Darth Id said:
TV's Frink said:
So...Star Wars on Blu-ray anyone?
No thanks.
watch that youtube vid I posted
Pass.
I guess you're only into all this Pop Idol type crap then?
I don't know what that is.
But in any event, I doubt highly it bears any relation to music like of Montreal or Mars Volta, the two current bands I cited as having worthwhile production values. Regarding the former, moreover, Kevin Barnes has done everything DIY-style in his basement (with the exception of the latest, uncommonly weak, record). Production value doesn't mean necessarily expensive studio work, [Edit: It certainly isn't a matter of "software"!--Id.]but only something requiring exacting attention--and very unlikely to be given away for free.
And with respect to pricing as signal to the market, please refer to the work of economist Ludwig von Mises.
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Almost every student at my music conservatory is a better, more accurate singer than, say, Billie Joel Armstrong from Green Day, and they don't get any money from the regular school concerts they voluntarily sign up to.
Sure, they're students planning to eventually make money with their music, but they're VERY GOOD ALREADY.
If you really think "exacting attention" is only invested into a musical production, or performance, if there's gonna be money for it, you're just a great pillock who doesn't know what he's talking about. And someone who blatantly refuses to look into concrete examples by discussion opponents should shut the fuck up, anyway.
Haven't we all experienced how "high production values" AND the "offering for money" accompanied by huge success, can still result in an awful series of films? Shouldn't that prove once and for all that no, the two are NOT correlated, and if the producers think the mass will swallow the product as long as it's got fancy 'splosions, fat pumping bass beats and titillating lyrics about sex, they'll put some effort into that but can, and most probably WILL treat any other important aspect such as acting or original composition work just as sloppily and lazily as a bunch of amateur hacks would?
I'm not giving away hints here :)