now that i shot my own foot, time for a career change?
oh i am feeling much better now.
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From: Minoru Yokoo
Date: Oct 3, 2007 5:46 PM
Subject: Fwd: i just therew a bomb on my blog(s) hee hee hee
To: xoxoxoxox xoxoxoxox
oh well, time to look for a different career!
it is waaaaaay out of sync though.
i think it's simple. music has always been a "protected" business. as eguchi-san at xox once said (remember him? did you know he used to xoxoxoxo xoxoxox?)
"the music business in japan is the same size as the tofu business"
the supply and demand was simply one way. you eat what we feed you (as reflected in the lk biz model).
now, because of technology etc, it isn't so. all this is just a knee jerk reaction. based on fear to change and evolve.
i do understand the complications of human livelihoods at stake, including mine.
but, what happened to all the carriage drivers in the days of horses? they're probably playing guitar now.
m
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From: Minoru Yokoo
Date: Oct 3, 2007 5:27 PM
Subject: i just therew a bomb on my blog(s) hee hee hee
To: xoxoxoxo xoxoxoxox
the music business is FUCKING LAME.
walk down the street, go to your local mall.
go to shibuya/mishuku. williamsburg/east village. islington/notting hill. kreuzberg/mitte.
hang around. think about it.
what do people use to listen to music? what do YOU use to listen to music?
what is the music business preventing to sell? do you find that process of buying that silver disc and converting it to mp3 any fun? it's a WASTE OF FUCKING TIME.
are you going to manually convert your crude oil to petrol to use in your car, so that you can protect your oil refinery?
are you going to put protection on your computer files and protect it, so that when you decide to change computers, you can only copy the files in limited quantity?
you complain of petrol (ok, gasoline) prices going up, yet you try to keep your software prices stable? what is this, the japanese politics?
does it matter if the data is music, video, or text? what is music, is it something high up on an altar so valuable that you're supposed to worship buying a piece of it?
time is $. no wonder the shit ain't selling, it's all FUCKING OUT OF SYNC. kappish?
go ahead, shoot me, because i have just about had enough.