About three years ago I read a book called Freakonomics
Since you are a musician, odds are you aren't making much money. If you are the rebellious musician then you hate the man and hate paying him a penny more then you have to. Well now you don't have to pay
him just to have the privilege of paying him 1/3 of your income! Details at our favorite consumer advocate blog Consumerist!
Have you ever wanted to know how much a piece of equipment you own is worth? Well most of us go on eBay and do a "completed items" search. What if that comes up short or you can't find your exact item? Now there is Prepal, a "blue book" style site with listing of gear prices. You can see the sample number and lots of vital statistics so you yourself can determine the quality of the info. This is a great utility for selling gear to friends or on craigslist. This can also be great when buying gear and you don't know the going rate for the item you are looking to purchase. It also links you directly to an eBay or SonicState search for that particular item if you want to buy one.
So as we all know, Apple announced they were
going to start selling lessons for Garageband. This is a fantastic idea and a
cheap way to learn some basic knowledge. The one part of I am questioning is
the artists section: most people who need lessons are young, like REALLY young.
Do we really believe teenagers think Sting, John Fogerty, Norah Jones, and Ben
Folds are cool? I was 13 in 1991, and even then I didn't know one person who
didn't think Sting was a douche, and now I am 31 and I still don't know anyone
who would want to emulate him. Now unless Apple knows something I don't, they
may be missing their demographic, and instead enlisting the artists they make
love to their plump 30 something hubbies to? I am curious to know others take
on this one.
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