stevësto wrote:pheek wrote:
Do you feel better now that you shared your point of view?
i think i know what you mean by that. you're saying im justifying my immoral action as to not feel bad about what i know is wrong, to compensate for the guilt i feel deep inside. correct? then i could say the same to you: you are saying your point of view to feel better about hiding the truth you know deep inside. the truth that at some point early in your dj/whatever career, you did the same thing too. ok i dont know that for a fact personally you, but im sure most producers, before they became producers, "improperly" acquired unreleased music at some point.
there are also a lot (ok i dont know how many, ive met only like 5 produers in my whole life) of producers that really, really, really dont care about the money. producers who do this in their spare time, as a hobby, and have a day job. they are doing it purely for the fun of it. i met a few at burning man for example (i thought of bm because im going again next week). There, they have this public domain philosophy with art where art can never be bought or sold, there is no form of currency, only trades, and even that is very very much optional. but i digress. bottom line, you have your opinion, other producers may not feel the same, or if they do agree, not give two shits to soapbox or actually do something about it like post. you can present yourself as the laid back free bird type, or the lars ulrich of metallica type. whatever, im rambling.
the other truth i think is being hidden inside by producers is how hard or how much time it takes to make a track. i have read interviews where the guy who made a well known hit said he made it in a weekend start to finish. perhaps he doesnt care if people are playing his unreleased track, but the guy who slaves thousands of hours will if someone plays his. sometimes a really good track doesnt take a lot of time to make.
so with those "truths", i ask you the same question, do you feel better now that you shared your point of view. i'll answer that question with i didn't feel guilty in the first place the last time i acquired an unreleased track. it was like a month ago. some guy came in from orlando and i asked him what track that was, he handed me the cd, all it said on it with a sharpie was "heater". when i handed it back he said keep it. had no idea it was unreleased. how the hell am i supposed to know. jeez.
so i dont know what to tell you "samim". ummm, sorry. can i get you a beer or something when you're in town? (if samim were to ever read this)
I'm sorry man but this is one of the most ridiculous thing I've read here in a long time. Have you ever read what I said???
Did you know I've been releasing my music for free since 1999?
Did you know I've been doing conferences in 5 countries about how free music is the key to promotion?
I'm asking for tiny bit of respect here, it's not much. I'll just say the same thing in other words with a few more details in hope you will understand my point of view.
If there's one guy that is not making music for money, it's me. I do it because I love it but I also spend LOADS of time in my work and there's some things that bothers me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not naive, people will still share music whatever I say/post, because it's there and easy to do. People don't care about who's behind a song, about the story of a song and any emotional background.
They want the goddamn song. Now.
What I said and will say over and over is: it pisses me off when people share a track I did that would be on the verge of being signed and it doesn't because everyone is sharing it.
Once its released, share it. I dont care. It's cool. It's part of the game and I have no control over it.
But when it's not there yet and you share it, I pay for it. Maybe in the end, it can be a good thing for 140 djs who had really good gigs but my track could have been on 12" and 500 other djs wont get it then.
Now reading you, you're justifying yourself on and on, even accusing me of doing the same thing as you. That's non sense. Seems like it just prooves my point: you can't be responsible of your own acts, it's much easier to blame the artists... for making the music.
