i think someones suffering from what toffler called 'future shock'...
=) > From: atomly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:02:56 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [313] ANyone know about Finalscratch (maybe OT) > > Have any of you ever released a record, though? There's something so > visceral about it that uplading an MP3 to a website can't replace. When > I make a track and upload it to my site, that's cool. When I master it, > send it off to have it cut and get back a test pressing, there's just > something amazing about it. > > When you press vinyl, you get a real feeling of acomplishment- you feel > like you actually produced something real. It's like having a craftsman > type job versus working in a service industry. > > In the same way, there's something much more rewarding about finding > Shari Vari in the cut-out bin at a store than there is about downloading > it from some 16 year-old's FTP site. And on top of that there is the > fact that MP3s have no real packaging. > > Sure, it's a bull-shit, old-school elitist attitude, but it does have > some validity to it. About two years ago, I would've been sitting here > arguing for MP3s and the digital revolution, but there's just something > that's not the same about it. > > I also find it ironic that one of the biggest supporters of Finalscratch > is also one of the strictest about the form of his releases... Richie > is a nut about being in control of his stuff (anybody remember the > incident with Free Radio Furthur recording his set?) so it seems kind of > amusing that he would support something like this. > > -- > :: atomly :: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.atomly.com/ | 877.741.3571 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
