interview link: [URL]http://www.charlierose.com/watch/60468337[/URL]
He talks about his experience at the first Woodstock... and how music is "content" today a "commodity" and how that's damaged what music has historically been and meant up until now. Pretty interesting.
this guy is cool as hell. he's the man behind this: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_(digital_music_service"]Pono (digital music service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL])
[COLOR=#dda0dd][B]Pono - [/B][FONT=sans-serif]is a proposed music download-service and dedicated music player focusing on "high-quality" recorded audio.[/FONT][/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_(digital_music_service)#cite_note-arthur-1"][COLOR=#dda0dd][1][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_(digital_music_service)#cite_note-2"][COLOR=#dda0dd][2][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][COLOR=#dda0dd][FONT=sans-serif] Under development by musician [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young"][COLOR=#dda0dd]Neil Young[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#dda0dd][FONT=sans-serif] and his company [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PonoMusic"][COLOR=#dda0dd]PonoMusic[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#dda0dd][FONT=sans-serif], it is slated for launch in October 2014.[/FONT][/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_(digital_music_service)#cite_note-spin0314-3"][COLOR=#dda0dd][3][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#dda0dd]Pono's stated aims—to present songs "as they first sound during studio recording sessions", using "[/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-resolution_audio"][COLOR=#dda0dd]high-resolution[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#dda0dd]" [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_bit_depth"][COLOR=#dda0dd]24-bit 192kHz[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#dda0dd] audio instead of "the compressed audio inferiority that [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3"][COLOR=#dda0dd]MP3s[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#dda0dd] offer"[/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_(digital_music_service)#cite_note-Flanary-4"][COLOR=#dda0dd][4][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_(digital_music_service)#cite_note-5"][COLOR=#dda0dd][5][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][COLOR=#dda0dd]—have received mixed reaction, with some commentators describing Pono as a possible competitor to similarly-aimed music services such as [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDtracks"][COLOR=#dda0dd]HDtracks[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#dda0dd],[/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_(digital_music_service)#cite_note-forbes0314-6"][COLOR=#dda0dd][6][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][COLOR=#dda0dd] but others doubting its potential for success.[/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_(digital_music_service)#cite_note-Shankland-7"][COLOR=#dda0dd][7][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_(digital_music_service)#cite_note-Wolverton-8"][COLOR=#dda0dd][8][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_(digital_music_service)#cite_note-Aguilar-9"][COLOR=#dda0dd][9][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_(digital_music_service)#cite_note-arthur-1"][COLOR=#dda0dd][1][/COLOR][/URL][/SUP][/FONT][COLOR=#dda0dd] [FONT=sans-serif]The name derives from [/FONT][/COLOR][I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono"][COLOR=#dda0dd]pono[/COLOR][/URL][/I][COLOR=#dda0dd][FONT=sans-serif], a [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_language"][COLOR=#dda0dd]Hawaiian[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#dda0dd][FONT=sans-serif] word for "righteousness".[/FONT][/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_(digital_music_service)#cite_note-geek-10"][COLOR=#dda0dd][10][/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#dda0dd] [/COLOR][/SUP][COLOR=#dda0dd]
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