Andrew Mason's album "Hardly Workin'" now available • Hacker News Board

The music isn't actually bad. It is much better than I expected from some of the 'hating'. Production wise, it's stellar. He can sing well in the rock/pop style.

Is this Zepplin, Pink Floyd or Beatles? No but it's not trying to be. Would I want to buy it and listen to it? No, but I'm not in the target market and this music style bores me but musically, I cannot fault it.

Re: Andrew Mason's album "Hardly Workin'" now available

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Post by swatkat7 » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 7:17 AM UTC

I can understand his reasons behind taking a break from all this and understandably so. However bad it turns out, this is the kind of behaviour we should be promoting. The 'bounce-back-ability', if I may, is what makes being an entrepreneur worth all the blood, sweat and tears.

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Post by swatkat7 » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 7:17 AM UTC

pshin45 wrote: post #42

Reminds me a lot of this classic scene from the TV show "Arrested Development": http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xinzdo_it-ain-t-easy-being-...

Haha. It does.

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Post by return0 » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 7:22 AM UTC

Why not bandcamp + "name your price"?

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Post by lukeh » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 7:32 AM UTC

Wow, Jim Allchin, that is pretty funny. Who would have thought?

(Here's a shameless plug for my new record, FWIW. http://music.lukehoward.com. I have also worked as a coffee-making intern in a studio. And written some software. Perhaps this isn't that uncommon...)

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Post by roskilli » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 7:41 AM UTC

samstave wrote: post #22

alxbrun wrote: post #18

Given the average level of morale and motivation of Groupon's employees right now, I'm not sure why I would want to follow Mason's advice...

Any latest news on their current average morale? I mean, many people were balking at groupon as much as two years ago... How are people still wanting to work there?

They do pay their employees you know ;)

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Post by digitalengineer » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 8:27 AM UTC

samstave wrote: post #25

sinak wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Okay, so what's your favorite track? "Risin' Above the Pack" and K.I.S.S stand out for me so far. (I love this kind of eccentricity.)

Sorry, I fat-fingered my upvote from my phone and accidentally downvoted you. :(

This happens all to often. Off topic but isn't it time for a better ux for this site? A little bit of space between up/down, a mobile view? I use http://cheeaun.github.com/hackerweb/ and it's great but not for voting...

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Post by yuhong » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 8:29 AM UTC

alxbrun wrote: post #18

Given the average level of morale and motivation of Groupon's employees right now, I'm not sure why I would want to follow Mason's advice...

How many actually think it is Mason's fault?