Pete Townshend gave the inaugural John Peel Lecture yesterday. I was initially rather surprised by the choice of Townshend. Peel, it seems to me, stood for the fearless exploration of new music and the blurring of the received boundaries between “mainstream” and “alternative”. Townshend was an Angry Young Man once, but has been part of [...]
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Pete Townshend – John Peel lecture
November 1st, 2011 · 5 Comments · Consumer, Music, Music industry
The music industry must die, part 293
October 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music, Music industry
Lily Allen’s contradictory stance on filesharing was just a bit of silliness, but this is really, really stupid. Edwin Collins stopped from sharing his music online (Guardian) Despite astutely retaining the rights to his downright catchy hit “A Girl Like You”, Edwyn has been stopped from sharing the song (HIS song, remember) on his Myspace [...]
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Dan Bull’s musical open letter to Lily
September 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music, Music industry
Oh, and on the subject of my last post, the scandal they’re (oh okay, I’m) now calling Lilygate has developed further. After a major toys-out-of-the-pram moment she’s now made a rather more dignified adjustment to her original stance. Not that we’re really in a position to poke fun; some of the comments have been pretty [...]
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Not so Lily-white now, eh?
September 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Music, Music industry
Poor Lily Allen. Ten days ago, she joined Metallica in the “poacher turned gamekeeper” chapter of pop history when she spoke out, not only against filesharing in general, but also against the Featured Artists Coalition. She’s a bit hazy on factual accuracy in there, but we’ll let that pass for the moment. It’s always funny [...]
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Gibson’s New Coke?
September 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Guitar, Music, Music industry
Back in blogging mode, and I must apologise to non-guitarist readers, as this is a bit guitar-geeky. This month’s big guitar news has been the deal between Gibson and Janie Hendrix, sister of the legendary Jimi, and senior honcho at the Authentic Hendrix, the organisation which takes care of the great man’s work and archives. [...]
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Last.FA
August 1st, 2007 · 7 Comments · Art/Culture, Music industry, Technology
Are you familiar with Audioscrobbler? It’s a little tool that works with your computer’s media player (iTunes, Winamp, etc) and uploads your listening habits to a central website. That way, you can marvel at the number of times you’ve listened to “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”, while also browsing other people’s playlists and finding new things [...]
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More for that wall…
December 11th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Art/Culture, Music, Music industry
Remember I was moaning about Universal Music and their blinkered, litigious greed? Well, how about we move up a level through the music industry hierarchy to that noble umbrella organisation, the Recording Industry Association of America… RIAA Petitions Judges to Lower Artist Royalties (IGN News) Basically, the record companies (who are, according to the RIAA, [...]
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Come the revolution, that wall is going to be very crowded…
November 23rd, 2006 · No Comments · Art/Culture, Music, Music industry
I give you Doug Morris, CEO of Universal Music. For a CEO of a major producer of electronic media, Doug doesn’t seem to be too comfortable with the modern world. First of all, he knows exactly what we’re all doing with our iPods… “These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know [...]
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F’KIN A!
February 18th, 2005 · No Comments · Music, Music industry
Bad news for fans of Beatles songs reinvented as Metallica songs. Beatallica, pioneers, trendsetters and global superstars in this sadly under-represented genre, have been issued with a cease-and-desist order (which you can read in PDF form). And no, it’s *not* from Metallica’s lawyers, surprisingly enough, it’s from Sony/ATV, owners of the Beatles originals. And yes, [...]
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It’s cool to be a control freak
October 21st, 2004 · No Comments · Guitar, Music, Music industry
As you probably know from previous ramblings, I’m very keen on seeing how people find ways to sidestep the mainstream, avoiding the homogenising effects of big business by remaining independent. There’s something so satisfying about seeing someone create a product (whether it’s a guitar, amplifier, CD or piece of software) completely on their own terms. [...]
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