Curious branding decisions, me dept
Of all contributors to the 60×60 Buzz Compilation, which you should download, I am the only one not credited under a pseudonym. I am still trying to figure out the deep insight this fact reveals about either me or the Buzz community, but I’m sure it’s there.
July 9th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Hmmm. Artists names in electronic music are mostly pseudonyms. Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Technical Itch, you name it, it’s probably fake.
To make things even worse, Buzz users are mainly geeks which have some foot somewhere in geek culture such as demo groups, gaming clans or hacking. All of these are also known to be using aliases extensively.
So I guess there lies the answer. We’re just used to it.
And if someone recognizes a copyrighted sample they’ll have a harder time suing us.
July 9th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Well, the real issue is, I do have a handle from my demo scene days, but now that I’m a grown-ass man, I think it’s really, really stupid.
July 9th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I should say: I don’t think *having* a handle is really, really stupid, just the particular one that I had.