rabid.audio

Documenting my work at the intersection of technology and music.

Buoyancy

Published: 07 Apr 2010

Note

This is an old post or draft which was migrated from my old blog. It may have broken links, and it definitely has questionable opinions. Consume at your own risk.

I stumbled upon this article from a couple months ago in The Economist entitled "How to Sink Pirates" (the article is "Primium Content" on their website,** but if you are on the Berry College intranet, you can read it here). In it, the author argues that the "best way to discourage it is to offer a diverse range of attractive, legal alternatives." However, the author suggests that these alternatives are things like dollar songs on the iTunes Music Store. But 35% goes straight to Apple. The other 65% goes to the Record Label. The actual artist sees very little of that.

**EDIT (10/8/11): I find this really ironic. See this for the DRM-free revolution equivalent of academia articles.

In other news, IncontipleXion competed at the Battle of The Bands at St. Pius X Catholic School in Atlanta. If you were there, I hope you had a good time; I know we did. The winners were a progressive dethcore band, This Night I Possess. They were absolutely amazing. If you're into that kind of music, check them out. And one last thing, I am in the process of putting together a hardcore industrial/experimental group under the name Crimson Dominion. I've got a few songs written, so if anyone is interested it joining, toss me an email.