Members Anderton Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 It's January 1st, so let 'er rip! 1. People won't use phones to download stuff because phone companies are going to price things all wrong. Then some company will pull an "Apple iTunes" sort of paradigm shift and blow things wide open in 2008. 2. The reason why CDs aren't selling isn't just uninteresting music, it's big-screen TVs -- the "stereo system" of the 21st century. The average consumer doesn't want just audio when they can get audio+video. Cathode-ray based video screens will become the consumer equivalent of tube power amps. 3. The big musical item of 2007 will be the electric guitar. 4. Computer-based recording will be so unpredictable because of Apple throwing curveballs with the Intel stuff and Microsoft introducing Vista that many musicians simply won't upgrade anything, and go with what they have. 5. AMD will release a 60 nm architecture dual or quad microprocessor that will push it ahead of the Intel Core 2 Duo. 6. A major software company will sell their host program with a branded computer as a bundle, and guarantee reliable operation. 7. A major hardware company will introduce a DSP box that does all the heavy lifting for a computer-based system, with the computer acting more like a dumb terminal than the center of the universe. 8. EQ magazine will continue to climb back from the abyss. 9. A DJ will re-invent the medium in a way that causes a second wave of DJ-based acts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geoff Grace Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 1) A 40-year anniversary of "The Summer of Love" will be sponsored by Viagra 2) People will unwittingly eat cloned animals 3) Dick Clark will secretly have his brain transplanted into Ryan Seacrest's body 4) A new plug-in will appear that makes everyone's voice sound like Madonna's 5) Atlanta hip hop and Nashville country artists will combine forces to create a hop/western mashup 6) Daleks will try to exterminate Dr. Who (again) 7) President Bush will remake Dion's 1961 classic "The Wanderer" and call it "The Decider" 8) Apple will buy Apogee and officially change its name to "Applegee" 9) Brett Favre will retire ... his old pair of Levis Best, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 Well, it's already the 2nd. I wonder how many of these things have already happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 If the cock cries on the manure, the weather changes - or it remains like it is. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shniggens Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 Originally posted by Angelo Clematide If the cock cries on the manure. Sounds like a metaphor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fendercaster Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 5) Atlanta hip hop and Nashville country artists will combine forces to create a hop/western mashup I thought Big and Rich already did this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amplayer Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 1. People will continue their incessant complaining about music hardware and software.2. Music hardware and software will continue to be buggy and late to promised deadlines.3. The Mac vs. PC wars on HC will get even more heated and continue to draw zero conclusions.4. Pop music will continue to push the boundaries of how much it can be overcompressed, but nobody will care because we don't buy it anyways.5. My personal bank account will get smaller and smaller as my Gear Acquisition Syndrome continues its ascent into the stratosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 If the cock cries on the manure, the weather changes - or it remains like it is. Originally posted by shniggensSounds like a metaphor. That maybe too, but also wisdom based on decades of meteorological obsevation, as can be found in a almanac. Maybe the wisdom got lost in translation. Of course as country lore, it should rhyme... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LIMiT Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 1. the new 80's/rock revival will be followed by hair metal / country fusion. 2. Followed quickly by Nu-grunge -LIMiT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted January 2, 2007 Moderators Share Posted January 2, 2007 Originally posted by LIMiT 1. the new 80's/rock revival will be followed by hair metal / country fusion.2. Followed quickly by Nu-grunge-LIMiT You are probably very right about that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 Originally posted by Anderton It's January 1st, so let 'er rip! 4. Computer-based recording will be so unpredictable because of Apple throwing curveballs with the Intel stuff and Microsoft introducing Vista that many musicians simply won't upgrade anything, and go with what they have. Yeah, there'll be a lot less upgrading than usual.... 