 is the format of choice. And I
>thought that this was what music is all about. If you're sitting around
>worrying about record sales you're not making music for the right reasons
>and you're probably not making very good music. Anybody who is worried
>about how many copies something is going to sell after they release it is
>most likely concerned about the same thing while making it and we all know
>what music that's made with the goal of being popular sounds like.
>
>I personally love sharing my music with other people- I love when somebody
>downloads my MP3s and sends me an e-mail that they like it. But if nobody
>in the entire world liked my music I'd still be making it. I make my
>music for myself first and foremost.
>
>Anyway, I just woke up and I'm kind of rambling, but I think this makes sense.
>
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