World's Dumbest Company is a real Art Killer
I'm pissed. And not so much for my own efforts, but for all the efforts of the thousands of (mostly) independent artists who have poured their souls into MP3.
Here's just one example:
MP3 artist, Woody (Bigger Than The Beetles), has been delighting Charlotteans for severals decades, and has been sharing his work on MP3 for a few years now. In the '70s, he would delight us on the guitar and piano and voice. Now he has all manner of synthesizers to help him achieve his goals -- which he still does spectacularly. He is no upstart, no Back Street Boy. And he is not only a fine musician and composer. He has been dazzling us with his visual art for an equal number of decades. Decades! A true Renaissance Man and genius.
Now being flushed out of the system. Along with perhaps a few hundred thousand others. What utter foolishness. Ticks me off!
I helped to get Woody onto MP3 several years ago, and he has had over 13,000 hits on his (and my) site. (Occasionally I would put my own music there.) He has been able to meet kindred spirits while sharing his immense gifts. (One could also put their art up as well, and he designed his own "album covers", so to speak. All digital, mind.
But CNET is gonna toss him out on the street, in order, I suspect, to allow mediocrities to rise and flourish. Very BushWorld! Not, however, respectful of intellectual property, Art, or human capital. Idiotic in those departments.
Someone should sign 2/3rds of the artists on MP3...and reap the windfalls. Not discard them like so many casualties of war.
CNET can go to Hell. They are fecal coliform. They deserve to fall. Let them.
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/44/bigger_than_the_beetles.html
http://artists.mp3s.com/info/44/bigger_than_the_beetles.html
Music by Anonymoses and Bigger Than The Beetles.
MP3 STATIONS BY ANONYMOSES:
http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/300/best_of_charlotte.html
Charlotte, North Carolina is a mecca for some of the best musicians and composers in America. Included are: The Spatulas, Chaucer Wells, Hudson Welch, Frocky Jack, The Superficials, Mercybox, Djinn, Rose and Roland, Mari Moon Band, Jason Hausman, Linsday Smith, Ishi, Chakras, Chrystal Armentrout, and more.
http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/300/mandelbrots_brain.html
The Most Experimental Minds on MP3 and in the world...
Enjoy the work of some of the best musical minds in the world as they weave themselves into an evolving fractal of sound and experience. Hailing from all corners of the globe, these generous creators have unwittingly gathered themselves into this soundtrack of the novel-to-be bearing the same name. And should, God-willing, the novel ever become a screenplay...the soundtrack will, with good fortune, be contained herein. I hope you enjoy these selections. They flow through my head day and night!
Music by Justin D. Scott, The Flaming Lips, Robert Fripp, Josh Joplin Band, Li Li, HarS, Frocky Jack, Adrien Belew, Gao Feng, Hudson Welch, Olivier Fuchs, David Cross, Lu Zhao, Ya Tung, The Push Stars, Infected Mushroom, Tom van Oostrom, Bassic, Raby, Metascape, doctorbinky, Diastereo, Fractalia, Carrie Lynn, Bowie and more...
http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/301/worlds_sexiest_dance_jams.html
Music by Erin Evermore, Paulina Rubio, Elly K, Nora Jones, Jim Beckwith & Native Vibe, Kari Nelson, Lindsay Smith, Pink, Nina, Sabra Callas, Ryan Adams, Michelle Branch, Mercybox and more.
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http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7983045%255E1702,00.html
http://www.stereophile.com/news/120103mp3
http://www.avnonline.com/issues/200311/newsarchive/news_112203_4.shtml
