> Funny thing is Andy, I don't find my (OK paid) job that
soul-destroying - I did find DJing in a Britpop club increasingly so -
nothing more 
soul-destroying than banging your head against a brick wall.

There you go - it's all about balance. Having to write reviews about bands
you hate rings more than a few bells with me though!
But I have no soul, I used to be a primary school teacher.




        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Julian Lawton [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
        Sent:   12 April 2000 16:17
        To:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
        Subject:        RE: MP3 files (slightly long and diatribe-esque)

        > The music industry is corrupt as fuck, it rips people off they're 
        > >getting it
        > back a bit now.
        As pointed out in 'Innumeracy', once upon a time people supported
the 
        'best' in their area. No one got amazingly rich, but most musicians
made 
        a living.

        Now people buy the 'best' in the world, they get amazingly rich, and
the 
        rest can't force us to listen to what they want to play. 'Best'
being 
        entirely arbitrary - most people want entertainment, not music.

        It's easy to say that 'yeah but it's all over-hyped crap like
Backstreet 
        Boys these days' - OK, it's true, but was it ever any different? I
doubt 
        people en mass were much deeper in the way they dug music in the
past 
        (otherwise why so many 60s one-hit wonders?).

        > If it's about making money then sell your soul go and learn Perl
or
        > something and get a well paid but soul-destroying computer job.
        Funny thing is Andy, I don't find my (OK paid) job that
soul-destroying 
        - I did find DJing in a Britpop club increasingly so - nothing more 
        soul-destroying than banging your head against a brick wall. Or
being 
        forced to follow musical fashion. Or (like someone I know) having to

        write reviews of bands you hate for the Melody Maker to an audience
of 
        14 year old nu-metal fans. 
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