Music Industry, R.I.P.; Workers slack back; No-headphones; Chris on 43f; City babies; New 5ives; Crab!!!
Submitted by Merlin on October 9, 2007 - 9:44am.
- The day the music industry died - Times Online - “The truth now is that a rudimentary cotton garment with a band logo stamped across it that has probably been manufactured for pennies in a Third World sweatshop costs about twice as much as an album recorded in a state-of-the-art western studio.” Related, don’t miss Yahoo!’s Ian Rogers’s post “Convenience Wins, Hubris Loses”
- Abused Workers Fight Back by Slacking Off | LiveScience - “Employees toiling under an abusive supervisor often rebel quietly and indirectly by slacking off on the job and handing in sloppy work.”
- What’s next, no potty breaks? [AskMe] - “My company just instituted a “no headphones” policy…how can I deal?” I don’t know how you can expect someone to do a data-entry job without headphones. That’s just inhuman.
- 43 Folders [Chris Glass] [PNSFW] - “Backstory: Merlin and I met years ago when we were teenage girls on LiveJournal.” Chris Glass talks a bit about he ended up redesigning 43f. Love that guy.
- HollenbackNet - BigCityBaby - If you hadn’t put the pieces together yet, I’m about to need advice like Phil’s. And, wow!, did I ever dig his long article on big-city baby-having.
- You Tube - Inbox Zero - My Google Tech Talk on Inbox Zero is now available on the YouTube — previously it was only on the Google Video (now clocking in at 186,000 views)
- Five rejected Spice Girl personalities - “5. Emotionally-Unavailable Spice.” A long overdue 5ives update. One of three.
- I’m not usually one to get squeamish, but this wigged me… (kottke.org) - I’m not too squeamish either, Mr. Kottke, but this bastard crab is literally haunting my dreams. Dear Lord.
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REVIVING THE DEATH OF MUSIC INDUSTRY!!!
Hi, Merlin! I just cannot help myself but adding my observation about the “death” of music industry. You see, I want to call myself a music “enthusiast” rather than a lover. I even know some not so-familiar songs. This is because I love the composers rather than the artists. You might be surprised if I told you that “revival” of songs here in the Philippines is like a contagious decease. Almost 95% of music here now is revival, and 4.8% new music is JUNK! Filipino artists are very good, there’s no question about it. Have you watched KYLA who sang the Philippine national anthem in the recent Pacquiao-Barrera bout?, she’s one of the best here.
But here’s my observation about “revival” music:
I don’t personally believe that it’s just the trend of this generation. This is because there are already revivals during my “time”. But the thing is, you will not notice that it is a revival because it has a different “version, unlike today.
I also believe that there are still GOOD composers today, just waiting for the chance.
Another thing, PIRACY is everywhere. I think it is not justifiable to buy cheap JUNKS. If you want good music, pay good money for it.
Lastly, I am wondering how much does the recording company, singers and composers receive as royalty fee when we download their music, if there’s any?
So to sum it up, revival music is good, but new good ideas will sound better. I just hope when I hear a new good song, it will also be like a contagious decease…