Archive for the ‘Open Music’ Category
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
In my past interviews with Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan, they mentioned a rework of their fantastic book, "The Indie Band Survival Guide". The new edition would allow them to expand on their research and would be targeted primarily at musicians in Europe. That book, "The DIY Music ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
An industry group, The MCP-PRS Alliance, representing primarily songwriters, publishers and composers, in conjunction with online measurement company, Big Champagne, has released a study that strongly suggests the cost of piracy is well worth the opportunities for success afforded by embracing online downloads and pay-what-you-will pricing models.
Reader Kevin Crosby sent ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
I'm sure you've heard of this by now... but have you heard it yet?
I've been listening to the FLAC version since Monday. &All I could possibly say is wow! . . . no *uberWow*.
'theslip' is nine inch nails latest album. But unlike 'Ghost[1-4]' nin's last four digital albums, ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Just to make sure I haven't confused anyone no there is no DRM on the music at opsound. &Yeah you're prolly thinking: okay this is prolly a bunch of hippy crap or looped-samples. Well you could prolly find it there, I haven't yet. Instead its inspired my current, &now entire, ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
If you're like me and are unable to attend South by Southwest (wah), the following information might be of use to you - Jason writes to tell us that Wired reports you can Download SXSW 2008 Showcase Bands in One Big Torrent File - check out all the bands that ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
It looks like every aspect of this album was experimental, what started as an EP ended up as four volumes totaling 36 tracks.
Eyes were closed, hands played instruments and it began. Within a matter of days it became clear we were on to something, and a lot of material began ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
I wrote last week about KODA, the Danish royalty collecting society, allowing Tone and her label, Urlyd, to release her new album, Small Arm of Sea, under a CC license without having to forego royalty collection for radio play. Traditionally, collecting societies have refused to collect for works artists ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
I saw this on Boing Boing last week and discussed it on my last podcast.
In book publishing, there are many examples of CC works being licensed commercially without conflict, though there is much discussion about what type of author this benefits most, newer ones or established. The article claims ...
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Funny musicians (filk, parody, satire, etc) have long seen the Internet as a way to distribute their music to gain a larger following, and as a longtime fan of "Weird Al", I've been expanding my knowledge of several musicians through open media.
Favorites: Throwing Toasters- Grant Baciocco's band (podcast fans ...
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