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Well that's all very good, well done etc, but now what? This guy, through a combination of youthful good looks, utter lack of shame, and sheer hustle has manag
by venus 14y ago
Well that's all very good, well done etc, but now what?
This guy, through a combination of youthful good looks, utter lack of shame, and sheer hustle has managed to get himself onto the british top 10. But he can't sustain it and the song itself is utter crap; he never set out to make good music, after all.
So what's the point?
The author mentions Tim Ferriss and I see the parallels. Ferriss also "hacked" his way into the Chinese Kung Fu champion's position, by unconventional use of the rules, in a paper achievement lacking any real accomplishment or respect. To his credit, Tim followed up by writing several books of actual value, and never confused hacking a competition with actually being a kung-fu master.
Like Ferriss's win, this is a stunt, a conversation starter, a prelude. It's AirBNB's Cheeri-O's, or whatever they were called. A cool anecdote to talk about - and kudos to him, genuinely, and AirBNB, and Ferriss. But it's not a real achievement in and of itself, not one that I particularly care about, anyway. At the end of the day, you still have to make AirBNB.
So now what?
- laumars 14y agoSo what's the point? Notoriety and because he can? Same reasons many hackers do what they do. I'll concede that I wish he was doing it for the love of the music, but I don't think anyone who seriously loves music takes the charts seriously these days anyway (it's largely just recycled, generic and heavily watered down crap).
- venus 14y ago> Notoriety and because he can? Yeah, I'm not trying to downplay what he did. More effort than he implies but still, mission accomplished. It's just that he says his aim was: to be a successful musician in the UK with a Top Five single in the charts And he's talking like he achieved that, the easy way, with a "hack" no less. And it just doesn't seem to me like he's actually a successful musician yet.
- holms 14y agoagreed =) no musician found in here..
- laumars 14y agoWith regards to the 'musician' label, I whole heartedly agree with you. Having both learned to play the guitar and learned to produce digital music, I've found term 'musician' is often over used by producers (not that I'm trying to undermine the skill required to be an adept producer, it's just a different skill).
- tehwalrus 14y agoThe easy way? If it were easy, everyone would have hundreds of thousands of Youtube subscribers and more video views than One Direction. edit: OK, so his one direction stat is nonsense. It's still not easy.
- wslh 14y ago> Notoriety and because he can? Same reasons many hackers do what they do. The difference is: if you are building a company you must sustain it in the medium/long term. Zynga/Groupon were hits but see where they are now. I see this as a way to act if you are a company like Color, only thinking on an acquisition.
- laumars 14y agoYou're talking about entrepreneurs not hackers. While there's obviously room for overlap, this particular guy doesn't fall within the intersection between the two subsections of our social Venn diagram.
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- holms 14y agoyeah actually i've asked my self the same.. what's the point, my main goal is to create some good quality music that would be valueble.. taking about popstars.. i don't give a shit, i will earn more as a senior developer per life, then trying to get popular in minutes or "with quality" per lifetime... but this article is quite nice experiment. actually youtube is more then enough for me, although i don't have too much viewers.. i'm still glad to have some at all :)
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