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From:
Neil Walsh
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Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:03:13 +0200
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Re: [idm] about music and money
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On 8/24/05, Jason Clark <strangeloop@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 12 lines On 8/24/05, esa ruoho <esaruoho@dlc.fi> wrote:> On 8/24/05, esa ruoho <esaruoho@dlc.fi> wrote: > > > > this is all well and good if these "its just a hobby"-labels are > > releasing music by "its just a hobby"-musicians - in fact, it probably > > doesnt matter to either of the two (label/musician) since they both have > > a job "gotta pay the bills" stylee -- which basically means that there > > is no passion, and NO lust to make the machine work better. > > > > > > > Hey, fuck you and your high horse, buddy. I make good music as a hobby. Some > of us do it because we love it and don't give a shit about making money.
If you could make a living off music and thus spend more time making music, do you think you could make better music?
quoted 3 lines I> I > don't have the time or the energy to deal with an industry that is sincerely > and hopelessly fucked right now.
As was pointed out by Esa it's this kind of...defeatism(?) that's crippling the inudstry at the moment. Neil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org