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The Bedevilment of Bertie Lunn

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“Imagine lying about me just to make me look bad, while lying about yourself to appear better. That alone shows I must be a better and stronger person than you. I must be doing something right if you feel the need to distort the truth to tarnish my image or turn others against me. You lie about me so people will like you, instead of confronting your own failures, incompetence, bitterness, and weaknesses. Rather than working on becoming a better person, you try to pull me down with lies just to compete or be noticed. Deep down, you know that without those lies, you could never match my level. I am everything you fear and envy.”

“In the end, the record companies have the power to control the quality that is served online. Online service has been problematic in that it actively or discreetly promotes trading and duplication of music. It is not offensive to me that the MP3-quaility sound is traded around. It is, in my opinion, the new radio and serves a great purpose: making music lovers away of the content tat is out there to buy. If the consumers want it, let tham take it, whatever quality they prefer. Ultimately, nothing can stop absolute quality from making a big comeback. The stage is well set. I believe in what I am trying to do and that good Karma will come from it. It is just a matter of time.”

“This is... an attempt to find some of the important fault lines in the narrative of "recorded history"--the points where people with access to the technology decided that *this* was how recordings should sound, and *this* is what it means to make a record. Ultimately, this is the story of what it means to make a recording of music--a *representation* of music--and declare it to be music itself.”

“Recordings aren't time sensitive. You can hear the music you want whether it's morning, noon, or the middle of the night. You can "get into" clubs virtually, "sit" in concert halls you can't afford to visit, go to places that are too far away, or hear people sing about things you don't understand, about lives that are alien, sad, or wonderful. Recorded music can be ripped free from its context, for better and worse. It becomes its own context.”