Proof that anarchist systems warrant serious recognition, and that they aren't as chaotic and irrelevant as they might seem at first glance.
DIY music isn't only fun - the ideological foundation that it builds on speaks in volumes about trust and the importance of HUMAN interaction. Creativity flourishes in energetic, stimulating environments - not in stale, cynical market structures.
tl;dr
Labels suck at asking, artists should not hand over this important process to someone with zero interest in human interaction and without creative/artistic bits.
That was a great speech
[editline]13th March 2013[/editline]
Or a talk or whatever its called.
That was actually really good. Also what a surprise that it was Gawker that ran the 'money-grabbing' story.
TED Talks are amazing. Everyone should go watch the ones based around the future of oil/energy/cars
Sure, that may work for small bands on tour, but at the end of the day there's a lot of people who have to be paid for recording, editing, promotions and marketing, equipment, distribution and so many other facets of the industry. While it's awesome that small bands can fill this niche, it's unreasonable to think that the entire industry could switch to that
Although creating music is a difficult process, and creating a hit is an even harder thing to achieve, if tomorrow a song I created got 250,000 illegal downloads from the pirate bay, and I only made £30, the fact that people would go as far as breaking the law to get my song because they may not have the money at the time to listen to it would make me feel more proud than if I had a no.1 and people who like music thought I was a colossal cunt who was in it just for the money (David Guetta, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber (based on their reactions to things that happen in the media regarding their music)).
You should be creating music, writing software, developing games for passion, for people to enjoy your talent and creativity, not so you can buy a speedboat and snort cocaine of a hooker's tits
[QUOTE=Dead Madman;39901940]Although creating music is a difficult process, and creating a hit is an even harder thing to achieve, if tomorrow a song I created got 250,000 illegal downloads from the pirate bay, and I only made £30, the fact that people would go as far as breaking the law to get my song because they may not have the money at the time to listen to it would make me feel more proud than if I had a no.1 and people who like music thought I was a colossal cunt who was in it just for the money (David Guetta, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber (based on their reactions to things that happen in the media regarding their music)).
You should be creating music, writing software, developing games for passion, for people to enjoy your talent and creativity, not so you can buy a speedboat and snort cocaine of a hooker's tits[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that's an added bonus.
[QUOTE=Dead Madman;39901940]Although creating music is a difficult process, and creating a hit is an even harder thing to achieve, if tomorrow a song I created got 250,000 illegal downloads from the pirate bay, and I only made £30, the fact that people would go as far as breaking the law to get my song because they may not have the money at the time to listen to it would make me feel more proud than if I had a no.1 and people who like music thought I was a colossal cunt who was in it just for the money (David Guetta, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber (based on their reactions to things that happen in the media regarding their music)).
You should be creating music, writing software, developing games for passion, for people to enjoy your talent and creativity, not so you can buy a speedboat and snort cocaine of a hooker's tits[/QUOTE]
You would be pissed off if you invested a lot of money into your project.
And what's wrong with getting paid for doing something you love, like making music or games? If people could only do that stuff as side projects, instead of being able to devote themselves to it completely as a job, we would never have masterpieces like Half Life or the Beatles. You may say that they want the money so they can go do stupidly decadent stuff, but what's the difference between "buying a speedboat and snorting cocaine of a hooker's tits" and feeding your family while living in a comfortable home? By your logic, we shouldn't do any work because we'll probably go waste our money on stupid stuff
[QUOTE=Ericson666;39902174]You would be pissed off if you invested a lot of money into your project.
And what's wrong with getting paid for doing something you love, like making music or games? If people could only do that stuff as side projects, instead of being able to devote themselves to it completely as a job, we would never have masterpieces like Half Life or the Beatles. You may say that they want the money so they can go do stupidly decadent stuff, but what's the difference between "buying a speedboat and snorting cocaine of a hooker's tits" and feeding your family while living in a comfortable home? [b]By your logic, we shouldn't do any work because we'll probably go waste our money on stupid stuff[/b][/QUOTE]
"By your logic, we shouldn't do any work because we'll probably go waste our money on stupid stuff"
I didn't mean for it to sound like that, I aimed it towards those who create entertainment for (moral and financial) profit
"And what's wrong with getting paid for doing something you love, like making music or video games?"
Nothing's wrong with it, if that's what you want to do, sure, I mean even I wouldn't mind making some money from music, we all have to make a living, so I guess you're kinda right on that one
"But what's the difference between "buying a speedboat and snorting cocaine of a hooker's tits" and feeding your family while living in a comfortable home?"
My point I made was honestly aimed at those who are lucky enough to have housing and a decent amount of wealth since they're able to record and distribute music with a fully functional studio, who create music for nothing to do with people appreciating it for being a good song, they do it PURELY for financial gain, which I think is wrong, you should be doing it because you love it, as well as wanting to earn a living
I understand my point came across aggressive and to everyone who creates forms of entertainment, and I kind of regret the fact I made it look like that, but I was aiming it at rich and famous people already who put no passion into their music/games/films* and do it purely for financial gain
*
Examples of people like this in the music industry :
David Guetta
Minaj
Justin Bieber
One Direction (They don't even write their own songs which fascinates me)
and pretty much everyone in the top 10 these days
Examples in the film industry:
Although his movies are critically acclaimed, and I must say I have enjoyed some of his older works, but recently Michael Bay's work has been getting ridiculous, no passion or artistic value in his movies, just explosion after fucking explosion, just so he gets his pay check for being "whoa super badass blow up film"
Examples in the gaming industry :
EA and Activision, pretty much forcing DRM into their games so people don't pirate them, I mean it's not like they need all the money they "lose" (even though they don't lose a penny) through piracy. And the fact that their DLC is close enough to pointless and they release it purely for financial gain
We need entertainment to be created for passionate and social gain, people should love you for what you do, not pay you for it
her music is still really bad
[QUOTE=RoadOfGirl;39903109]her music is still really bad[/QUOTE]
How is it related to the subject?
Faith in humanity +1
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