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What's a record?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:55:56 -0500

Student: “What are those in the black cases?”
Me: “They’re records. Have you seen a record player before?”
Another student: “No, those are something they used in the olden days.”

All of my students were born in the current millenium, so I wonder how many of them have seen cassette tapes before. I’ve mostly used my iPod, which is an amazing tool for elementary general music classes! But now they’re begging me to hear what a record sounds like…

10 things indie musicians do that make people hate indie

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:50:47 -0500

10 things indie musicians do that make people hate indie:

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I like the pre-amble. But the top #1 thing I hate about top 10 lists is when they consist of so much metaphor and snark I don’t even know what I just read.

I agree with passion that bad signing and poor musicianship is not indie or artistic - it’s just sucking.

I think there could be some better point made, but hey thanks for sharing.

(via thegrasshopperunit) Fender Mustang Also called a...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:27:11 -0400

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Fender Mustang

Also called a ‘Tang.

(via gtmcknight) Seen in NYC

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:02:04 -0400

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Seen in NYC

"My little brother almost bought an album from iTunes the other day because it was too much trouble..."

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:31:50 -0400

“My little brother almost bought an album from iTunes the other day because it was too much trouble to find a pirated version. Why on earth hasn’t the music industry shifted their marketing to how it is more convienent to buy authentic than the “we will sue you for every dime if you don’t”approach”

- (via danielpatricio)

Bankrupting potential customers would be universally panned as moronic if it was a pricing strategy.

Why is it an appropriate response to piracy?

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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:46:03 -0400

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vintage audio museum

"Rap (nor anything else) needs not necessarily be viewed in terms of origins or boundaries, births or..."

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:19:53 -0400

“Rap (nor anything else) needs not necessarily be viewed in terms of origins or boundaries, births or deaths. Genre is a construction whose analytical use is primarily economic in nature. The study of genre is largely the study of marketing.”

- Das Racist’s rebuttal to the SFJ claim about rap being dead.

And this is why Das Racist is my favorite.

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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:07:42 -0400

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shelbot: Subnotebook and Vestax VCM-100 DJing. (Pictured:...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:00:08 -0400

shelbot:

Subnotebook and Vestax VCM-100 DJing. (Pictured: Mimegames | myspace.com/mimegame s)

techno-billy

(via ronenreblogs:nevver) Now. We rock. Telecaster Patent,...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:30:50 -0400

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Now. We rock. Telecaster Patent, 1953

(I wish I never sold my early edition Fender Bullet, originally designed to be a mini-strat, and then later re-purposed as a “starter” guitar.)

(via shelbot) “Swedish Columbia masters. I still can’t...

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:32:08 -0400

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“Swedish Columbia masters. I still can’t believe I need to send a CD-R to a digital distribution… very 90s.”

Google Moves In on Online Music

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:40:30 -0400

Google Moves In on Online Music:

lorenrochelle:

Google is getting into the online music business. TechCrunch has learned that the search giant will partner with iLike and LaLa to integrate clips into its search engine.

-Interesting.

intweetion: Vintage Ads

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:34:42 -0400

intweetion:

Vintage Ads

GuitarCardio.com

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:11:53 -0400

GuitarCardio.com:

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Judge: ringtones aren't performances, so no royalties

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:30:59 -0400

Judge: ringtones aren't performances, so no royalties:

infoneernet:

If you have been blessing everyone around you with cell phone “performances” of Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies,” rest assured that your cell phone provider won’t have to pay royalties on it. A federal court has ruled that ringtones played aloud in public are not infringing on the content owners’ copyrights because they don’t constitute a true performance. (In other news, children are still allowed to sing songs without paying royalties.)

Joking aside (actually, that’s less of a joke than you might think), the ringtone argument was made by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) earlier this year when it sued certain mobile carriers in the US in an attempt to force them to fork over royalties every time a customer’s ringtone is played. Even though the carriers were already paying for download rights to the songs, ASCAP argued that each ring was a “performance” and therefore those download payments weren’t enough.

Seen at ars technica

IMO: Like crabs in a bucket, I would like to see an overall shift in attitude that the public is wanting - more open more free, artists and labels get paid - but music is a gift to us all, you cannot grasp a rainbow. Would I be so bold to predict that the industries that reflect this peacful value will thrive? Or will it be like Jack Black’s character Dewey Finn said:

- The Man.

Oh, you don't know The Man ?

Well, he's everywhere.

In the White House, down the hall. Miss Mullins, she's The Man.

And The Man ruined the ozone, and he's burning down the Amazon,

and he kidnapped Shamu and put her in a chlorine tank.

There used to be a way to stick it to The Man. It was called rock 'n' roll.

But guess what. Oh, no.

The Man ruined that too with a little thing called MTV !

So don't waste your time

trying to make anything cool or pure or awesome.

The Man's just gonna call you a fat, washed-up loser and crush your soul.

So do yourselves a favor and just give up !

gtmcknight: RSVP to the PureVolume House now.

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:22:54 -0400

gtmcknight:

RSVP to the PureVolume House now.

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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:27:32 -0400

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"German anti-piracy firm DigiRights Solutions has published a presentation outlining the money it can..."

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:24:54 -0400

“German anti-piracy firm DigiRights Solutions has published a presentation outlining the money it can make for music rights-holders by pursuing pirates. The company identifies file-sharers of specific tracks and sends them requests for damages of €450 per offence. DRS then keeps 80% of that for “admin”, but gives €90 to the rights-holder. It suggests it can track and pursue 5,000 file-sharers per month per song - and claims 25% of people contacted will pay the fine - meaning one song can make a label €112,500 a month in this way.”

- MusicAlly (via gtmcknight)

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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:42:51 -0400

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modinhas: gamefreaksnz: No. 1 With Bullets? USB Uzi Is Latest...

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:34:34 -0400

modinhas:

gamefreaksnz:

No. 1 With Bullets? USB Uzi Is Latest Killer Album Format

Los Angeles-based rap group Get Busy Committee will offer a new twist on a now-familiar idea by releasing its upcoming album, Uzi Does It, on a USB stick shaped like a submachine gun.

Just think when biotech gets bigger we can release albums inside of small animals.