Re: [LAU] Pro Audio? OT rant.

From: Raffaele Morelli <raffaele.morelli@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Fri Dec 28 2012 - 13:53:50 EET

2012/12/28 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@email-addr-hidden-dsl.net>

> On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 12:12 +0100, Raffaele Morelli wrote:
> > One of C.Parker famous quote is "Master your instrument, master the
> > music, and then forget all that bullshit and just play"
> > but...according to this thread it seems that many are locked at the
> > first step ;-)
>
> Many musicians aren't audio engineers, so for musicians playing in the
> pedestrian zone nowadays it's a wise message, but for musicians that
> want to survive these days, it's just ignorant and scornfully against
> the audio engineers. Thinking about the abilities of different recording
> techniques isn't nonsense. Thinking about what customers want,
> especially those who are willing and able to pay a lot of money, IOW
> esoteric audiophiles isn't nonsense. If you make good music and you or
> somebody else record it, that even esoteric audiophiles are satisfied,
> that IMO is a good thing and always better than to work for the Grand
> Prix Eurovision de la Chanson and other bad things.
>
> If you don't make it your business, then I agree, it's nonsense to take
> care about other people.
>
> You have to walk a tightrope, regarding to ethics, if you want to live
> from music. Sometimes you have to do less good things, but it's better
> to stop this business instead of working for people you condemned or
> learn to respect those customers.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf

Ralf, stop silliness and just learn to read between the lines, at least try
to, it could be interesting.

-r

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