On Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 02:57 PM, Neil Johnson wrote: >> To keep it related to Logic, I suppose you could begin by making it >> available only via Logic Platinum. > > Please try not to introduce elitism where it is not justified. I wasn't "trying" to eliminate anyone, only thinking about some way Apple/eMagic could have some sort of crass filter for the content they receive rather than having to police/review it, but I struck my idea in favor of a better one in a later post. :) >> That way you at least know those looking to get published are serious >> enough to fork over several hundred dollars in the process (piracy >> aside). > > Or how about someone who has forked out several thousand dollars for > hardware? Apple/eMagic have no way of knowing whether you have tons of hardware or just Logic. Again I was suggesting a "simple" way Apple/eMagic could discern those willing to put their money where their mouth is. Again, that is not to say someone who purchases Logic is necessarily more "serious" than someone who purchases Gold or Silver, but it is probably the only way without going to a great deal of trouble Apple/eMagic can "measure" people's investment in their work. However, as I stated, I struck my idea in favor of a better one suggesting the feature be available to ALL Logic users, registered of course. I suggested there simply be, say, a $20 submission fee for each track, which I actually think would work better because my previous suggestion would allow the user to post unlimited tracks just by purchasing Logic whereas this latter suggestion makes the user think twice about posting (albeit he/she only needs to sell 31 copies to break even) and Apple/eMagic are guaranteed something for their efforts on each track regardless how many are posted or how well they do. >> To be objective about it, the ability to publish direct to >> Apple's music service is worth the price of Logic alone for those who >> are truly serious about Logic. > > Minor semantics issue here: "serious about Logic" does not imply > "serious > about music". I *think* you meant the latter... Yes. You are correct. :) It is nice to see yet another glimpse of the promise of a company which produces both the hardware and the software :) Take care Jesse Widener