Dear Akai MPC forum:
I was goofing off at work today (as usual) and I thought to myself: has making music made me and the world a better place to live in, or has technology and the 24 hr interconnectivity made "real music" (the style that was popular when we were all 18-23 years old) so rare that the counterfeit sounds have flooded our ears and driven "real music" out of the marketplace of ideas? Then, all of the sudden, I had epiphany, a real and genuine "aha" moment, and had to immediately come down to the quorum, I mean forum and express myself in the most succinct manner as possible...
Attention, all producers, musicians, DJ's, and sound guys: Please remember that in the greater scheme of things, music doesn't matter. There's a civil war being fought somewhere, starving children are dying, the oceans are being raped, and the super-rich, the billionaires boys club sleep very soundly at night on their mattresses stuffed full of money...
If you are serious about music like I am, you have more than likely spent tens of thousands of dollars on music toys, and thousands of hours playing and learning how to work your toys. You have no doubt have had songs or ideas stolen, ripped off, or never paid for. You have met dozens of flaky artists, wannabe singers and rappers, as well as thieving "managers, booking agents, music industry scumbags". Not to mention the ill-informed, clueless and superior minded GUITAR CENTER employees, who are burned out music majors and talentless hacks in comparison to you. And yet, we soldier on, and for what may I ask?
The time we have spent is gone forever, and the money, we could have done other things with. If a company decides to release an inferior product, word will spread. There is no company, however well spoken of, that has not fallen to the trap of selling cheap crap for more money. Think of 2% milk. All it consist of is regular milk, watered down, and yet they sell it for the same price, if not more, because it is "healthier" for you.
If this MPC line turns out to be watered down 2% powdered funk-in-box-with-look-at-me-light-up-pads, WE will be the only ones that know or even care...
What's the solution? Take a walk, hug your kids, travel, meet people who practice other art forms, heck, even reading a book will teach us more about real life than staring at a computer screen, tapping on keys and pads...call me crazy...GTG, my boss is coming...
Probably still live's in his mum's basement too!
