burrokeet

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by burrokeet 15y ago
the compulsory rate in the US right now is 9.1 cents for songs up to 5 minutes in length, and 24 cents for ringtones. syncs right now go from free to maybe 50k, unless it is a massive song (thing the Beatles) in a massive campaign or featur
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by burrokeet 15y ago
sorry but i disagree - that huge marketing push is what sells the records - that is what labels do, whether they are majors or one-person indie labels. "marketing themselves" is a pipe dream that has only worked for a tiny percentage of ind
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by burrokeet 15y ago
no i haven't, but i should say that despite my experience, it is pretty hard to go wrong at Stanford
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by burrokeet 15y ago
If the band members are also the authors/composers of their recorded material, they will receive slightly more than what is suggested here, since they will also be due mechanical and/or performance royalties from various services. That bein
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by burrokeet 15y ago
there's a mix of housing in Palo Alto - a fair amount of students and young persons intermingled with home owners of (very) expensive homes. I lived in a $1500/month place on Everett (cheap) and across the street there were million dollar h
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by burrokeet 15y ago
If you end up in the city, make sure you are very near the Caltrain, since it sounds like you are not planning to drive. Trying to commute to Palo Alto by connecting to the Caltrain from other public transit (MUNI etc) is a PITA.
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by burrokeet 15y ago
I attended CCRMA for two years as an EE PhD (post-masters) student. I really didn't like it, which sucked, since in theory it is a really interesting place. First, my interests were heavily in UI stuff and interactive interfaces, but the EE
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by burrokeet 15y ago
Yes I agree, with two exceptions - first when clicking somewhere opens a new itunes sub-window (who wants that?) and second they changed the reveal-in-finder command from apple-R to shift-apple-R Other than that it rocks (literally)
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by burrokeet 18y ago
I still love magasines- no iTablet to read on the toilet yet... Wired Billboard Urb The Beat Vibe Fader when I'm in the US or UK I also usually grab a few things at the bookstore: Wallpaper Mix UK Future Music
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by burrokeet 18y ago
+1 I LOVE this keyboard- only wish the wireless one had a numeric keypad also
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by burrokeet 18y ago
This is one of the best responses I've seen to this debate here or otherwise. As someone involved in that value chain, but who is not a musician or record label, I can say with confidence that illegal downloading has devastated the lives of
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by burrokeet 18y ago
I wonder if they'll axe some of the balance on my student loan...
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Revision control & dev methods for 1 person project?
4 points by burrokeet 18y ago|5 comments
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by burrokeet 18y ago
still have to get a monitor, kb and mouse for the mini though when you add this in, you maybe could swing a refurb imac or macbook from the apple store
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by burrokeet 18y ago
I actually learned it recently by writing a small app for the Google App Engine and referencing the python docs. After that I started learning Django using the Django docs and http://www.djangobook.com/ and this kind of rounded out the py
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by burrokeet 18y ago
I'm learning Python/Django right now (coming from a strong Java and Perl background, plus a mish-mash of other stuff) Liking it a lot, plus have already written an app and deployed it in the GAE, which is pretty cool in itself