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| From | "Jeff" <jeff.teez@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: too much and or not enough |
| Date | Sat, 12 May 2007 23:06:01 -0400 |
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Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 12:18:23 -0500
From: "Michael Bennett" <>
To: audities@smoe.org
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Message-ID: <BAY108-F3206C9F99F76116327EA96C9380@phx.gbl>
So, do you buy your milk directly from the farmer who complains that he
can't make a profit either?
Mike Bennett
Reply:
I see your point. In the old days, of course, you could do just that.
And that, really, is what I'm espousing, a return to the old person to
person way of selling music (or milk or any other commodity) by using
the best of todays technology. I'd commiserate with the struggling
farmer, but it's really not my job to see that he makes a profit. He
doesn't have to sell to me, I don't have to buy. And he damn sure has no
right to tell me what KIND of milk customer I should be, nor where or
how I should buy my milk. There's also this: how good is his milk? It's
the complaining part, here on this list, that gets me *almost* as much
as the arrogance of some of the label folks and musicians who presume to
tell me how and where to spend my money and how much responsibility we
have towards each other. And to assume that I don't appreciate how hard
it is to both make and sell music is also arrogant (and kinda sad).
Blaming the consumer is NOT the way to go. It's been happening now for a
long time, and I just don't see it ending. We aren't the enemy. We don't
need lessons (!) on how to be music fans in this new generation. Point
taken though, thank you for making me think.
jeff t.
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