6. A major software company will sell their host program with a branded computer as a bundle, and guarantee reliable operation. You know something we don't, eh? 7. A major hardware company will introduce a DSP box that does all the heavy lifting for a computer-based system, with the computer acting more like a dumb terminal than the center of the universe. I think that things have been going in this direction (Liquid Mix, etc.), so yeah, that's a likely prediction as well. 8. EQ magazine will continue to climb back from the abyss. Almost a certainty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ViLo Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 Originally posted by Anderton It's January 1st, so let 'er rip! 6. A major software company will sell their host program with a branded computer as a bundle, and guarantee reliable operation. DIGI!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 If I ever get a hover car, it'll be gas-powered and gas will have gone up to $10 a gallon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members where02190 Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 363 days from now, most new music will still be over-protooled autotuned crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 Originally posted by Anderton It's January 1st, so let 'er rip!...[snip]...2. The reason why CDs aren't selling isn't just uninteresting music, it's big-screen TVs -- the "stereo system" of the 21st century. The average consumer doesn't want just audio when they can get audio+video. Cathode-ray based video screens will become the consumer equivalent of tube power amps....[snip] Maybe... but this is one place where, if that's so, the generational AND the cultural divide may be not just deep but coincident. Few if any of my 60's-70's generation contemporaries still in my aquaintence have much of any use for music videos or collecting live performance DVDs -- even though we were absolutely GAGA over music videos in the pre-MTV era. We would jam the gay disco that had installed a videotape and some early big screens so they could show music vids in the late 70s and very early 80s (the bouncing ball had mostly moved on long before MTV opened its doors... but I do remember going over to my pal's mom's house to watch MTV in its very first days. That pretty much killed any interest in vids I had. Not only that but it's my perception that my young hipster friends are not much involved with music vids, either. I almost never hear them talking about music vids. OTOH, it IS increasingly a commonplace among them to go to YouTube to check out a band the first time... so maybe it's simply sinking into place as an accepted part of the music entertainment scene. One thing, though -- almost none of the young hipsters I know even has a TV, let alone a big screen one. But... yeah... on those dark occasions when I've gone to parties hosted by young "normies" I've been THOROUGHLY distressed by the young sheeple sitting around passively watching music vids when they could be dancing, drinking, playing grab-ass and talking about art, literature and movies... I mean that's what MY FRIENDS did when we were young... and not so young... what's wrong with today's kids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 Originally posted by where02190 363 days from now, most new music will still be over-protooled autotuned crap. Nostradamus has nuttin' on you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BLAblablah Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 Originally posted by Geoff Grace 5) Atlanta hip hop and Nashville country artists will combine forces to create a hop/western mashup Originally posted by Fendercaster I thought Big and Rich already did this? Or...Cowboy Troy?Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 1) We will suffer the hottest summer on record. 2) We will have twice as many heat related deaths 3) We will have far more power outages. 4) Fuel prices will push above $4.00 per gallon, making even diesel generators non-viable for emergency power. 5) There will be a hopeful round of testing of diabetes drug cures, but none will be implemented in the U.S.A. 6) There will be at least one major city in riot due to heat/water/power. 7) Ford motor will either go under or merge with either Toyota, Honda, or Kia 8) the iPhone will come out. Few will care unless it runs on Verizon, since the other carriers pretty much suck. 9) Based on the above, acoustic instrumental music will make a comeback as neighborhoods get more social due to no A/C. 10) I will continue to have faith that some day I will be an unbridled optimist. 11) Pat Robertson will keel over violently (i.e. lots of flopping) 12) Iran will continue to do stupid things, and we will continue respond administratively with cowboy bravado. 13) Iraq will turn into a bigger mess than it is. 14) Some jackass will go on Larry King and declare that Barack Obama is the numerical equal of 666. I will still vote for him in 2008 based on current offerings. 15) Rosie O'Donnell will bitch slap the comb-over off of Trump. No one will care. 16) The media will continue to focus on the WRONG thing. (i.e. pics of Hussein vs. Gerald Ford, articles about sports stars when ice shelves are dropping into the ocean. 17) Somalia will escalate unless it is over before the summer comes. 