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Showing posts with label digital music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digital music. Show all posts
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Adriana Kaegi ... "ooh la la" live
In my chillout podcast episode #45, you heard Adriana Kaegi's sultry "Ooh La La" from her new album, "TAG." Here you can see her perform it live in Manhattan. Listen to that sweet saxophone from Charlie Lagond, too!
ADRIANA live @ Joe's Pub singing "Ooh La La"
ADRIANA live @ Joe's Pub singing "Ooh La La"
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
A little night music
I just finished reading a news story about the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) and a judge's ruling earlier today about "fair use." The case in question: a 29-second YouTube video of a dancing toddler that had a Prince song playing in the background. The record company said it was a copyright violation; the creator of the offending video said it qualified as "fair use."
In this case, the judge ruled in favor of fair use and not the record company. And thank goodness....because at this rate, we might have to start wearing special earplugs to avoid accidentally overhearing music that we didn't pay for...like, from that open car window, for instance.
I like this statement from the court:
"A good faith consideration of whether a particular use is fair use is consistent with the purpose of the statute. Requiring owners to consider fair use will help “ensure that the efficiency of the Internet will continue to improve and that the variety and quality of services on the Internet will expand” without compromising “the movies, music, software and literary works that are the fruit of American creative genius.”
And not just American creative genius, I might add. The issues of copyright are challenging, and that's why my own downtempo music podcasts focus predominantly on artists and labels who offer Creative Commons-licensed music as much as possible...except in a few cases where the musician or the label gives me permission to include their work.
Curious? Check out my latest podcast episode. (There's only a brief voiceover intro followed by 50 minutes of uninterrupted music, then a summary of artists and track names at the end.)
There's a lot of great, independent music out there that's not signed with the big labels, so some of this brouhaha can be avoided altogether....
In this case, the judge ruled in favor of fair use and not the record company. And thank goodness....because at this rate, we might have to start wearing special earplugs to avoid accidentally overhearing music that we didn't pay for...like, from that open car window, for instance.
I like this statement from the court:
"A good faith consideration of whether a particular use is fair use is consistent with the purpose of the statute. Requiring owners to consider fair use will help “ensure that the efficiency of the Internet will continue to improve and that the variety and quality of services on the Internet will expand” without compromising “the movies, music, software and literary works that are the fruit of American creative genius.”
And not just American creative genius, I might add. The issues of copyright are challenging, and that's why my own downtempo music podcasts focus predominantly on artists and labels who offer Creative Commons-licensed music as much as possible...except in a few cases where the musician or the label gives me permission to include their work.
Curious? Check out my latest podcast episode. (There's only a brief voiceover intro followed by 50 minutes of uninterrupted music, then a summary of artists and track names at the end.)
There's a lot of great, independent music out there that's not signed with the big labels, so some of this brouhaha can be avoided altogether....
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Shop now...before it's gone
I just got news last night that one of my favorite online record shops is shutting down at the end of October. Fake Science is a small enterprise that sells a limited selection of downloadable ambient electronic albums for a mere $5 (USD) each. That's nearly free to those of you in Europe and a bargain even if you're in Canada nowadays.
Unfortunately, I guess what was good for us wasn't so great for the founder of Fake Science, and so they're shutting down at the end of this month. Go now — and hurry! — if you'd like to get your hands on some of Ultimae's "Fahrenheit Project" compilation series for a good price, or Rena Jones' "Transmigration," or Adham Shaikh's releases, or a few other goodies. And thank you to Fake Science for being such a great service these past few years.
Unfortunately, I guess what was good for us wasn't so great for the founder of Fake Science, and so they're shutting down at the end of this month. Go now — and hurry! — if you'd like to get your hands on some of Ultimae's "Fahrenheit Project" compilation series for a good price, or Rena Jones' "Transmigration," or Adham Shaikh's releases, or a few other goodies. And thank you to Fake Science for being such a great service these past few years.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Back to bad habits
Well, there's no denying it: I'm definitely back, and back to my old tricks, as well. Today I walked to Amoeba Records to peruse the wares. I know--it's a compulsion. I have plenty of music. But you know how it is when you're into something....it's never enough.
Astonishingly, I don't walk out of Amoeba any more with an armload of CDs. Times have changed. I have a lot of what I want already, and the stuff on my wishlist is largely available only on special order from Europe or by digital download from web-only sellers. And like any record shop -- used or new -- even Amoeba has a lot of what I DON'T want: rack after rack of awful circuit-music CDs with ugly 3D cover art on them, and a seemingly endless supply of chillout compilations from 2001 with basically the same tracks on all of them but different bimbos on the cover.
Well, OK....I did buy three CDs. But I went in with a wishlist, and the chances of finding any of them was pretty remote. I guess I just couldn't leave empty-handed.
Astonishingly, I don't walk out of Amoeba any more with an armload of CDs. Times have changed. I have a lot of what I want already, and the stuff on my wishlist is largely available only on special order from Europe or by digital download from web-only sellers. And like any record shop -- used or new -- even Amoeba has a lot of what I DON'T want: rack after rack of awful circuit-music CDs with ugly 3D cover art on them, and a seemingly endless supply of chillout compilations from 2001 with basically the same tracks on all of them but different bimbos on the cover.
Well, OK....I did buy three CDs. But I went in with a wishlist, and the chances of finding any of them was pretty remote. I guess I just couldn't leave empty-handed.
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