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The Humble Music Bundle

74 points by mrud 14y ago

whichdan 14y ago
I really hope they release more of these; not interested in this bundle, but I certainly would be in a different combination.
immad 14y ago
Awesome. I have been waiting for humble to do music. The model is perfect for it.
veridies 14y ago
There are too many greatest hit collections in this, all of which I already own the component music of. If there were some original albums, this would be great.
WiseWeasel 14y ago
It's nice to see this taken from Mac and PC games to music, but I'm not sure it makes sense to keep the same charities for this initiative. Instead of Child's Play, which focuses on games, I could see supporting a music-focused youth benefit charity. Certain artists might also chafe at the notion of supporting the EFF, which they perceive, rightly or wrongly, as a force acting against their interests as copyright holders. Here's an (apparently old, with source material no longer hosted on EFF's site) example: http://www.brettglass.com/effcritique.html http://www.brettglass.com/effcritique.html And recently from David Lowery: http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/meet-the-new-boss-worse-than-the-old-boss-full-post/ http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/meet-the-new-... Fifth paragraph: "... Further the new boss through it’s surrogates like Electronic Frontier Foundation seems to be waging a cynical PR campaign that equates the unauthorized use of other people’s property (artist’s songs) with freedom. A sort of Cyber –Bolshevik campaign of mass collectivization for the good of the state…er .. I mean Internet. I say cynical because when it comes to their intellectual property, software patents for instance, these same companies fight tooth and nail."
- yohui 14y ago
  Reasonable. But don't the participants choose the charities themselves? Other charities such as the Red Cross have been featured, after all, though Child's Play and the EFF do seem the "default" tradition. So while some sort of music camp is a good suggestion, I don't see a problem with the EFF if the artists approve.
redslazer 14y ago
I really hope that people buy this bundle even if its not the particular songs they are looking for. If this is a flow then it wont happen again but if enough people buy it they will do it again with different songs. Also if anyone from humble bundle is reading this. Linux users are usually your biggest donators insulting them twice in your video is not a great place to be. (im not even a linux user but it was a negative note in a pretty upbeat video). Edit: Yes I am aware that it was probably in good faith but it really did not fit into the video (hence my comment). I was not personally affected because I dont use linux so im not sure how actual users felt.
- ekianjo 14y ago
  Cant check the video now (work) but what did they say about linux users?
  - redslazer 14y ago
    "works on linux...... whatever that is" about halfway through and then at the end "it even works on linux (person has a wtf look on his face)"
    - ekianjo 14y ago
      They are selling a bunch of audio files, right? So why are they even mentioning what it works on ? It works on anything that can read MP3 and FLAC, thats it. Or am I missing something?
      - wahnfrieden 14y ago
        Humor.
  - CharlieA 14y ago
    One of the artists in the video was explaining how the bundle works / what it is and said basically that it was available to mac and pc users, then: "and linux...whatever that is..." and then there was something at the end (blooper?) of him mentioning no need for steam codes and that it was "linux compatible" with a confused expression and then getting up and walking away. It didn't seem like it was insulting linux (or its users) to me, either the artist was reading from a script and really didn't know what linux was, or it was just a mild joke playing off the fact that your average person doesn't. Seemed fairly harmless to me, and linux users are overrepresented in the humble bundle so the context (if it was a joke) is probably appropriate here anyway.
ashbrahma 14y ago
Next up: Humble Standup Comedy Bundle with Lewis CK, Jim Gaffigan and others..
- jrockway 14y ago
  Incidentally, it's Louis CK. I point it out because you spelled it like it's spelled rather than like it sounds ("Louie"), which is an extremely atypical spelling mistake :)
  - viraptor 14y ago
    Parent is probably not a native English speaker - I can see that behaviour in myself too. I'd typically think about some words the way I'd read them in my native language, even if I'd never actually pronounce them that way. That makes it easier to make a spelling mistake that's keeping the word close to the original spelling (for example the "s" is pretty strong when I "think" Louis, even if I would never pronounce it). There are some benefits to that - there's no way to make a mistake with they're/their... they're two completely different words!
- Auguste 14y ago
  I'd buy this. I didn't have any interest in standup comedy until Louis CK made the news here, and I was pleasantly surprised. I'd jump at the chance to broaden my collection and support the comedians at the same time.
- obtu 14y ago
  Humble indie movies bundle! With stuff like the PhD movie, something by Ian Hubert, and maybe a youtube series to top things up.
radarsat1 14y ago
I see the charity thing is an interesting angle, but otherwise I'm not sure what the difference is between this and e.g. bandcamp.
- chrischen 14y ago
  Just use whichever one you want. I just used this one.
toomuchcoffee 14y ago
Wishfully perhaps, my right brain read the title as "The Human Music Bubble" before issuing the signal to my left hand to click...
gradstudent 14y ago
This reminds of the recent Game Music Bundle: http://gamemusicbundle.com/ http://gamemusicbundle.com/ The difference is that bundle had a ton of albums whereas here it's only a handful. I expected also to see a more game-centric flavour to the soundtracks -- considering the pedigree of the Humble Bundle -- instead of stuff like They Might be Giants.
- duaneb 14y ago
  I bought it just for the They Might be Giants album. Video Game soundtracks are great for video games but not something I have any urge to listen to separately, so good for them!
- obtu 14y ago
  Two other music bundles were mentioned by their creators on the reddit thread: http://musicrage.org/ http://musicrage.org/ http://indie-allstars.com/ http://indie-allstars.com/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/x74i5/the_humble_music_bundle_pay_what_you_want_for/?limit=1500 http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/x74i5/the_humble_musi...
beedogs 14y ago
man... Windows users are cheapskates.
btipling 14y ago
Christopher Tin is awesome. He did the music intro for Civ IV and did an AMA on reddit recently. I created his wikipedia article back in 2005 I think. :D
ajasmin 14y ago
The music tracks in the BitTorrent downloads are packaged in a zip file. That's pure quibbling on my part but I'd prefer to download a directory as BitTorrent supports that and I wouldn't have to unzip anything.
- obtu 14y ago
  Indeed, I complained about it as well. It's annoying because I can't download the tracks in order and play them immediately after buying. Plus it's a noob error that most decent trackers will warn you against, and it was in fact faster for me to grab the albums I wanted from one such tracker. https://torrentfreak.com/unpack-rar-archives-before-you-release-a-torrent/ https://torrentfreak.com/unpack-rar-archives-before-you-rele...

