jessevondoom

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by jessevondoom 16y ago
Was wondering the same thing, but I've got no idea. Curious if blur from the visual scan of denser grooves has anything to do with it. Really interesting sound.
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
And for the record, there are some pretty unique distortions here. I know a lot of artists who'd be pretty excited about the samples themselves...there's something special about them being a byproduct of a unique process as opposed to a cli
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
Yeah they're IRENE scanners. Pretty amazing, actually. Able to lift sound off the most delicate old recordings. Probably a lot of possibility for repair of lost fragments visually: http://irene.lbl.gov/ And there are laser turntables for
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
I think it's an important point that constructive criticism has a positive intent and it's rarely mean-spirited. Might be hard to hear, but the critic isn't just being an asshole. (Did have an art-school teacher who used mean similes to tea
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
You just mesmerized my four year old — she sat still longer than I've seen in ages. If beautiful interactive visualization ever gets old I think you have a future in toddler mind control...
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
Correct. I was addressing the commenter saying that uploading them legally and streaming to many is no different than a bar. My whole point was that a bar licenses the music. Purchasing music under a personal license doesn't allow one to br
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
Wow. Great example of turning a limitation as a strong aesthetic. Can't wait to try it out!
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
You do understand that bars and venues pay site licenses to PROs like ASCAP and BMI, don't you? And DJs don't need permission thanks to compulsory licenses, but they are required to report all plays if they're on-air or spin records in a li
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
Understood. But we're not talking about a Tier-1 CEO, and we're not talking about an established company. Rather this is someone with no journalism experience at a nonprofit startup. If we were talking about a first-year startup in a failin
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
That might be true, but $400k is a whole lot more than breathing room. But regardless...my point is that this doesn't help instill public trust at all — especially in a massively down economy. My worry is of the double-edged sword: if they
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
This just kills me. I run a nonprofit building open tech for the music industry. While we're not without reach or connections, but it's still challenging as hell. No investors, a long road to true 501(c)3 status, and the reality is that fin
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
I'd actually consider paying the pre-order fee to keep it in a perpetual state of pre-order. Goes from epic vaporware to a whole new vapor-based business model.
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
So...Karnov? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnov
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
Am I the only one who thinks "gang rape" is a little extreme here? Granted, I'm on the low end of the "majority" but I find the perspective all sorts of wrong. My family was left penniless just paying the healthcare bill for our first daugh
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
Well said, though I would add that there are groups who are working to spread alternate viewpoints in the industry, the public, and on a policy level. It's well worth your time to check out the excellent policy work being done by the Future
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by jessevondoom 16y ago
There's something to be said about the service feeling worth it. With a product you can game the feel, like extra weight in a remote. But with a service... I worked for years as a bike messenger. There's some minor vocational mystery as wit