pirates of the world unite!

Posted on July 12, 2007

check this out:

[google -166095432964105847 Good Copy, Bad Copy]

my thoughts on the matter? I’m wary of the “universal license” or the “blanket license” that so many of the pro-downloading industry-type people seem to advocate because, as an independent artist whose music is distributed over the internet, people would be forced to pay the record companies that i hate for the right to download my music and I would never see a penny of that money unless i came to some sort of arrangement with the record companies – something i have no desire to do. Frankly, i don’t want to be selling my music at all, I want to abolish capitalism.  I ask people who enjoy my music to support it financially because I’m fucking poor, I need money to pay my rent, and it costs me money to make the music in the first place.  Not like I’m making much money off it, I get maybe one donation for every thousand or so downloads, but at least no one can accuse me of “selling out” or losing sight of why I started making music in the first place…

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work

Posted on July 12, 2007

well it’s been almost 2 months since i graduated and I’m still functionally unemployed, despite the occasional design job.  the good news is that’s left me with plenty of time to write and to work on booking shows for my band, the bad news is….  well let’s just say my finances aren’t what they could be.  bleh, such is life.  I’ll find something soon, I swore after quitting Forests Forever that I’d never do another Canvassing job, but it’s looking like my poli sci degree is really just that worthless.  at least the pay is better then flipping burgers….

In the meantime, I’ve had plenty of time to browse around the internet, here’s my latest find, a series of de-motivational posters that made me laugh out loud.  enjoy!

creative commons music is spreading

Posted on July 10, 2007

6 years ago when i decided to release my first album free over the internet on the creative commons license most people thought i was nuts. Today not only is it much more accepted for artists to do what i did (and am still doing), it’s becoming more and more common. My new find for the week is Lunar, a guy from New Zealand who’s released his new album Hybrid Awaken on the same creative commons license i use and who has some serious chops. Ya’ll should check him out.

And, of course, if you haven’t heard Tim Fite’s Over the Counter Culture (free to download off his website) you should check that out as well. it’s good stuff.

As for me and my music, I’m going back in the studio with my band this saturday and next tuesday. Big ups to the folks over at Expressions for hooking us up. We’ll be recording 5 new songs. From there it’s just a matter of getting the melody (banjo and fiddle) parts recorded in on the stuff we recorded before John and Jeremy joined the band and getting everything mixed down. So it’ll be a while yet but we’re making steady progress. To compensate for the unusually long wait since my last album this one will be packed solid- 19 tracks so far and counting.

Also – I’ve got the online store on this site working (finally) and have buttons, cd’s, and super-high quality mp3’s for sale. I’ll be adding stickers next week and hopefully T-shirts soon after. Any money made off the store will go towards covering mixdown and mastering costs for the new album so please show your support.