Traditionally, the majors blame the internet for devaluing music, but the most forward-thinking in the business are starting to reverse this equation. “In a way, the CD is what destroyed the music business,” says Joe Mardin, a musician, producer, arranger, and engineer. Mardin grew up in the music business; his father was Ardiff Mardin, the … Read more
I also know that all of this is an irrational feeling, one that is based on our irrational programming.
When it comes to rational verse irrational, irrational generally wins, and that’s why you have markets that panic and cause devastation. That’s why people irrationally do things (like save money) when the best thing for our market is to spend money. (Assuming that our market is sustainable and sensible, which I won’t stipulate.)
These maps represent the status quo and are a snapshot of a progression (the same as if we were to simulate evolution in a computer model). Some times we go one direction, some times we head another,
My housemates an I were enjoying another spontaneous dinner gathering–one never knows what percentage of 8 people plus signfigant others might show up–and with the Washington Post strewn about our table as normal, I asked what they thought of the current Tibet situation. What resulted was an interesting half-in-hour conversation that brings home the reason … Read more
At least once a day lately I am reminded how we live on a body based on several million years of randomly permutated designs that proved to be the most fit for the enviornment. Yet in most cases evolution was on a scale and of a term that no human has witnessed. In contrast our … Read more
I’m generally in the habit of doing my own research these days, but I couldn’t resist this post on howto.wired.com. They did such a good job covering all the basis and giving some good background that I felt it deserved a re-posting. (And thanks to the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Copyright I can.) The link … Read more