RTP-area local music and culture

["James Hepler" <hepstyle AT gmail.com>]

So to sum up, this guy is better than YOU.

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:59 AM, <chapelhillguitarist AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Feb 29, 12:54 pm, jim.brant... AT gmail.com wrote:
> > I use iTunes to organize my library of no-less-than-320 kbps music and
> > it works much better than anything else I've tried (and this comes
> > from a former Apple anti-fanboy). I agree that the iTunes store is
> > worthless given the poor sound quality of the products. But who needs
> > it? Importing stuff is dead easy.
> >
>
> I keep my digital media library organized using the tools provided
> with the OS.  Either Linux or Windoze or Mac allow you to create and
> name folders.  What is so hard about that?  I don't need an online
> store keeping tabs of what I like to listen to in exchange for help in
> organizing my digital media library.  Not a good trade... unless of
> course you are a willing consumer.
>
>
> > iTunes convinced me to get an iPod. Which convinced me to splurge on
> > an iPhone. Which has convinced me to make the big leap from Windows to
> > Mac next time I need a computer (unless this supposed open source
> > revolution happens sometime between now and then - which I don't put
> > out of the realm of possibility).
>
> True consumer.  Makes me sick.
>
> Newsflash!  Open source is already here for those of us who can follow
> instructions in a readme file.
>
> > What I really want is a way to remotely access (and download, if not
> > stream) my entire music collection from my phone. I know eMusic and
> > others tried out this "digital locker" concept a few years back, but
> > why has no one picked this back up? I guess it's more likely that some
> > kind of all-music-ever-recorded-is-freely-available-on-the-internets
> > solution will show up first. I guess we're already there is some ways.
>
> Why?  How could you possibly listen to your entire music collection at
> one time unless you have less than a few hours of music?  I don't
> understand the reasons that compel people to want things that have
> such overblown features which a person could not possibly use without
> constantly wearing such a device.  This is similar to the hundreds of
> channels of programming now available on subscription based TV.  Why
> would anyone pay for all of those channels if they can never watch all
> of the channels at once?  It is wasteful and indicative of a society
> out of touch with a sustainable future.
>
> >
> > On the topic of open source, have y'all seen this?http://ardour.org/
> > Open source DAW, supposedly comparable to Nuendo, ProTools, et al. I
> > PayPal-ed him some bucks. How cool that would be. I would love to run
> > my studio on Linux using an open source DAW.
>
> Lots of people are using open source Linux platforms for editing
> audio.  The reason that most people don't know this is because they
> live in a realm of conciousness where if it isn't recommended by a
> friend or seen on TV or lodged in some other mainstream thought-
> stream, they ignore it.
>
> One simply has to open their eyes and look.
>
> Now I am not saying that every person who fits the description above
> is an idiot but it is fairly clear that this is the method of
> operation for a lot of people in this country.  We seem to be lazy
> (well some of us), so we must be spoon-fed new ideas and new
> technologies through some mechanism other than our own thoughts and
> curiosities.  I think that paradigm should be changed to benefit the
> thinkers as opposed to the non-thinking hoards.  Technology used to be
> a domain restricted to those who took the time to learn about the
> technology.  Then along came MicroCrap and their ilk and decided to
> make the PC an appliance that even an untrained human could operate
> (well most of them anyway).  This lowest common denominator approach
> has created a population of non-technical people using highly
> technical machines... a formula destined to be remembered as
> Machavellian genius.  As the average non-technical person becomes more
> and more the description of people who use PCs and other computing
> devices, the number of true techies who become millionaires increases.
>
> So to sum up, Bill Gates is a genius who made BILLIONS off of morons
> who have no clue that they are morons.
>
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