Originally Posted By: Gordon Scott
The first thing I should say is that if someone has gone to the time and effort to make a video,
I should at least watch it whilst I listen to the music.

This kind of comment is sliding over into ethics, which I find interesting but unfortunate. It's as if I have some kind of contractual obligation to watch a video because you made it, the watching being payment for the service of creation. It's as if I were at a holiday get-together and Aunt Matilda brought her special fruitcake and everyone has to try it because she baked it herself.

I'd rather not turn the listener's role into one laden with obligations like that. I listen (or watch) to experience the art, not because I owe the artist anything.

Last edited by Mark Hayes; 03/29/22 04:52 AM.