Jon Tuck said:
Bob what about us who study music every day for our own pleasure? Granted it helps with my business but I would do it regardless since it is a passion. Please give your most expert advice on that breakdown. Thanks.
DannyGKaraoke said:
OH to add to what I have already said. I don't do this for the money. It's just an added bonus. I do it because I enjoy it. So what does it matter if I use my free time to convert much needed songs over to what I need to use them? I do it because I want to. Not because I have to.
When you're square on that aspect you're in good healthy shape.
It becomes an issue in the course of these debates whenever someone takes these personal applications of time and presses them against a business decision made by other people. It's also a problem where they become the anecdotal underlying justification for unrealsitic assessments and actions.
The "hysteria" over piracy is a perfect example. How many fingers do we see pointed at situations similar too yours (coverting CAVS content to more portable MP3+G) in an effort to paint the whole world as going to hell in a piracy hand basket?
Converting CAVS content
is an infringement however, your personal use of the material hardly justifies a panic and it certainly has no bearing on the process I require for business purposes. When there are more of you who choose to crossover into a semi-professional application of your interest than the market will bare for my services - it's time for me to chart a new course of action.
Too many KJs are fooling themselves. More importantly, many of the combatants are themselves equivalent semi-pro crossover KJs squabbling over
turf. (Squirrels trying to get a nut!) It's simply foolish to think that by law suit, whistle-blowing, or organizational fiat the tide of this transformation and the abuses inherent therein could be restrained in any meaningful way.
I'll use Thunder as an example (no particular offense intended.) If he is truly dropping a dime on people - it's fruitless. His full time self-employed interests are not parallel to the rising flood of karaoke cross-over hosts. He is pointing fingers at discreet droplets in a
flood that will likely drown him anyway unless he chooses to move to higher ground.
The solution for professionals in this field is to find new ways to do just that and rise above the tide. No amount of hystrionics or flailing about will separate the mud from the water - so why are so many people still intent to swim in it? Is one manufacturer declaring themselves the life guard of this swamp all it takes?