Re: VERY interesting article!!!

[rich <rich@nuvisionsca.com>]

>Overall a pretty cool idea.  But I hope it doesn't leave poor teenage kids
>and their garage bands out in the cold.

nah...some teenage kids may start doing some really whacked stuff in 
their garages with hacked together pieces of the digital refuse we 
are continually creating...

i'm sure there are plenty of us here that remember when 808's and 
303's could be bought for nearly nothing at some downtown pawn 
shop...because they were considered 'old' and useless...

and look what the liberal repurposing of those turned into?

the oversaturation and hypermarketing of musical intruments/recording 
gear that is happening at the moment bothers me very much (as i've 
said too many times before), but i must admit...it does put a twinkle 
in my eye thinking about how much cool stuff will be available a few 
years from now...considered old and useless and waiting for my grubby 
little hands.

rich