Graham English
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Death by risk-aversion:
I definitely needed this reminder today. It’s worth the read.
Got this message on my voicemail and I’m not quite sure what to tell her. You decide…
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to syndicate or subscribe to the feed of a website, blog or almost any media content online (not just articles, it can be music, video or almost any digital media). So instead of having to go visit each and every website to read the latest content, you can use [...]
Arctic Monkeys make chart history:
Arctic Monkeys sell more than 360,000 copies of their album, making it the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history.
The Arctic Monkeys first built a loyal following on the Internet.
From Boing Boing: Can DRM be future-proof?:
Princeton’s Ed Felten and Alex Halderman continue to pre-publish sections from a major paper on the lessons to be learned from the Sony DRM debacle, in which it was discovered that the music label had deliberately infected its customers’ computers with malicious software that spied on them, destabilized their [...]
I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don’t do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.
– Michael Jordan, basketball player
About this time last week (yeah, I know. Not much of a friday night. I had a cold) I uploaded my music to the Podshow Podcast Network. It took about me 10 minutes.
By Monday, I was published on Grok Radio (Episode 9). Thanks Doug and Susan.
Yesterday I was published in the Netherlands on [...]
Google in China:
Filtering our search results clearly compromises our mission. Failing to offer Google search at all to a fifth of the world’s population, however, does so far more severely.
Our launch of google.cn, though filtered, is a necessary first step toward achieving a productive presence in a rapidly changing country that will be one of [...]
Here’s a great continuing series about digital pricing.
The Digital Pricing Conundrum, Part 1
The Digital Pricing Conundrum, Part 2
Part 3 is coming soon. I’ll keep you posted.
Update: Part 3 is here
Canadian music-management giant defends file-sharer from RIAA:
“Litigation is not ‘artist development.’ Litigation is a deterrent to creativity and passion and it is hurting the business I love,” insists McBride. “The current actions of the RIAA are not in my artists’ best interests.”
Great point. So refreshing to see people speak out that “get it.”
Loading ...An excellent read detailing 30 ways to be more creative! My favorite is number 11. Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds altogether. read more.
Why almost everyone is completely wrong about what makes a good song title… and why this is a tremendous advantage for anyone who knows the secrets.
Most people – and shamefully, most so-called experts in songwriting – wouldn’t know a good song title if it bit them on the ass. The fact is, there is more [...]
30 of the latest FREE Music Making VST’s, Plugins, Instruments, Filters, Effects, Trackers, Sequencers & more. Sweet! read more.
The Recording Academy and MusicCares Honor James Taylor:
The Recording Academy announced today that mulit-Grammy winning singer and songwriter James Taylor will be honored as the 2006 MusiCares Person of the Year at a ceremony on February 6. Held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the evening will celebrate Taylor and his musical achievements as [...]
A web-based record label management application that takes a lot of what used to be done on paper and through filemaker, puts it on the web and allows record label employees to stay in touch with everything a record label is doing during the entire process. URL: Music Arsenal.
Why Boycott? The RIAA is a professional lobby organization of recording labels of which five labels control 90% of the music distributed in the US. In 1999 these so called “protectors” of the music industry and musicians released only 2600 CDs.
AP reports that NBC has officially canceled the West Wing. That really bums me out. The West Wing was my favorite show. Tonight’s episode will be bitter-sweet for me.
Arctic Monkeys score second UK chart number one:
LONDON (Reuters) – Sheffield rockers the Arctic Monkeys have scored their second British number one with “When The Sun Goes Down” on its first week on release, the Official UK Charts Company said on Sunday.
What did I tell you?
New RIAA/MPAA “Customary Historic Use” Plan:
Random_Transit writes “Ars Technica is reporting that the EFF has dug up plans by the RIAA/MPAA to stifle the consumer electronics market by replacing it’s “fair use” policy with something called “Customary Historic Use”. This new policy would effectively keep anyone from inventing any new type of media device without [...]
Great Copyright rant from The Head Lemur:
Protecting stuff comes from fear. Believing that someone is out to take it, raises the question of what led you to the conclusion that whatever it is has such a potential for destroying your way of life? And since you have reached this conclusion, where did the idea come [...]
about grahamI'm a songwriter and recording artist who sings, plays keyboards, and explores the vast world of sound hoping to find some magical moments along the way. I'm also a Mac geek.
Epic Jon Stewart: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/conservative-libertarian 7 hrs ago
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