"...I spent a week in LA earlier this month recording Hardly Workin', a seven song album of motivational business music targeted at people newly entering the workforce"
So this is what happens when you are "unemployed" with $200 million in the bank.
This is awesome. I don't care if the actual music sounds terrible, but the fact that there's a dude out there with millions of dollars and what he wants to do is record a educational business CD makes me happy.
This is the kind of eccentricity I think we should be lauding.
I completely agree. And to all the people making fun of him: when's the last time you've put yourself out there and sang in front of other people? There, hate the music if you like, but at least he's doing what he wants to do.
This happens all to often. Off topic but isn't it time for a better ux for this site? A little bit of space between up/down, a mobile view? I use http://cheeaun.github.com/hackerweb/ and it's great but not for voting...
I use this site for free and have gained way, way more from it than I have put in so I definitely don't care if improvements are made, but if one were to improve anything it would be great to be able to vote more easily with my fingers on a mobile device and to edit text more easily on a mobile device.
Editing text on my android becomes tough because the small box doesn't let me easily navigate around. My new S4 has a setting which allows me to use the volume keys to move the cursor which is a huge improvement, but there has to be a better way.
I was liking Risin' Above the Pack too, but It's Up to Us was just such a strong close to the album. The break about George Washington took my motivation to disrupt industries to an undiscovered Covey quadrant (mentally speaking).
Now no one said it were easy
It reminds me of another boy
That had to fight to be free
After he cut down a whole bunch of a tree
His daddy came home and whipped him
In the square for all to see
But he didn't let that stop him
No, he sailed across the Delaware sea,
To build the greatest nation in history!
Not gonna kid you,
I can't tell you how long it will take
But I know if we stay focused
We'll be *Good to Great!*
I don't think you understand... he sat side by side with Steve for a very long time. He was a fixture at electrical audio. I used to frequent PRF/Electrical Audio forums all the time and read a bunch of posts he had about being an intern. You can still read a lot of them at http://electricalaudio.com/phpBB3 under Intern's Corner (used to be electrical.com til they sold the domain) His user name was Intern_8033. Steve is on there all the time too.
Also, Steve Albini prefers "Recording Engineer", not producer.
The funny thing is the music doesn't really sound terrible, even if the songs are silly and the style is vapid. It's surprisingly well produced and recorded for an indie effort. He has spent some money and "done it properly," as it were. Many mainstream country releases sound no better to my ears ;-)
Any latest news on their current average morale? I mean, many people were balking at groupon as much as two years ago... How are people still wanting to work there?
For the record, as someone who has read a few articles about the guy, seen a couple pictures, and in all honesty was leaning more towards not liking him more than I do, this news has excavated a nice, temporary soft spot in my heart for the guy. Funny stuff.
I give him credit for doing awesome stuff after being ousted at Groupon. Takes strength to brush your shoulders off after a hard fall and do something like this.
So yeah, its a rich guy doing goofy stuff with his money. Outstanding! I think its way less socially awkward and certainly less environmentally damaging than another giant boat or an Everest expedition. Good for him.
The music isn't actually bad. It is much better than I expected from some of the 'hating'. Production wise, it's stellar. He can sing well in the rock/pop style.
Is this Zepplin, Pink Floyd or Beatles? No but it's not trying to be. Would I want to buy it and listen to it? No, but I'm not in the target market and this music style bores me but musically, I cannot fault it.
I can understand his reasons behind taking a break from all this and understandably so. However bad it turns out, this is the kind of behaviour we should be promoting. The 'bounce-back-ability', if I may, is what makes being an entrepreneur worth all the blood, sweat and tears.
Wow, Jim Allchin, that is pretty funny. Who would have thought?
(Here's a shameless plug for my new record, FWIW. http://music.lukehoward.com. I have also worked as a coffee-making intern in a studio. And written some software. Perhaps this isn't that uncommon...)
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 133 ms ] threadI've actually listened to this album and, uhh, yeah. This took some chutzpah. I'll give him that.
That's sort of an awkward statement to make as the creator.
So this is what happens when you are "unemployed" with $200 million in the bank.
This is the kind of eccentricity I think we should be lauding.
"Risin' Above the Pack" and K.I.S.S stand out for me so far.
(I love this kind of eccentricity.)
Editing text on my android becomes tough because the small box doesn't let me easily navigate around. My new S4 has a setting which allows me to use the volume keys to move the cursor which is a huge improvement, but there has to be a better way.
Editing text in Reddit is also challenging.
Also, Steve Albini prefers "Recording Engineer", not producer.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xinzdo_it-ain-t-easy-being-...
Is this Zepplin, Pink Floyd or Beatles? No but it's not trying to be. Would I want to buy it and listen to it? No, but I'm not in the target market and this music style bores me but musically, I cannot fault it.
(Here's a shameless plug for my new record, FWIW. http://music.lukehoward.com. I have also worked as a coffee-making intern in a studio. And written some software. Perhaps this isn't that uncommon...)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Mason