Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

Sometimes the amount of negativity people display on the Web amazes me.
Myself and another guy (tijn) started ReasonStation (www.reasonstation.net)
back when Propellerheads' Reason first came out in late 1999. In the
beginning, it was a cool community site with a Utopian vision of sharing
and collaboration.

Soon, it devolved to bunch of l33t h4XX0r5 with crack versions of Reason
bitching about how it didn't do this or that. Then there was the chart
spoofing, name calling, and finger pointing. I gave the domain to tijn and
washed my hands of it.

I guess the bottom line is that the people who are putting negative energy
into the universe are going to do so regardless. So it's incumbent on the
people who aren't like that too keep on truckin' and make music. To do
this means you have to be able to ignore the critics, or at least filter
the bullshit from the genuine, well-meaning critiques. To see people
dissing MOTM just like they dissed the Propellerheads doesn't suprise me.

There are people who can make more music with a pair of chopsticks and a
toothpick than talentless people can with all the gear in the universe.
Anyway, I be quiet now.

/Scott
--
"And it is also said," answered Frodo:
"Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they
will say both no and yes."