Bartleboom

DeRank : 35,89
DeAge™ : 7610 days • Here since 9 august 2005
Cicerone De Senectute
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Anyway, the photo was taken at the last planning meeting of the staff. Those in the front row are G and the Turk. Gabri and Flo are the two chicks in the second row. I'm the one on the left measuring my balls.
The Black Angels Indigo Meadow
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I'm listening to it these days, and I must say I quite like it. In the sense that as a car listen, it's almost perfect: short songs, simple, immediate, super catchy, and in some cases, even radio-friendly. They've lost a good part of their mystical-lysergic-desert charm - and therefore, a good part of what I was truly looking for in their sound - but it's not a bad album, it flows well, has good sounds, and solid songwriting.
Lothar & The Hand People Space Hymn
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And to think that all this chaos emerged because editors can read users' private messages...
Ektoise Ektoise
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Having said that, I really liked the review and the little kangaroo seems interesting too. Well done!
Ektoise Ektoise
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This sounds like a nice thing, but, in reality, it has created a distorted effect that I don't like. That is: everyone plays, but only a few go to listen. The live dimension has lost a lot of its importance in terms of promotion. Until about fifteen years ago, there were several venues that, even mid-week, gave bands the chance to be heard and to showcase their music. People used to go and listen to them, they would wander around venues, curious to hear a new band. Now, it’s not the case. Essentially because no one goes to listen to anyone anymore. I might as well listen to it on YouTube or Bandcamp. It almost seems like everyone is too focused on what they themselves are playing, but then when it comes to getting in the car and going to hear an unknown band just to "see what they're about," no one gets off their butts.
Ektoise Ektoise
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In the middle are the bands and/or the artists. Who, regardless of their level of recognition, are more aware than anyone else that you can no longer make a living from selling records, not even if you cry about it. On the other hand, though, the production of an album or, in any case, a musical work has plummeted dramatically and, thanks to technology, D.I.Y. is no longer just about recording tapes in the basement, but rather about recording, composing, and sound-editing programs, easily accessible and, for those who put in the effort, reasonably usable. So then, if I am a band or an artist, why should I go through all the hassle of looking for a label, distribution, and stuff like that, when I'm going to spend more money than I could ever get back anyway? I do everything myself: I compose, record, choose the sounds, add effects, master, and upload everything to these now very popular platforms, and at least I get heard; maybe I’ll be liked, maybe I’ll build my little circle of admirers, and overall I’m happy. Do I make a living from it? Certainly not. But I wouldn’t have made a living from it anyway, so...
Ektoise Ektoise
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The issue is complex. My opinion is that the music audience is increasingly divided into two factions. On one side are the so-called "casual" listeners, those who follow the suggestions of radio stations and/or music television channels and/or various applications. For these users, paid music means: 1) purchasing the CD of the mass artist (e.g., Vasco, Ligabue, and their companion singers) along with Christmas box sets, compilations, best-of collections, live albums with 1, at most 2 new tracks at exorbitant costs, but which must be bought in original form for reasons that are not entirely clear. 2) purchasing single tracks from iTunes, essentially fueling a distorted and foolish market where 10 tracks cost 10 euros in digital format, but they are unwilling to spend 18 euros for an original physical copy. On the other side are the "serial" listeners, who, if they wanted, could be users of Debaser or, in any case, frequenters of music sites, who make listening to music and discovering new bands a true passion to which they dedicate time and, therefore, money. This type of listener, however, objectively listens to too much music to afford to buy all the records (records, not tracks) they listen to and, thus, resorts to downloading without restraint.
Lothar & The Hand People Space Hymn
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Kollazione, I'm asking you again the same question I asked in the comment to the comment to the comment about thirty scrolls up. Can you tell me EXACTLY based on which regulation the webmaster of a site cannot read (in the sense of "access") the private messages of a user registered on their site? Thank you very much! :)
Lothar & The Hand People Space Hymn
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But I don’t understand one thing: if the method to delete the reviews is PERFECTLY LEGAL, and you want as many people as possible to know it, why don’t you say it publicly and start spamming the instructions for deleting them everywhere in the reviews of old reviewers? Why don’t you do it with those of the members of the kollettivo armato (software + hardware)? I don’t know… you always seem very convoluted in your decisions…
Lothar & The Hand People Space Hymn
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Yes, but my son, you change your mind with every comment. First, you wanted to send reviews, then you didn't want to be censored, and then we were three with 20 fakes each, and then there was the theft of sensitive data, and then you receive emails, and then you share the staff emails, and then you offer yourselves as editors, and then you give out credentials, and then the editors read private emails, and then you say that you’re making us a lot of money, and then that you’re shutting down the site, and then that you’re armed (software + hardware), and then that G doesn't pay Creative Commons and then you want to delete the reviews (first you send them and then you delete them?!?:-O)… now the problem is the database that's tempting the crooks. I’ve been telling you this for 300 comments: it’s not clear what you want. My advice is: hide the wine and the spirits well, hold a nice collective meeting with a group of former reviewers and try to truly understand what you want. Bye bye.