Re: Warez - A Rebuttal

["Gregor Zavcer" <gregor.zavcer@kiss.uni-lj.si>]

I agree with you up to a point. That is, I can hear whether the music was
made as a resultat of creativity or if it was made with financial goals in
mind. That's were I distingiush "honest music" from other stuff. This
doesn't necessarly mean that there's same distinction between good and bad.
actually, i'm trying to look as music as "likeable and non-likeable". But
there's no way you can hear if the author used a warezed copy.:))

greetings,

gregor

><< Can you explain me how can you tell if the music is honest when you hit
>play
> on the CD? >>
>
>I don't know about anyone else, but I know I can tell, and yet I don't 
>know
>how to quantify that judgment.
>
>And, it may simply be honest about how fucked up it is, too.  Things are
>revealed in music that are not revealed in direct, person-to-person
>experience.
>
>And every musical event involves two: the musician and the listener.  Each
>brings his/her own frames of reference to the event.  (Most American 
>frames
>of reference are shaped by that BSb/Britney mentality, and it has always
been
>so.  Pop culture is what it is.  This makes 'art' more difficult.
Somewhere
>there are gray areas, too, and those who wish to subvert this paradigm.)
>
>Can you tell when another person is lying to you?  It's the same question,
>really...
>
>I'm glad this thread has erupted this way... how it gets around to 
>looping,
I
>don't know, but these are things musicians should think about, loopers or
>not.
>
>All of the above is my judgment (IMFA).
>
>Kevin
>