74 points by mrud 14y ago

I really hope they release more of these; not interested in this bundle, but I certainly would be in a different combination.

immad 14y ago

Awesome. I have been waiting for humble to do music. The model is perfect for it.

veridies 14y ago

There are too many greatest hit collections in this, all of which I already own the component music of. If there were some original albums, this would be great.

WiseWeasel 14y ago

It's nice to see this taken from Mac and PC games to music, but I'm not sure it makes sense to keep the same charities for this initiative. Instead of Child's Play, which focuses on games, I could see supporting a music-focused youth benefit charity. Certain artists might also chafe at the notion of supporting the EFF, which they perceive, rightly or wrongly, as a force acting against their interests as copyright holders. Here's an (apparently old, with source material no longer hosted on EFF's site) example: http://www.brettglass.com/effcritique.html http://www.brettglass.com/effcritique.html And recently from David Lowery: http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/meet-the-new-boss-worse-than-the-old-boss-full-post/ http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/meet-the-new-... Fifth paragraph: "... Further the new boss through it’s surrogates like Electronic Frontier Foundation seems to be waging a cynical PR campaign that equates the unauthorized use of other people’s property (artist’s songs) with freedom. A sort of Cyber –Bolshevik campaign of mass collectivization for the good of the state…er .. I mean Internet. I say cynical because when it comes to their intellectual property, software patents for instance, these same companies fight tooth and nail."

yohui 14y ago
Reasonable. But don't the participants choose the charities themselves? Other charities such as the Red Cross have been featured, after all, though Child's Play and the EFF do seem the "default" tradition. So while some sort of music camp is a good suggestion, I don't see a problem with the EFF if the artists approve.

redslazer 14y ago

I really hope that people buy this bundle even if its not the particular songs they are looking for. If this is a flow then it wont happen again but if enough people buy it they will do it again with different songs. Also if anyone from humble bundle is reading this. Linux users are usually your biggest donators insulting them twice in your video is not a great place to be. (im not even a linux user but it was a negative note in a pretty upbeat video). Edit: Yes I am aware that it was probably in good faith but it really did not fit into the video (hence my comment). I was not personally affected because I dont use linux so im not sure how actual users felt.

