John Worthington Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 I was at a party last night and I got asked a question about MP3 players. One of the guys at the party's daughter wanted one for her birthday. All of a sudden, this other guy comes screaming across the room. He went off on a long rant about how the people who invented MP3 only did it so people could rip off music, yada yada yada. When I disagreed, he asked what I did for a living. I told him and he made what was quite possibly the dumbest remark I've heard in a long time. "Hey man, just wait until people start using computers to rip off the software you write..." I just about fell over laughing. jw Affiliations: Jambé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 Sounds like something from a Spinal Tap sequel! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphajerk Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 fucking moron. all these people make me laugh who dont know shit. its even funnier when you hear artists complain about mp3 ripping their music off!?! dont complain about the labels who have been bending them over for years... idiots! alphajerk FATcompilation "if god is truly just, i tremble for the fate of my country" -thomas jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansouth Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 You GO, John! SOMEONE has to stand up to the morons. Their numbers seem to be on the increase... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/eek.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 So do you really MEAN someone could make digital copies of my music and distribute them for FREE on the web?? http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif My gosh... technology... white man's inventions... Músico, Productor, Ingeniero, Tecnólogo Senior Product Manager, América Latina y Caribe - PreSonus at Fender Musical Instruments Company Instagram: guslozada Facebook: Lozada - Música y Tecnología www.guslozada.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecreationalThinker Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 Stop it folks...you're scaring me. I'm not a "people" person, I'm a "thing" person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyland Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 He's probably one of those people that doesn't realize that Paul McCartney was in a band during the 60's.................... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViLo Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 Invite him to this forum http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif! Maybe we can learn something http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif Maybe he's form another planet........and still way behind http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/confused.gif Or maybe we are behind! ViLo This message has been edited by ViLo on 05-22-2001 at 03:00 PM Jesus Is Coming, Make Music, Get Ready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 When I first saw this topic, I thought for sure this would be a George Dubya Bush quote of the day. I hear his alma mater booed and heckled him recently when they gave him an honorary degree. I just had to laugh, it's a strange world we live in. Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 You mean people don't have to PAY for music OR software? I must be the dummy here - I've been paying (and will continue to do so) for this stuff for years.... I agree with ya all... what a moron! Phil O'Keefe Sound Sanctuary Recording Riverside CA http://members.aol.com/ssanctuary/index.html pokeefe777@msn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curve Dominant Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 >>"Hey man, just wait until people start using computers to rip off the software you write..."<< Yeah, and just wait until people start using tape recorders to tape songs off the radio that y'all write. Then you'll REALLY be f*cked! Next time, ask him if the lobotomy was painful... curvedominant Eric Vincent (ASCAP) www.curvedominant.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphajerk Posted May 23, 2001 Share Posted May 23, 2001 thanks ViLo, you're a good guy. alphajerk FATcompilation "if god is truly just, i tremble for the fate of my country" -thomas jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip McDonald Posted May 23, 2001 Share Posted May 23, 2001 Originally posted by John Worthington: When I disagreed, he asked what I did for a living. I told him and he made what was quite possibly the dumbest remark I've heard in a long time. "Hey man, just wait until people start using computers to rip off the software you write..." I just about fell over laughing. See, that's like stuff I encounter everyday. The latest: ME (to student): "Ok, well... I'll see you next week... uhm, it'll be time for a check then" STUDENT: "What do you mean?" ME: "well.. this was the third lesson, and next week will be the forth, so I'll need a check" STUDENT: "But I already paid..." Me: "right, for the first four..." STUDENT: "You mean I have to pay AGAIN???? That's ridiculous! I already paid $60, what was that for?" ME: "er... huh? The first four lessons....???" STUDENT: "That's crazy, no one told me I'd have to pay again! Are you sure that's right??!!" ME: "!??!!?!????" *Something* has gone wrong... ------------------ New and Improved Music Soon: http://www.mp3.com/chipmcdonald Guitar Lessons in Augusta Georgia: www.chipmcdonald.com Eccentric blog: https://chipmcdonaldblog.blogspot.com/ / "big ass windbag" - Bruce Swedien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curve Dominant Posted May 23, 2001 Share Posted May 23, 2001 Chip, I'm assuming that we're cool. This is satire, not lecturing. BUT, this is how you should do it from now on... Chip: "OK, listen you little rat-bastard, empty your f*cking pockets right now, or you'll leave this room in a garbage bag." Student: "But..." Chip: "If you ever come here again without four weeks cash in advance, you'll be swimming with the fishes." Student (with tears streaming): "I'm sorry!" Chip: "F*ckin-A right you're sorry, you sorry little punk-*ssed b*itch" I dunno, Chip. Will your employers back you up on that type of approach? Eric Vincent (ASCAP) www.curvedominant.