Speaking of stolen or hacked music, and I’m sorry I don’t have a link for the New York Times, but there was an article about a band, called Bad Dogs, who found out that their songs were stolen and renamed, and someone had taken the digital fingerprints. It took them some time to prove that it was their music and this happens all the time. It is said that people that do this end up walking away with about $25,000 in royalties before they actually get caught.
Pardon my French, but when someone can cash out 57.whatever million in stock options on a company that's never made a profit in 18 years, let alone the timeframe of when he cashed them in, it's time for le guillotine. When he, and all the others, scream in terror, you pat their heads and say first, le cake. We want le frosting all over their faces when le heads roulez on le ground.
As someone who grew up in a suburb of Chicago, I loved reading the Tribune. However, you can't lay the blame for the demise of the Tribune on tech or Alden Global. The truth is Chicago's population peaked in 1950. It had more people 100 years ago than it has today. Even without other disruptions, Chicago media would be in a very bad spot.
Part of the problem is technology. But technology isn't all bad. The internet doesn't make everything worse. My dad would leave at 5am every morning to go to work at the Board of Trade. He took the sports and business section of the Trib. Because he had to get up so early, he usually went to bed around 9pm. I remember watching game 4 of the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals. He went to bed and I stayed up hoping to see the end. However, the game was still tied 0-0 after the third period and my mom made me go to bed. I left my dad a note on the counter. "Who won?" When I came down the next morning, his reply was "It wasn't in the paper." The game went into triple overtime and ended after midnight so it didn't make the paper. I asked around at school. NO ONE knew who won. Journeyman defenseman Uwe Krupp scored to give the Avalanche their first cup in their first season since leaving Quebec. However, I didn't know about it until 16 hours after it happened when my Dad came home that afternoon. That seems crazy nowadays. I couldn't find a basic fact like "Who won the Stanley Cup?"
There is a problem with tech killing local news. However, it is important to understand that a lot of the functions local media used to serve are done better and for free on the internet. If I want to know what happened in an NHL game, I can watch a 10 minute Youtube recap that's much better than what I would have read in the paper. The same is true for ads and personals. Facebook marketplace and tinder are better and cheaper than anything in a paper from 30 years ago. I just think we need to separate where the internet made a cheaper crappier version of what we used to have from where it actually improved both quality and cost.
Employees suffered at the hands of Chicago Tribune, to the point they were forced to strike.
"The News Guild employees said they have been without a contract for five years and owner Alden Capital Group continues to try to cut salary and benefits."
The benefit Steve Jobs had was, back then NO ONE had an iPhone, iPad, or MacBook Air. He gave these tech innovations to us. Now EVERYONE has them. How many new iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks can you sell to people who already have them today?
The same with Disney+ and all the other streaming services: 5 years ago no one had them. Now everyone has multiple services. When the market is saturated, you just can’t keep growing.
The newspapers killed themselves by cheapening their content in hopes of saving a few bucks. Now, no one wants to read the drivel that they pass off as ‘journalism’.
A sad day it is. Art seems lost as narcissistic commentary trumps open and individual appreciatiation. Some overanalyzed "meaning" is more important than feeling "I like this" art for how it makes me feel, at this moment, for my own enjoyment/need/release/whatever. "I like this" at this moment, because it speaks to where I am now and how open I am to accepting it.
"Trending" makes no sense here, as art appreciation is momentary and individual. Where did art as art dissappear to (including in art academia)? Somewhere, we lost the merit of art essence in all sorts of non-art sideshows that we are told are more important. We should question this forced thinking.
1. Don't kid yourself. Even if Austin Peralta were to be universally acclaimed as The Once And Future King Of All Jazz Piano, these days, his jazz recordings might sell in the hundreds, even.
2. For better or worse, music seems to be less of a defining factor in the lives of young humans. We can argue later why this is, but music seems to have been largely supplanted by social media, and the biggest music stars out there are renowned as much for their social media presence as anything.
"Spotify was founded in 2006”: It struck me when I read that that Taylor Swift released her first album in 2006. She’s been a lot more successful than Spotify. Perhaps they could learn from her: cultivate the fans (and listen to what they say) and center the concert experience.
Just because they say it isn't profitable, does that mean it really isn't ?
Hasn't that always been the game of the movie studios ? And now others - To always cry poverty & say this or that made no money (as a way to get out of paying the dividends they agreed to).
If no money has been made where do the insane bonuses for the top few come from ? Year after year ... ???
Seeing this note at the top, I’m putting an identifiable pic on my album cover for my album release (small one will be fine). I want people to immediately know I’m a real artist. I am, after all, branding myself as a “No AI” Artist in my videos. I think I’ll apply my logo on my album cover as well.
I think there are a lot of solo people out there being "bands" when in reality it's just them and their computer. They can't go on tour because they have no real fan base or stage presence.
I'm wondering how much of this is just the replacement for Muzak - instead of one purveyor of low effort, easy listening "jazz" we have a decentralized market for it.
Just another example of the 'Enshitification' of our world.
Started with social media, now spreading everywhere like a toxic weed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
Speaking of stolen or hacked music, and I’m sorry I don’t have a link for the New York Times, but there was an article about a band, called Bad Dogs, who found out that their songs were stolen and renamed, and someone had taken the digital fingerprints. It took them some time to prove that it was their music and this happens all the time. It is said that people that do this end up walking away with about $25,000 in royalties before they actually get caught.
