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Re: [microsound] Quality Control



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From: "Tony Sakr" <sakr91@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> If a '<100% digital/non-digital' label releases a CD (or even a CDR) it
> involves a significant investment in time, but more importantly, a
> significant investment in money. It is the money, in this instance, that
is
> one of the keys to the equation. Money (or lack of) forces you to look at
> things (or listen to them) and question them closely. It almost instills a
> sense of 'by default' editorial policy.

ok, so real labels have a goal which is to make money, whereas virtual
labels are more about the music, the art, the abstract. in essence music is
but abstract information and online labels don't deny this, they embrace it
by giving away free mp3's. i'm following you.

> Perhaps this is why we don't see 'real' labels churning out endless
> quantites of ill-thought out filler

ahem. this is where i lost ya.
real labels _do_ put out tons of ill-thought out filler! there are hundreds
of thousands of failed music projects, check out any radio station to see
the hundreds of CD promo's they get daily. and most of it is crap!

> The question we might ask is this: Is digital audio truly the free-for-all
> panacea it claims to be or is it simply an unfortunate curse contributing
> yet more data to our already overloaded ears?

the curse of information! ha!
our minds reduce hundreds of billions of pieces of information to a couple
of things we are conscious of, a couple of things we are semi conscious of.
nearly all of the information out there we are completely unaware of,
unconscious and unacknowledging.
so of course how much music exists out there is completely irrelevant. but i
think you might mean something else--
perhaps you mean, isn't it annoying how many emails i get from artists on
mp3.com who tell me to listen to their stuff, only to find out its complete
crap?

i think that is really annoying. just about as annoying as the constant
advertising for mainstream artists who completely suck.

in short i see virtual labels and "real" labels as being pretty much the
same with the exception that the virtual labels don't have as large a
monetary investment to deal with, nor as much profit to be made. this is
irrelevant from the music in my opionion.
-jonah