14 Aug
2006
14 Aug
'06
12:30 p.m.
--- Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com>
wrote:
BTW I respect Ron and his work but I am not prepared
to let that little
slight go by. tX is a highly undervalued piece of
software and anyone
who uses it deserves more encouragement to do
whatever the hell they
feel like with it. If a member of this list
personally doesn't like
artwork that is made public here then they are free
to criticize it but
telling someone to stop doing what they are doing
because they are not
original is BS.
I do not support, want to be associated with or
tolerate violating artist rights. I love and live for
music and musicians.
You have conjured up a set of arguments to justify
your actions. Does violating copyrights do the artist
a favor by creating revenue and promotional
opportunity? No! I've seen this first hand and know
the outcome. Experience outweighs assumptions.
Your a criminal for personal gain, artistic, social
and economic change. A Robin Hood for artists? A
problem is that "digital musicians" who violate
copyrights as a rule return nothing.
As an artist, I will tell you that your assistance in
building my career through copyright violations is
unwanted. I have laughed about similar strategies,
naming my album Evil Inside, in order to create
publicity. These strategies are a two minute giggle
and that's about it.
I converted my commercial studio to Linux in 2001. I
have about a dozen start to finish albums done with
Ardour, JAMin and LADSPA and several terabytes more in
the oven. I've learned alot from Linux users and
software developers. I feel a dept of gratitude and
have an opportunity to give something back. I'll do my
best.
I am obsessed with becoming a perfect musician and
time is a premium. I need to spend mine on a drum
throne at 80bpm for the next couple years (Chinese
water torture comes to mind). Thanks for everything. I
am unsubscribed.
Ron Parker
Mirror Image Studio
I have yet to meet a DJ who has not got a sample in
their collection or
has not been heavily influenced by someone else's
music to the point of
having a couple of tracks that emulate or borrow
heavily from the
"originator". In fact you can't really call yourself
a DJ if you don't
have other peoples work in your collection.
In fact I have yet to hear any truly original music
being released by
anyone in this community. Should we all just give up
now?
--
Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd.
Http://www.boosthardware.com
Http://lau.linuxaudio.org - The Linux Audio Users
guide
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"Anything your mind can see you can manifest
physically, then it will
become reality" - Macka B
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