All things change with time. It is now harder than ever to carve out a shining niche in all of the artistic platforms not just music. And your version of 'putting in work' is completely different than now. I interned for a guy who owned a recording studio and he put in the work and came up thru interning at studios for no money and what did he have to show for it? His studio closed. Yes you are right it's because there's more access but you know what people also have more access to? Basketballs. I don't see a bunch of Lebron's and Kobe's running around do you?
No but how do you think kids out of the hood came up? You think they had 300-600 to spend on a DAW? Or access to it from a friends studio? They went on Pirate Bay or UTorrent and downloaded that shit. I don't think it's even relevant anyway considering you still have to know how to use the program. And hell yea it's free. Everything in this worlds free to be taken. We just don't take it because we created a civilization where it is reprehensible and consequential to do so. In the internets case? If you tell me I have to pay $600 for a program that I can download for free, what do you think I'm going to do?
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Avicii, Martin Garrix, and Others Have Used Pirated Software | Your EDM and those are dudes that are up there.
I think it's apart of the evolution of a producer in this era to start with pirated software because you are not that committed to making music and initially it starts off as a hobby then it later becomes a profession then you buy the program. If you keep downloading it illegally when you have the resources to do so then it becomes an issue. But at the same time I don't care too much for applying a code of ethics to downloading software.
Well you failed by comparing artists. Simple as that. Nobody is better than in the world of art. I don't know about you but I don't make music to be better than anyone else. Also I'd love to hear why you disagree because I don't even listen to the radio but I know that wherever there is information, there is something to extract. It's matter of perspective. I don't know about your stance but I just don't place too much emphasis on unwritten rules because you fix yourself in.
That's emotion and semantics.I said I DOWNLOADED it(past tense). I have access to it again illegally but choose not to because I'd rather just buy it outright but do I regret downloading it illegally? Hell no! I had no clue what I was going to do with Ableton because I downloaded it after getting Reason. Plus dude you ended the post placing blame in a thread titled #ProducersUnite. That's enough to understand. Everyone puts time in effort into something great. A dude can makes a great hero at a deli. He put hard work and knowledge in that hero but do you respect him as much as the guys who made Ableton?
Most likely not. And clearly you don't respect the young producers coming up because they didn't do it the way you did which is understandable but also a sign of being out of touch with the generation at large. You saying "I blame" exposes that and placing blame on these dudes out here won't stop them from going in day after day on Youtube looking up who to get that kick right. It's not stopping me. And if it stops you then that's you but know that you'll just go extinct from not adapting. No beef but I'm just being real with you.