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Lee Stacey
Musician / Geek / Thinker / Blogger
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Burgess Hill, West Sussex, UK
& London, UK
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Made my first tune in YEARS last night. It's not amazing by any standard but it's alright and because I'm nice I'm not just giving you the MP3 file, I'm giving you the FL Studio source file (.flp) too.
Created with FL Studio. Fully functional demo available here:
To check out more of my music, try here:
Myself, Andy Marsh and his daughter Alex playing Little Bugler.
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Artist: Pilchard
Album: Amy
Track: 07
Name: Screaming Abdabs
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Artist: Pilchard
Album: Amy
Track: 06
Name: Putaway
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Full album "Amy" available free at: http://music.leestacey.com
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Artist: Pilchard
Album: Amy
Track: 05
Name: Amy
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Full album "Amy" available free at: http://music.leestacey.com
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Artist: Pilchard
Album: Amy
Track: 04
Name: Convolution Revolution
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Full album "Amy" available free at: http://music.leestacey.com
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Artist: Pilchard
Album: Amy
Track: 03
Name: Fear And Loathing (in Burgess Hill)
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When I tell people that I don't do piracy, more often than not they find it hard to believe. It's perfectly understandable too because I used to be a pirate just like you probably are. The reasons for being a pirate are fairly obvious: music, movies and software are expensive and it can be hard to justify those costs. I'm not made of money either so I can totally see logic in that thinking.
Why is it different for me? Actually it is quite simple. I offset the cost of the paid content I consume with the amount of free content I consume. Basically my iPod is full of free podcasts, giving me plenty to watch and listen to on my daily commute and I use a lot of free and open source software alongside the expensive stuff. I believe that overall I'm getting pretty good value for money.
The golden rule is to always look for a free or low cost alternative to the expensive things in life. If you can't find a free or cheap alternative then the expensive stuff is obviously worth spending a bit of money on.
Another (slightly weak and very flawed) argument is that pirate software actually makes the big software companies more money because it ultimately leads to more sales. Not only that but because we tend to rely on the stuff and see it the only solution it allows them to increase their prices... Consider it a luxury tax if you will...
Imagine what would happen if we all stopped using cracked versions of expensive software... We wouldn't desire that particular software anymore and it would ultimately lose its status of being an industry standard. This would lead to lower sales and they would be forced to bring the price down to a more realistic level.
Yes it is an idealistic view but if a few more of us thought that way we could change the world.
Just try it...
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Many moons ago I used to write demo songs for FL Studio. If you don't know it, it is an audio production suite and virtual studio. This means I very often find "remixes" of my demos in my inbox. I use the term remix loosely because more often than not, there is so little difference from the original that it can hardly be called a remix.
It's not all rubbish though, sometimes there is a glimmer of hope. In my inbox today I found a remix of Tzachitx by Chris Parsons entitled Just Leaving Town. It isn't perfect, of course, nothing is... But you can clearly hear that a bit of heart, soul and effort went into it.
Good work, Chris. I salute you.
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Over the past couple of weeks there has been a bit of buzz on Twitter about the Shorty Awards, a bunch of awards for the best short content available on Twitter. A really nice concept and definitely one that should be nurtured and developed. Unfortunately it's a bit of a joke at the moment because the system can/will/has be/been gamed so easily.
The first problem is that not everyone knows about the awards... In fact there are more that don't know than there are that do. Marketing the idea hasn't exactly been Twitter wide, it has just been kind of viral amongst a small sub set of users. Any more than a couple of degrees of separation away from where it all started and it will be well and truly below your radar. The second problem is the gaming of the system and I'm fortunate enough to have witnessed this. One particular user sent out direct messages to all of his followers telling them exactly what to tweet in order to take him straight to the top of the charts. He's currently still sitting there and will probably win the award in that particular category. On top of that, this same user has used alt accounts to give himself that extra edge. Good work. The third problem is that in many cases people are just voting for their friends. The actual quality of the content they are voting for is irrelevant.Lastly, where's the category for debunking badly planned awards?Comments [4]
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