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Muthspiel and Blade
For anyone interested in checking out some great music, I can only recommend listening to the work of Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel. I have included an amazing session he recorded with Brian Blade below, followed by a Spotify link for … Continue reading
MediaFuturist: Open letter to Lord Mandelson: here is how to solve the Internet Music Problem – Legalize It!
Open Letter to Lord Mandelson, First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills (UK) The Digital Music License (DML) – why and how a new public license for the legal consumption of music on the Internet … Continue reading
The Barriers of Music Consumption: Past & Present – hypebot
There was a time when songs were songs. When there were the albums that you owned and those that you did not. When there was a distinct difference between the music that you liked and the artists that you didn’t … Continue reading
Dickie’s Such An Asshole:Slideshare Files
For those of you that are interested, here are the powerpoint slides of the presentation of Zappa that I am giving at Bristol University at the end of April. See me previous post for a podcast of the entire presentation … Continue reading
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Dickie’s Such An Asshole: Frank Zappa Popular Music And Politics
Here is a visual podcast of the paper I am giving in Bristol later this month. It concerns Zappa’s relationship with Politics, and although it has the occasional mispronunciation – it is hopefully of interest. It is essentially a amended … Continue reading
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Roland Music AcademyLaunch in 2008
Two years ago, the ‘Roland Music Academy’s’ launch took place at the ATRiuM in Cardiff. It was a great event, so here are some pictures of the day, most which document Roland Founder Mr Kakahashi’s professorship.
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Sharkey calls for musical backing from ministers | Business | The Guardian
Britain has the chance to leapfrog America as the world’s biggest music producer over the next decade, but it needs government help to realise this ambition, according to UK Music, the umbrella group which represents UK labels, artists and managers. … Continue reading
Record industry: ignore that French piracy study!
Here is an interesting but alarming post regarding the impact that the Digital Economy Bill could have on piracy. The French seem to be at a similar stage – but the ‘three strikes and out’ proposal looks like it is … Continue reading
Pat Metheny – Post 3
I am considering writing an academic paper on the Metheny Orchestration concept for a music technology conference in the UK. Here is a range of links that I still need to explore myself – but interesting information. http://www.eqmag.com/article/number-5-alive/April-2010/110739 http://www.eqmag.com/default.aspx http://www.keijzerfotografie.nl/item-x.php?itemId=222076 … Continue reading
Pat Metheny – Part Two
My last post on Pat Metheny has made me think about a book chapter I had published recently on the impact of jazz guitarists on the Jazz canon. Out of all electric guitarists, I would suggest that Metheny has done … Continue reading
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