Pardon my French, but when someone can cash out 57.whatever million in stock options on a company that's never made a profit in 18 years, let alone the timeframe of when he cashed them in, it's time for le guillotine. When he, and all the others, scream in terror, you pat their heads and say first, le cake. We want le frosting all over their faces when le heads roulez on le ground.
As someone who grew up in a suburb of Chicago, I loved reading the Tribune. However, you can't lay the blame for the demise of the Tribune on tech or Alden Global. The truth is Chicago's population peaked in 1950. It had more people 100 years ago than it has today. Even without other disruptions, Chicago media would be in a very bad spot.
Part of the problem is technology. But technology isn't all bad. The internet doesn't make everything worse. My dad would leave at 5am every morning to go to work at the Board of Trade. He took the sports and business section of the Trib. Because he had to get up so early, he usually went to bed around 9pm. I remember watching game 4 of the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals. He went to bed and I stayed up hoping to see the end. However, the game was still tied 0-0 after the third period and my mom made me go to bed. I left my dad a note on the counter. "Who won?" When I came down the next morning, his reply was "It wasn't in the paper." The game went into triple overtime and ended after midnight so it didn't make the paper. I asked around at school. NO ONE knew who won. Journeyman defenseman Uwe Krupp scored to give the Avalanche their first cup in their first season since leaving Quebec. However, I didn't know about it until 16 hours after it happened when my Dad came home that afternoon. That seems crazy nowadays. I couldn't find a basic fact like "Who won the Stanley Cup?"
There is a problem with tech killing local news. However, it is important to understand that a lot of the functions local media used to serve are done better and for free on the internet. If I want to know what happened in an NHL game, I can watch a 10 minute Youtube recap that's much better than what I would have read in the paper. The same is true for ads and personals. Facebook marketplace and tinder are better and cheaper than anything in a paper from 30 years ago. I just think we need to separate where the internet made a cheaper crappier version of what we used to have from where it actually improved both quality and cost.
Miles didn't really play like that (early '60's) though at the turn of the decade he was certainly performing at the peak of his powers.
No one could play a ballad like Miles Davis.
"Chicago Tribune suffered"
No. No. No. Hell No.
Employees suffered at the hands of Chicago Tribune, to the point they were forced to strike.
"The News Guild employees said they have been without a contract for five years and owner Alden Capital Group continues to try to cut salary and benefits."
The playlists sound sinister indeed. Are you suggesting that these are AI generated tracks?
The benefit Steve Jobs had was, back then NO ONE had an iPhone, iPad, or MacBook Air. He gave these tech innovations to us. Now EVERYONE has them. How many new iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks can you sell to people who already have them today?
The same with Disney+ and all the other streaming services: 5 years ago no one had them. Now everyone has multiple services. When the market is saturated, you just can’t keep growing.
The newspapers killed themselves by cheapening their content in hopes of saving a few bucks. Now, no one wants to read the drivel that they pass off as ‘journalism’.
It’s the same old story.
A sad day it is. Art seems lost as narcissistic commentary trumps open and individual appreciatiation. Some overanalyzed "meaning" is more important than feeling "I like this" art for how it makes me feel, at this moment, for my own enjoyment/need/release/whatever. "I like this" at this moment, because it speaks to where I am now and how open I am to accepting it.
"Trending" makes no sense here, as art appreciation is momentary and individual. Where did art as art dissappear to (including in art academia)? Somewhere, we lost the merit of art essence in all sorts of non-art sideshows that we are told are more important. We should question this forced thinking.
1. Don't kid yourself. Even if Austin Peralta were to be universally acclaimed as The Once And Future King Of All Jazz Piano, these days, his jazz recordings might sell in the hundreds, even.
2. For better or worse, music seems to be less of a defining factor in the lives of young humans. We can argue later why this is, but music seems to have been largely supplanted by social media, and the biggest music stars out there are renowned as much for their social media presence as anything.
Hence the music business doldrums.
"Spotify was founded in 2006”: It struck me when I read that that Taylor Swift released her first album in 2006. She’s been a lot more successful than Spotify. Perhaps they could learn from her: cultivate the fans (and listen to what they say) and center the concert experience.
Just because they say it isn't profitable, does that mean it really isn't ?
Hasn't that always been the game of the movie studios ? And now others - To always cry poverty & say this or that made no money (as a way to get out of paying the dividends they agreed to).
If no money has been made where do the insane bonuses for the top few come from ? Year after year ... ???
Seeing this note at the top, I’m putting an identifiable pic on my album cover for my album release (small one will be fine). I want people to immediately know I’m a real artist. I am, after all, branding myself as a “No AI” Artist in my videos. I think I’ll apply my logo on my album cover as well.
The Austin Peralta track does sound an awful lot like Mcoy Tyner.
Maybe he realised he hadn't found his own voice. Hence his reluctance to hand over tracks.
As Clark Terry said imitate, assimilate, innovate.
I think there are a lot of solo people out there being "bands" when in reality it's just them and their computer. They can't go on tour because they have no real fan base or stage presence.
I'm wondering how much of this is just the replacement for Muzak - instead of one purveyor of low effort, easy listening "jazz" we have a decentralized market for it.
My copy of Cymatics showed up this week also. Thanks for the recommendation!