ekianjo 14y ago
Cant check the video now (work) but what did they say about linux users?
- redslazer 14y ago
  "works on linux...... whatever that is" about halfway through and then at the end "it even works on linux (person has a wtf look on his face)"
  - ekianjo 14y ago
    They are selling a bunch of audio files, right? So why are they even mentioning what it works on ? It works on anything that can read MP3 and FLAC, thats it. Or am I missing something?
    - wahnfrieden 14y ago
      Humor.
- CharlieA 14y ago
  One of the artists in the video was explaining how the bundle works / what it is and said basically that it was available to mac and pc users, then: "and linux...whatever that is..." and then there was something at the end (blooper?) of him mentioning no need for steam codes and that it was "linux compatible" with a confused expression and then getting up and walking away. It didn't seem like it was insulting linux (or its users) to me, either the artist was reading from a script and really didn't know what linux was, or it was just a mild joke playing off the fact that your average person doesn't. Seemed fairly harmless to me, and linux users are overrepresented in the humble bundle so the context (if it was a joke) is probably appropriate here anyway.

ashbrahma 14y ago

Next up: Humble Standup Comedy Bundle with Lewis CK, Jim Gaffigan and others..

jrockway 14y ago
Incidentally, it's Louis CK. I point it out because you spelled it like it's spelled rather than like it sounds ("Louie"), which is an extremely atypical spelling mistake :)
- viraptor 14y ago
  Parent is probably not a native English speaker - I can see that behaviour in myself too. I'd typically think about some words the way I'd read them in my native language, even if I'd never actually pronounce them that way. That makes it easier to make a spelling mistake that's keeping the word close to the original spelling (for example the "s" is pretty strong when I "think" Louis, even if I would never pronounce it). There are some benefits to that - there's no way to make a mistake with they're/their... they're two completely different words!
Auguste 14y ago
I'd buy this. I didn't have any interest in standup comedy until Louis CK made the news here, and I was pleasantly surprised. I'd jump at the chance to broaden my collection and support the comedians at the same time.
obtu 14y ago
Humble indie movies bundle! With stuff like the PhD movie, something by Ian Hubert, and maybe a youtube series to top things up.

radarsat1 14y ago

I see the charity thing is an interesting angle, but otherwise I'm not sure what the difference is between this and e.g. bandcamp.

chrischen 14y ago
Just use whichever one you want. I just used this one.

toomuchcoffee 14y ago

Wishfully perhaps, my right brain read the title as "The Human Music Bubble" before issuing the signal to my left hand to click...

gradstudent 14y ago

This reminds of the recent Game Music Bundle: http://gamemusicbundle.com/ http://gamemusicbundle.com/ The difference is that bundle had a ton of albums whereas here it's only a handful. I expected also to see a more game-centric flavour to the soundtracks -- considering the pedigree of the Humble Bundle -- instead of stuff like They Might be Giants.

duaneb 14y ago
I bought it just for the They Might be Giants album. Video Game soundtracks are great for video games but not something I have any urge to listen to separately, so good for them!
obtu 14y ago
Two other music bundles were mentioned by their creators on the reddit thread: http://musicrage.org/ http://musicrage.org/ http://indie-allstars.com/ http://indie-allstars.com/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/x74i5/the_humble_music_bundle_pay_what_you_want_for/?limit=1500 http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/x74i5/the_humble_musi...

beedogs 14y ago

man... Windows users are cheapskates.

btipling 14y ago

Christopher Tin is awesome. He did the music intro for Civ IV and did an AMA on reddit recently. I created his wikipedia article back in 2005 I think. :D

ajasmin 14y ago

The music tracks in the BitTorrent downloads are packaged in a zip file. That's pure quibbling on my part but I'd prefer to download a directory as BitTorrent supports that and I wouldn't have to unzip anything.

obtu 14y ago
Indeed, I complained about it as well. It's annoying because I can't download the tracks in order and play them immediately after buying. Plus it's a noob error that most decent trackers will warn you against, and it was in fact faster for me to grab the albums I wanted from one such tracker. https://torrentfreak.com/unpack-rar-archives-before-you-release-a-torrent/ https://torrentfreak.com/unpack-rar-archives-before-you-rele...