18) LCD displays will start to be replaced by mini-LED based data projectors. Keyboards will be replaced by virtual ones. 19) Solar power installation in homes will triple. 20) EQ magazine will continue to improve, under the sage guidance of C.A. I will donate my butt-fat belt for a fund raising auction. 21) VH tour with Roth will actually be pretty dang good. 22) Mainstream computer users will start /hearing/worrying that the recent Novell/MS deal MIGHT bite them in the butt with some arcane patents fine threat. I will continue to wish a pox upon MS. 23) Computer features will shift to be more about overall performance (bus/hd/power) than raw speed. Changes in architecture will allow consumer level upgrades to 2-4-8-12 processors via plug in modules. Internet user processing clustering will arrive. (think SETI at home, but for YOUR app/need) 24) Everything will start having solar chargers built in (car roofs/backpacks/hats/awnings). Local communities will start dabbling in neighbor hood power companies, frustrating the local 800 lb gorillas not equipped to receive uploaded power. 25) Mitch Gallagher will release an EP of song snippets. And yes, these are all mine, off the top of my head. I am not wired up correctly. R-tard Clairvoyant Idiot Savant might apply. Off for my Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lucky #9 Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 1. American pop culture will continue to fawn over, and promote, young blond girls with big racks, no singing/acting talent, and absolutely nothing upstairs. Can you say, "Britney Spears , yada yada yada..." As in BIMBO. 2. The Mideast will continue its meltdown as so-called religious denominations/sects/movements continue to smote each other in the name of God. I think some people just like to kill. The human race is disgraceful. 3. We will grow closer to the revelation of alien contact. Yes, my friends, don't be surprised. Remember, I orbit the Red Planet and see things others do not. Your government knows. Even the "Great Communicator," Ronald Reagan, knew. (No, I'm not a Republican). 4. Remember the date: Dec. 21, 2012. 5. I will grow a year older...and this saddens me. Where did my youth go? Time knows how to do only one thing well--- speed by. I hope I am a better person by the end of this new year. 6. I will continue to have the recurring, haunting dream that I am allowed to go back to high school to play baseball in my senior year. (My senior season was stolen by an unthinking, moron of a coach). Baseball was my first love. I still love the bitch. 7. I am determined to shed the web of PROCRASTINATION that engulfs me. That is, if I don't put it off 'till tomorrow. May you and yours have a Wonderful Year full of Love and Hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members G Geezer Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 . The reason why CDs aren't selling isn't just uninteresting music, it's big-screen TVs -- the "stereo system" of the 21st century. The average consumer doesn't want just audio when they can get audio+video. Cathode-ray based video screens will become the consumer equivalent of tube power amps. You might be on to something. The last two "Commercial" Cds we bought were"DualDisc"and went directly into the DVD player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Videodrone Posted January 3, 2007 Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 1. I will get richer. 2. I will get stronger. 3. I will get smarter. 4. You will get poorer. 5. You will get weaker. 6. You will get less intelligent. It's already happening isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members meccajay Posted January 4, 2007 Members Share Posted January 4, 2007 Deanmass, um, has god spoken to you? Ugh, um, how will I die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rique Posted January 4, 2007 Members Share Posted January 4, 2007 Originally posted by deanmass 1) We will suffer the hottest summer on record.2) We will have twice as many heat related deaths3) We will have far more power outages.4) Fuel prices will push above $4.00 per gallon, making even diesel generators non-viable for emergency power.6) There will be at least one major city in riot due to heat/water/power. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted January 4, 2007 Moderators Share Posted January 4, 2007 I will ride the wave of Podcasting. Sorry saps everywhere will come to realize that recording their silly thoughts and ramblings is just way too complicated and will contract me to do it for them. Halfway through the year the money flow will be so heavy I'll hire 2 employees to do the actual recording so I won't have to listen to the recorded, vacant rants and raves of my beloved client base. I'll spend my days making trips to the bank instead... I will get very fat. Women will love me. I will remain true to my dear wife though and buy diamonds 'n stuff. I'll add all the premium channels to my cable service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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