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If you heart something, does it mean you agree? Blink once for yes, twice for no.
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Iām not a music instrument sales exec but not sure that COVIDās had the affect youāre attributing to it.
Anecdotally, all the music stores I buy from (in Australia and overseas) have had one of their best years because most of the people who represent their core repeat business (i.e. music hobbyists with a bit of disposable income) have been stuck at home for various extended periods over the past 18 months.
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FYI you can quite easily find business info on āElektron Music Machines MAV ABā with a search online.
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I hope Iām not wrong but I think you are all freaking out over nothing. I canāt think of a single company in music thatās figured out software services and recurring revenue for physical devices.
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Yeah I think that to go from a predominantly hardware product lineup to a predominately SAAS company is a big leap, unlikely to have any appeal to investors or consumers.
After all a large percentage of Elektron users donāt primarily use computers for music making, and a large percentage of those that use computers for music have little interest in Elektron products, of course there are those that do both but I suspect those are the smallest segment of the 3.
Also AFAICS Elektron are amongst the most well regarded hardware sequencer manufacturers, a reputation built over years, to not see the āUSPā in that would be pretty unlikely.
Most likely is a Roland Cloud type thing I think.
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He does seem quite competent. With a background in media and arts, he seems like a good fit. And the business experience can probably be used to keep Elektron profitable, and able to exist for a long time while taking care of and support all the users.
/thomas
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I posted it for purely information sake. I donāt have a comment either way. Weāll only know for sure when the next unique product is released.
He clearly has a lot of experience. But with how everything is going down, it just doesnāt seem to be in the way old Elektron heads are on board with.
Seems to be the case.
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@xidnpnlss didnāt express anything more than just posting to LinkedIn. I myself reacted to this based on my own professional experience of this man.
But each to their own, right?
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Got any tea to spill?
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Beans.
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Talk about sharp turns. What are we talking about?
Speaking to me in the voice of Mr Gordon Gecko.
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Beans
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OK, iāll participate this paranoia festival remembering what happened to E-Mu.
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Oh right.
Iām particular to black māself.
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