[Vinylanach]

On Jun 17, 11:30Â*am, ScottW wrote:
On Jun 17, 10:51Â*am, Vinylanach wrote:





On Jun 17, 10:11Â*am, ScottW wrote:

On Jun 17, 9:49Â*am, Vinylanach wrote:

On Jun 16, 12:42�pm, ScottW wrote:

On Jun 16, 12:39�pm, "Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!"

wrote:

�What a waste of time that was.

I think he has a point. Â*I'm noticing that a lot of these audio old-
timers and angry and ****ed off these days, lamenting how their
precious hobby has been ruined by the high-end, or by music
downloading, etc. Â*

Â* Odd perspective. Â*Their "precious" hobby is your career
or so you've implied.

That's one of the reasons we're shifting the focus toward music.
Audio is full of so much bitterness these days. Â*No matter what you
print about audio, someone is going to attack you for your views.

I think if you're going to be in the public eye, no matter what you
print,
some nutball somewhere will take offense.
Wait till you try to explain why you think some band has become
formulaic
or something and the rabid fans come after you.



When you write about music, people thank you. Â*They don't whine and
complain. Â*What kind of environment would you rather work in, Scott?

Obviously the latter. Â* But a benign public environment in media or
really
any business doesn't exist IMO. Â*Audio squabbling isn't unique.
Your lucky the crazies you
face don't have the resources to hire whole law firms to think of
ways to f'up your business. Â*Big corporations do that everyday.
At our stockholders mtg the CEO joked that we're hiring 5000
people in the next year and only 1500 of 'em wil be attorneys.
Trouble is, the truth isn't too far from that.

Those are some good points. But the fact is, it's common practice
these days to complete isolate your business from the Internet
crazies. For instance, we don't do a letters section in the magazine
because it's often just an outlet for people's negativity. It's
better to promote a more positive image in the industry, IMO. Plus,
it's been years since I've truly been interested in reading the
"letters" section in magazines.

I should have isolated myself a little better from Bob, though. That
was my mistake. Like I've said, most companies stay away from places
like newsgroups and dicussion forums. They're bad for business.

Boon