Recording industry: ‘entirely obsolete’
p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- “Ahhhh – I love it when a sensible sentiment is expressed in such a concise and direct manner.”
That’s frequent p2pnet poster voxleo in her Reader’s Write to Dave Hahn’s `To a Mother Concerned About File Sharing`
She goes on »»»
Excellent point that musicians were working long before the record labels AMAZING what we forget. This piece (and follow-up commentary) have also made me re-aware of how much the recording industry isn`t really concerned with music at all per se — it is, after all, the recording industry and with the recording process so easily accessible to anyone with a personal computer now, it is entirely obsolete.
Much of what they have attempted to pass off as music in the last 10 years is noticeably lacking in musical quality since music isn`t really its primary function.
It has also just occurred to me how ironic it is that there is so much brouhaha over sampling when the industry itself has been producing very formula artists for the last decade.
Ever hear DaVinci`s Notebook sing Title of the Song? It is an excellent demonstration of this, and utterly hilarious to boot, especially since I could easily mistake it for a hit single from the BSB or NSYnc if I weren`t listening to the lyrics
Utterly indefagitable logic in the pro-fileshare argument Three snaps up, in a circle!
And in an afterthought, voxleo adds, “Although, to be fair to those who are used to making their fortune with the Big Four, I realize now that such an obvious fate must be terrifying. Just like anyone who has found themselves out a job because of a technological advance they must be very resentful, which would at least account for the some of their atrocious behaviour if not excuse it.
“Kind of like a grumpy old man who doesn`t know how to use the new-fangled VCR in the eighties.
“The main difference from a regular joe being that they have the resources to take out their aggressions on a grander scale.”
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Dave Hahn’s – `To a Mother Concerned About File Sharing`, August 6, 2009
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August 7th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
WHOA…..less than a minute into that crap and i wanted to plug my ears!!
Thats just awful stuff, should have had a health warning on it!
Now as far as the article goes, yeah the “industry” is completely obsolete!
August 7th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Yikes, maybe it would be funny if I could understand a word they were saying, and the singing was so awful to boot.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
EGAD! That’s ALMOST worse than American Idol Audition week! Note: that was church group doing a cover of the original pro group version (which is a good deal gentler on the ears both in diction and in pitch.) I first heard it performed on the “Bob and Tom” radio show as recorded here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=281ax7Ovlsg
Sadly, since it was a radio broadcast I don’t know if there is a video of the session in existence, but you can almost see it in your mind anyway.
And just in case you can’t get the lyrics through the laughter – the formula for boyband pop hits is as follows:
“TItle of the Song “- DaVinci’s Notebook
Declaration of my feelings for you;
Elaboration on those feelings.
Description of how long these feelings have existed.
Belief that no one else could feel the same as I.
Reminiscence on the pleasant times we shared,
and our relationship’s perfection (oooh oh)…
Recounting of the steps that led to our love’s dissolution
mostly involving my unfaithfullness and lies.
Penintent admission of wrongdoing;
Discovery of the depth of my affection!
Regret over the lateness of my epiphany…
Title of the Song-
Naiive expression of love-
Reluctance to accept that you are gone…
Request to turn back time
and rectify my wrongs…
Repetition of:
the Title of the Song.
Enumeration of my various transgressive actions
of insufficient motivation. (ohh oh…)
Realization that these actions led to your departure
and my resultant lack of sleep and appetite.
Renunciation of my past insensitive behaviour
Promise of my reformation (mmm hmmm..)
Reassurance that you still are foremost in my thoughts now
Plea for instruction how to gain your trust again
Request for reconciliation,
Listing of the numerous tasks that I’d perform
of physical and emotional compensation Oh….
Title of the Song-
Naiive expression of love-
Reluctance to accept that you are gone.. (Ohhh…).
Request to turn back time
and rectify my wrongs… (I gotta rectify those…)
Repetition of:
the Title of the Song.
Acknowledgement that I acted foolishly
Increasingly desperate pleas for your return
Sorrow for my infidelity, the vain hope my sins are forgivable
Appeal for one more opportunity
Drop to my knees to illicit a crowd response
Prayer to my chosen diety modulation and I hold a high nooooooooooote——————–>
Title of the Song- (—————————–>)
Naiive expression of love (—————————–>)
Reluctance to accept that you are gone.. (———–>still goooiiing——————>)
Request to turn back time (—————————–>)
and rectify my wrongs.. (—————————–>*gasp* medic!)
Repetition of the Title of the Song. (Baby… myyyy…)
(you know I’m talking bout the)
Title of the Song- (Title- it’s the title of the song)
Title of the Song-
Title of the Song- (it’s the title of the song– oooh)
Title of the Song- (ooooohhh…)
Title of the Song- (and you know I mean it baby…)
Title of the Song-
OOOhhhhh……
August 8th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Would’ve posted this in my original comment, but was in a bit of a rush at the time…
Kudos to Jon for digging up the reference on his own though. (if you dropped me an e-line I probably could’ve saved the trouble – anything from p2pnet gets my attention before closing the browser, even if its just a headline check =D )