Ron Lindeboom
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[maurice jansen] “i fed him with some old sticky memorex tape.”
Memorex, that will kill anything dead — especially important stuff.
I never found a single taped project that used Memorex that lasted any real time at all.
At one point, in one of the studios I worked in, we had a laser-printed joke poster on the wall that said: Trust your memories to Memorexâ„¢ — yeah, right!?$#@!
I think an argument could be made, Maurice, that you used cruel and inhumane treatment of the prisoner.
Ron Lindeboom
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This should be an article in the library.
Willing, Mark?
🙂
Ron
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[Mark Suszko] “Don’t laugh. One of the lesser-know areas of event videography is covering funerals…”
Yes, I read somewhere that people are just dying to have one made for their family members and friends.
Er…sorry. I couldn’t pass up a bad joke — in absolutely poor taste, no less.
Blame it on my pre-caffeination (which I am in the process of rectifying at the moment).
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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[Nick Griffin] “But what do I know? I’m not a lawyer — just someone repeatedly not playing one here on the COW.”
Yes, but you don’t play one so very well, Nick.
😉
Ron Lindeboom
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[Nick Griffin] “Absolutely correct. You need to convert this from a theoretical discussion into one based on hard cold facts and numbers. Frankly I think the “appropriate time” is at that first meeting.”
YOUNG BUSINESS OPERATORS (or those just starting out) TAKE SPECIAL NOTE:
This is something we do here whenever we give a discount on anything for any reason. We write the invoice at full amount, showing no discounts whatsoever on the line item. Then in the lower portion of the invoice we note the reason for the discount and why we are giving it in the description field of the invoice, giving a credit amount in the far right column that subtracts the discount given. That amount adjusts the balance owed at the bottom of the invoice and one of us signs-off on the discount by initialing the reason and we ask that when they remit payment that they please remit a copy of the invoice that they have initialed for our records.This helps solidify the fact that their now-perceived value is the full amount and not the discounted amount that they would have mentally latched onto had we not taken this extra step.
Discounts are dangerous and you avoid them as much as you can, but when you need to make one for a specific reason that serves your purpose, make sure that you have gotten your client to “take mental ownership” of what the real cost *should* have been — and by initialing it, they now *know* it and admit it.
This is the only way I have ever found to truly be able to “bump up” a client over the years when you give a discount. There has to be a “reason” for it, note it, initial it and make them sign for it, too.
It’s a tiny bit more work but it is something that you will quickly learn to master and benefit from.
Thanks for bringing up the point, Nick.
[Nick Griffin] “Just a few of my thoughts on a hazy morning in Paso Robles California after having dinner with a couple of truly amazing friends.”
What a coincidence! We too (two?) were in Paso Robles last night and went to dinner with friends. Small world, eh?
:o)
Oh, and they too (two?) were amazing.
Have a safe trip home, Nick. And give Deb a hug for us — oh, and keep one for yourself, too.
Ron Lindeboom
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We have been having some maintenance issues today, Mike, and you are not the only one getting issues with the site right now.
Abraham is on the case and we hope to have things back to normal very shortly.
Best,
Ron Lindeboom
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[Jessie David] “I want to ask him something like, ‘So, how do you justify this, and what part of this do you not understand as being wrong?'”
Eewww. Good one, Jessie. ;o)
Although I’d vary it a bit and go straight for the jugular with something akin to: “So, how do you justify this, and what part of this do you not understand as breaking the word that you gave me when you needed my help?”
Ron Lindeboom
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The only hope I can see in this one is to see if your friend who introduced you would be willing to attend the meeting that Todd Terry suggested, as that would be the only thing that would give you any power in this face-to-face situation.
If the person who referred you is willing to go with you to meet with the person they referred you to, then the one who stiffed you is likely to get really uncomfortable fast should the three of you be in the meeting together.
If they won’t go, then I wouldn’t bother asking for a meeting. Instead, I would write an email addressing the history and what was to have been and I would publicly CC your mutual friend on it — so that the guy that changed the rules knows that his trousers are down around his ankles and that his hind-quarters are bared for all to see.
The point? To let the guy that referred you know that he is referring people to a jerk — and the jerk knows he’s been called on it.
Short of that, I can’t think of anything good coming out of this one. But better minds than mine frequent this forum and so I await the verdict of the Body Bovine.
Oh and thank for the kind words, Bob. Coming from you I am highly honored as I think you are one of the smartest minds in the COW.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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What country do you want it assigned to?
Thank you, Bruno.
Ron Lindeboom
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[Franklin McMahon] “…just about any major site where you upload content, especially video, has the same setup..once you upload, the website has the rights to repurpose or do what it wants..even though you still retain the copyright.”
I bumped into this thread just this morning and when I read this, I wanted to make clear that the Creative COW reels section — for those bumping into this thread later — does not demand rights to do whatever it wants with your video. All we want is to host it and you can turn it off anytime you wish.
Oh, and in response to this thread, most music publishers are money- and dream-stealing bastards who are the worst kind of parasite. I have friends whose records have been in continuous worldwide release for decades now and can be bought anywhere. (I am talking major label groups that still enjoy substantial worldwide followings.) When we talked about it, most tell me that they make next to nothing. One told me that even though he is a songwriter and has the obligatory songwriter’s royalty coming to him, he gets a check once a year or so and it is enough to take him and his sons to McDonalds. What a joke. Talk about “cooking the books.” The record companies recouped their monies invested long ago and yet their accountants still assess “development” and “marketing” costs to these bands all these years later. (Wow, “developing” bands that are long gone and that never get an ounce of marketing, eh?)
I am not a huge Prince fan but I love it when he says that the record companies are ten-times the pirates that kids are, any day.
The greatest thing that ever happened to young musicians was the internet. As time goes on and the market redefines itself, only Britney Spears and the endless parade of soundalike clones — can anybody really tell the difference when they hear all of these ‘soundalike chicks’ they roll out one after another? — will care one twit about the record company conglomerate/ClearChannel hegemony.
I can just see Britney, Christina, etc., on their own geezer/nostalgia tours in the future. It ain’t gonna be pretty, not when the make-up meant much more then the music. Now these girls should have been the ones classified as “industrial rock.” ;o)
Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. ;o)
A rather opinionated and still rockin’,
Ron Lindeboom