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. rob Posted May 23, 2001 Share Posted May 23, 2001 LOL...It would be cool if chip could give Tommy Matolla that lecture too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duhduh Posted May 23, 2001 Share Posted May 23, 2001 ROTFLMAO!!! "Meat is the only thing you need beside beer! Big hunks of meat and BEER!!...Lots of freakin' BEER." "Hey, I'm not Jesus Christ, I can't turn water into wine. The best I can do is turn beer into urine." Zakk Wylde http://www.hepcnet.net/bbssmilies/super.gif http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/15_1_109.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoeditor1 Posted May 23, 2001 Share Posted May 23, 2001 Curve, http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/cool.gif Being the conscientious employer, and a New Yorker, I went looking for the company handbook (eventually found it in a box with my clown suit)... Section IV, Part 3.01A clearly states.... "...in compliance with NYS Regulation S3.6.21A, it is MANDATORY for the employer (me) to provide those tools necessary to the employee (also me coincidentally) to acquire and secure payment from a confused or reluctant customer....." http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Originally posted by Curve Dominant: Chip, I'm assuming that we're cool. This is satire, not lecturing. BUT, this is how you should do it from now on... Chip: "OK, listen you little rat-bastard, empty your f*cking pockets right now, or you'll leave this room in a garbage bag." Student: "But..." Chip: "If you ever come here again without four weeks cash in advance, you'll be swimming with the fishes." Student (with tears streaming): "I'm sorry!" Chip: "F*ckin-A right you're sorry, you sorry little punk-*ssed b*itch" I dunno, Chip. Will your employers back you up on that type of approach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidCharlemagne Posted May 24, 2001 Share Posted May 24, 2001 Chip: did you say $60 for four lessons? private lessons? and the kid balked? he's getting the deal of the decade as it is!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip McDonald Posted May 24, 2001 Share Posted May 24, 2001 Originally posted by Curve Dominant: you'll be swimming with the fishes." I dunno, Chip. Will your employers back you up on that type of approach? well, uhmmmm... actually, she probably would, but it's almost like some people now are getting to the point where they want to see you operate in the service environment, like a waiter or some such. Some people today are power tripping on being in the crustier echelons of the middle class; I don't play their game, but at the same time if I push things I won't have any students. It's a catch-22. At the same time, though - the person I was referring to was just a loon. The point to my post wasn't that they were trying to get out of paying. It was that *they didn't think they had to!* Literally. They're thinking something like the first $60 was like "registration" for little league, or maybe a library card, a one time "fee". You wouldn't *believe* how weird people are suddenly.... a woman comes in about a month ago for her first lesson: no guitar. ME: "uhm.... ok. Is your guitar outside?" NEW STUDENT: "no... don't you provide the guitars?" ME: "!!?!?!?!?!??!?!!" A guy a few weeks ago comes in with a broke E string. I show him how to change it, takes about 10 minutes of his 30 minute lesson. So, around about 2 minutes until the end of the lesson I start wrapping things up... and he goes "wait... we still have 10 more minutes left!". I show him my watch, that the time was up... he says "no, we were changing the string, we still have 10 minutes"... "?????" That kind of crap happens constantly now, every week some bit of weirdness I have to figure out how to turn around. I've been doing this for 16 years, and suddenly in the past 2 years people are suddenly behaving unreasonable and random. I've been told I *should* try the "Italian Family" approach to enforcing things, but I try to be non-confrontational when possible. Karma and all; but for some reason it doesn't seem to pay off.... ------------------ New and Improved Music Soon: http://www.mp3.com/chipmcdonald Guitar Lessons in Augusta Georgia: www.chipmcdonald.com Eccentric blog: https://chipmcdonaldblog.blogspot.com/ / "big ass windbag" - Bruce Swedien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seclusion Posted May 24, 2001 Share Posted May 24, 2001 I have 2 comments.. #1 when I was just old enough to drag in my old accoustic Gtr bang up the steps, bang over the threshold and bang into the chair.. Mt teacher always said I should've tried the drums... Then I remember trying to shake my pick outa the hole for like 10 minutes.. I was like 4-5 or so and I didn't want to loose my pick.. Even then I had the ear though and still crammed the 1/2 in the 15 minutes left.. #2 that "Loon" dude is up there with a client I had... " My feet don't smell, It's my shoes".. He wasn't jokin.. Fuck what a reek.. I thought I was done workin on the farm.. Guess not.. 1 finger rubbing your 2 lips together..bwbwbbwbwb.. What I do for $$$$ Brian Smile if you're not wearin panties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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