Mellotronists

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, jonesalley wrote:

> Yes, absolutely, although I think it is unfortunate that things 
> worked out that way.
> 
> However, my point is that he nonetheless is making money off of the 
> productivity and creativity of others and he personally contributed 
> nothing to said creation.  That's fine.  That's business, and I don't 
> confuse ethics with business.  But, don't you agree that anyone in 
> those circumstances should at least act with some humility and 
> understand that they are lucky that things went so badly for somebody 
> else so they can be in that position in the first place?  It's just a 
> simple matter of not having a sense of "nyaa, nyaa" going on behind 
> the scenes.


what you think he SHOULD do is according to YOUR judgement/values.
[ i make no comment on the judgment/values of mr jackson ;o) ]

i do agree completely that one SHOULD have some reverence for
something like that, but nobody ever told me that life would
be "fair" or even "reasonable"...
[if somebody told you that, then they was fibbin'!]
reasonable is all i could ever expect from anyone,
but that's still a definition according to my terms.

...as far as making money off the creativity of others...
ever see a major label recording agreement?
i've seen dozens...
they are one-sided beyond belief, but they still get people to sign them.


> As I have stated here recently, I feel very fortunate that there as 
> many people as there are with the skills necessary to keep these 
> beasts alive and healthy, and to continue developing and improving 
> the breed.


well said, and i do, of course, concur 100%!!

peace,
yer pal jeff