Навеяно вот этим.

О смешной "сатано-языческой" формации Nokturnal Mortum,
слившейся в стройном хоре с православными христианами
я уже писал, хотя мне кажется, что я ломился в открытую
дверь, поскольку касательно умственных способностей
Е. Гапона сотоварищи разночтений осталось немного.

А вот еще один незаслуженно забытый артефакт, вышедший
из-под пера "конторы с именем":

Internet is a great tool which can be your guide to the
world in a few seconds. E-mail, information, news e.t.c
we all know how convenient that is. The problem is that
all things have a darker side. The internet has many of
them. It doesn´t matter what kind of tool you use if
it´s this Napster thing or whatever it still not right.
The fact that it is illegal is not the point, it´s fuckin
stupid, that´s the point!

When you download a song or a record without paying for
it, you steal it. It´s a little bit more discrete than
shoplifting, but it´s still theft.<...>

Под катом документ целиком, кому интересно.
Увлекательное чтение, между прочим.


I just read an article in the newspaper and it pissed me off! Napster,
a new clever invention ment to serve the sorry computer nerds of the world
and those of you who can't be bothered to think longer further than to
the tip of your nose. I write this article to try to create some
consciousness
on the subject. Internet is a great tool which can be your guide to the
world in a few seconds. E-mail, information, news e.t.c we all know how
convenient that is. The problem is that all things have a darker side.
The internet has many of them. It doesn´t matter what kind of tool you
use if it´s this Napster thing or whatever it still not right. The fact
that it is illegal is not the point, it´s fuckin stupid, that´s the point!


When you download a song or a record without paying for it, you steal
it. It´s a little bit more discrete than shoplifting, but it´s still
theft.
For many of you it feels good to justify it by imagining that you steal
from the big ol´pig at the major label, or like those two sixteenyear
olds in the newspaper said " If you bought the CD, you can still put the
music out on the internet for 24 hours ? Reckons the two boys without
really believing in it themselves" Of course they don´t! Metallica has
showed some courage. They have sued the ass out of anyone stupid enough
to offer their music for free download. Offspring and Dr. Dre on the other
hand would like to encourage you to download music for free. Wow, what
a rebellious attitude they have.., Easy to be a pretender when you´ve
sold so many records that you can live on the royalties for the rest of
your life. For a label like Moonfog or me being a performer in extreme
music it´s simple math. Moonfog is a very selective label, we put out
only the things we stand behind 100% and therefore it is limited to 3-4
releases a year, sometimes even less. We depend upon sales to cover our
costs and to afford the next production which includes, studiotime,
photosession,
graphic design, mastering and miscellaneous costs. And with Satyricon
we need to make at least some money on what we do to buy us time. If we
sell more and make more money, we can concentrate more on the band.
Rehearsing,
writing, touring and so on.


Maybe I shouldn´t take away your glamour picture of being an artist but
it´s true, we do work. "We make a living from our music" Have you heard
it before ? It usually means that they are on social welfare and that
they get some money from the royalties to buy beer and guitar strings.
Money which they don´t report to the tax authorities because it´s so
little
that they just figure that they wouldn´t care anyway. Fuck I work with
Moonfog, Frost does part time shit. I hope they don´t mind me mentioning
them; Samoth works with Nocturnal Art, Shagrath works in some warehouse,
Astennu works at a concert hall, Fenriz works at the post-distribution.
The list goes on. Most of us work.


If we don´t make any money on music, we can´t go touring! We have to stay
home and be faithful to our jobs. To support ourselves. Speaking for
Moonfog,
if people download instead of buying we can´t cover our costs. Then the
bands can´t go in a nice studio to get the sound that they want, they
can´t have a cool looking cover, because we can´t afford it. You decide.
I don´t get it anyway. What´s so cool about having the music coming out
of a dull computer ? Or a copysheet of the cover ? It was bad enough when
they changed from LP to CD, it lost some of the feeling of possession
and ownership back then. But this....is 666 times worse. It´s tight for
those who are the small in the bigger picture and it´s shortminded to
make things even tougher for them. CD-R and cassettes is the same. If
you like the goddamn thing, then buy it. Support what you like, don´t
mess it up. MP-3 and it´s likes will never affect the big ones in a way
that will force them into re-considering their right of existence , but
in the long term it will for the smaller ones. Will the small labels and
band, representatives of extreme art continue to release music if none
will pay for it ? Satyricon would still make music for ourselves, but
you wouldn´t get a copy. I wouldn´t know where to find you. Moonfog of
course could never exist on a non-profitable basis. We have to pay
salary´s
and production costs regularly and with you downloading from your local
dealer on the internet, there is no basis for us to exist. Even metal
magazines. If everybody uses the internet to download music and read about
it there, why do we need magazines ? It´s way more feeling to hold the
magazine in your hand instead of scrolling that thing up and down on your
monitor. When I use the word feeling, I demand that you understand, unless
you´re a stranger of me. A bepimpled(I made that word!) monster from the
planet computernerd.


It is for the benefit of the fans, the musicians and the recordlabels
that we stand behind the things we like and wish to see more of. If you
like the music, buy it.


On behalf of the thinking musician
Satyr from Satyricon


Знаете, кто это написал? Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven из
блек-метал группы Satyricon это написал. Сатирикон
возник в "гребешке" второй БМ-волны, Той-Самой. Вонгравен
в 1994 году организовал издательство Moonfog Prod.,
на котором впоследствии вышла половина дискографии
Darkthronе а также альбомы горстки групп примерно
того же призыва. Вонгравен появлялся на дисках Дарктрона,
и наоборот. Тру и андерграунд. Труее некуда.

Очень похоже на морально ориентированных охранителей
отечественного производства (написание слова "бог"
с заглавной буквы в газете под названием "Советская
Россия" тоже маленько изумительно).

Интересно, кстати, что проливатель крокодиловых слез
по тяжелой артистьей судьбине получил контракт на
издание своего альбома от крупного мейнстримового
издательства (Capitol Records, где издавался, например,
Duran Duran) раньше, чем кто-либо в "блек метале".
Раньше, чем Cradle of Filth, обвинение которых в
"продажности" является признаком хорошего тона в
субкультуре.

А мораль здесь такая: никакого "блек-метала" нет.

Существующая ветвь индустрии звукозаписи
занимается выпуском артефактов, внешняя сторона которых
либо призвана напоминать слушателю о hey-day,
раз за разом перекраивая фактуру из одних и тех же приемов
и художественных клише (отсюда кстати, и неизменные и
необходимые отсылки к канонизированным персонажам -- 80%
рецензий содержат строку о том, что музыка написана "в
духе Бурзум/Дактрон/Мейхем"), либо сделать моный гламурный
продук для любителей "червоточинки", черного лака для ногтей
и модных дискотек (новый альбом Сатирикона относится
ко второй категории, поскольку наполовину состоит
из танцевальной музыки). То есть, в принципе говоря,
блек-метал последние лет десять есть очередная форма
бритни-спирс и "классического рока", поскольку развивается
по тем же законам, использует те же механизмы производтсва
мовых артефактов, а вовлеченные в процесс существуют
и взаимодействуют с окружающим миром абсолютно тем же
способом. Иными словами, не существует опыта, посредством
которого мы могли бы отличить первых от вторых и третих.

Всю эту лабуду нужно забыть.