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Andrew Mason's album "Hardly Workin'" now available
- chucknibbleston 13y agoIs this a joke?
- meritt 13y agoI'll be the first to say it: what the fuck? I've actually listened to this album and, uhh, yeah. This took some chutzpah. I'll give him that.
- donniefitz2 13y agoOh, okay. Um. Yeah.
- aurelius83 13y ago" I've probably listened to the album over a dozen times now, and with each spin I feel like I learn something." That's sort of an awkward statement to make as the creator.
- lfuller 13y agoOh boy...
- downandout 13y ago"...I spent a week in LA earlier this month recording Hardly Workin', a seven song album of motivational business music targeted at people newly entering the workforce" So this is what happens when you are "unemployed" with $200 million in the bank.
- jmduke 13y agoThis is awesome. I don't care if the actual music sounds terrible, but the fact that there's a dude out there with millions of dollars and what he wants to do is record a educational business CD makes me happy. This is the kind of eccentricity I think we should be lauding.
- GuiA 13y agoI completely agree. And to all the people making fun of him: when's the last time you've put yourself out there and sang in front of other people? There, hate the music if you like, but at least he's doing what he wants to do.
- nb13 13y agoHe went to school for music, too.
- alxbrun 13y agoI guess Mason read "The 4-hour workweek" -- they say educational crap err CDs etc. are the highest-margin, easiest to sell product.
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- sinak 13y agoOkay, so what's your favorite track? "Risin' Above the Pack" and K.I.S.S stand out for me so far. (I love this kind of eccentricity.)
- samstave 13y agoSorry, I fat-fingered my upvote from my phone and accidentally downvoted you. :(
- digitalengineer 13y agoThis happens all to often. Off topic but isn't it time for a better ux for this site? A little bit of space between up/down, a mobile view? I use http://cheeaun.github.com/hackerweb/ http://cheeaun.github.com/hackerweb/ and it's great but not for voting...
- samstave 13y agoWhere can I get a discount coupon for the purchase of this?
- TechNewb 13y agoBuy all songs individually for ~7, or buy them together as an album for ~10...
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- sinak 13y agoIf anyone finds a Spotify link, please post it.
- Lord_DeathMatch 13y agohttps://play.spotify.com/album/3HXowkOX2qi5WmK1nb65A0 https://play.spotify.com/album/3HXowkOX2qi5WmK1nb65A0
- wavesounds 13y agoHere's the Rdio link http://rd.io/x/QRGIESJvC74/ http://rd.io/x/QRGIESJvC74/
- mwilcox 13y agoGoogle Music streaming link https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sal/Blqdieerrwclsfo2woxsk7s272i/Andrew+Mason/Hardly+Workin' https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sal/Blqdieerrwclsf...
- alxbrun 13y agoGiven the average level of morale and motivation of Groupon's employees right now, I'm not sure why I would want to follow Mason's advice...
- marcos123 13y agoFor the record, as someone who has read a few articles about the guy, seen a couple pictures, and in all honesty was leaning more towards not liking him more than I do, this news has excavated a nice, temporary soft spot in my heart for the guy. Funny stuff.
- tommaxwell 13y agoI give him credit for doing awesome stuff after being ousted at Groupon. Takes strength to brush your shoulders off after a hard fall and do something like this.
- Taylorious 13y agoIt's not a hard fall when it's cushioned with millions of dollars.
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- noonespecial 13y agoSo yeah, its a rich guy doing goofy stuff with his money. Outstanding! I think its way less socially awkward and certainly less environmentally damaging than another giant boat or an Everest expedition. Good for him.
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- cmod 13y agoPure Andy Kaufman.
- adamnemecek 13y agoHow is no one here understanding that it's a joke?
- awakeasleep 13y agoCommunities with anonymous internet posters are biased towards 'hatin' on everything they see.
- pshin45 13y agoReminds me a lot of this classic scene from the TV show "Arrested Development": http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xinzdo_it-ain-t-easy-being-white-it-ain-t-easy-bein-brown_shortfilms#.UdJ7pz4sUqk http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xinzdo_it-ain-t-easy-being-...
- swatkat7 13y agoHaha. It does.
- rb2e 13y agoThe music isn't actually bad. It is much better than I expected from some of the 'hating'. Production wise, it's stellar. He can sing well in the rock/pop style. Is this Zepplin, Pink Floyd or Beatles? No but it's not trying to be. Would I want to buy it and listen to it? No, but I'm not in the target market and this music style bores me but musically, I cannot fault it.
- swatkat7 13y agoI can understand his reasons behind taking a break from all this and understandably so. However bad it turns out, this is the kind of behaviour we should be promoting. The 'bounce-back-ability', if I may, is what makes being an entrepreneur worth all the blood, sweat and tears.
- georgebonnr 13y agoThis is not "bounce-back ability." It's more like "hit at an awkward angle at carom into left field" ability.
- return0 13y agoWhy not bandcamp + "name your price"?
- lukeh 13y agoWow, Jim Allchin, that is pretty funny. Who would have thought? (Here's a shameless plug for my new record, FWIW. http://music.lukehoward.com http://music.lukehoward.com. I have also worked as a coffee-making intern in a studio. And written some software. Perhaps this isn't that uncommon...)
- kybernetyk 13y agoFor everyone else wondering who that guy is: It's the ex-CEO of Groupon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Mason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Mason
- cm2012 13y agoIf people are looking for other motivational songs, I can heartily recommend Poor Jack from nightmare before christmas. It seems like it was scientifically designed to pick up spirits, and Jacks role is quite entrepreneurial. It encapsulates recovering from failure.
- ritchiea 13y agoNow when people say no one in music makes money anymore we can simply point to Andrew Mason.
- sideproject 13y agoHe's actually not a bad singer, I must admit. :)
- sideproject 13y agoIs there any mention on who wrote/composed the songs?
- smacktoward 13y agoFinally, a song with lyrics about Jack Welch! I've been waiting for another one ever since the classic Wu-Tang track "Six Sigma Ain't Nuthing ta Fuck Wit."
- pessimizer 13y agoR.I.P., Jim Nayder:(
- georgebonnr 13y agoWow. I'm really not sure if this in jest or if it's completely straight faced. Either way, I have literally never heard anything like it, so... Great job! That's a really rare thing to do something truly original.