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My Dinner With Chuck
Chuck's [1] weekly meeting was today. There are four of us working on a small
web-based project that could be worth quite a bit and over the past few weeks
we've been meeting on Thursdays to talk business over dinner.
Only this week, two of our four member team couldn't make it, so Chuck and I
ended up going to dinner with Chuck's brother Jeff. Over dinner we talked
about various topics at Lucile's, the local BBQ place with the killer hot
sauces.
I was actually surprised when he said he's read R. Buckminster Fuller's
Grunch of Giants, [2] a non-political satire (as it's called and if there is
such a thing) about large corporations. Once my copy from the Buckminster
Fuller Institute [3] arrives and I finish reading it, we'll have to have to
have a talk about it.
We also touched briefly on the whole RIAA and MP3 fiasco. Chuck is thrilled
with the developments the Internet has made possible over music distribution
and absolutely loves MP3s. It doesn't hurt that he's a musician and is
currently building a home studio. Although he has no idea how a musician will
make money in the new market.
“There is the Street Performer's Protocol, [4]” I said. “Musicians give away
their recordings and make money by performing live and other merchandising,”
I said.
“That's great if you can perform live,” Chuck said. “I've practiced as much
as I can and I just can't jam. I'm more of a lyracist. I have much respect
for John.”
“Guess it does screw the studio musician like you,” I said. There are no easy
answers for this, other than perhaps sponsorship (which wasn't discussed but
I bring up here now).
Afterwards, back at Chuck's house, I stuck around to watch Chuck get blown
away in Half Life.
[1]
http://www.armigeron.com/people/chuck/
[2]
http://www.bfi.org/...
[3]
http://www.bfi.org/
[4]
https://www.schneier.com/academic/archives/1998/11/the_street_performer.html
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