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For awhile now my mantra in relation to my music has been this: CwF + RtB = Win (Connect with Fans + Reason to Buy = Win.) It's actually tricky trying to figure out ways to implement this and I'm still working at it. Imagine my delight to see that Mike Mesniak (of techdirt and floor64) has a video presentation explaining this and how Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails implements it. Referenced in the above vid is muso Cory Smith, who went from high school teacher to a $4 million income while giving his music away free. You need to read this. There's at least a few other artists who have had great success with this model and I'm kinda sorta toying with it myself. And while you're about it, have a read of The Grand Unified Theory On The Economics Of Free. You may not agree with everything, and I'm not sure I do, but it's food for thought. Hugh MacLeod has quickly become one of my favourite cartoonists (one of the few along with Gary Larson, Gahan Wilson and S. Harris who can make me laugh outloud) and his website, Gaping Void, is Chockfull of Awesome. He's an ex-ad man and he has some interesting things to say about marketing for artists on Web 2.0. I have a lot of thoughts about some of this stuff and will likely put a longish post up about it next weekend. Maybe. If I have net access ... *** Yippee! Division 9, the feature version of Neil Blomkamp's wonderful indie short film, Alive In Joberg, is out soon! Can't wait. I really should post here more often. Oh, shut up.
It occurs to me, as I watch the new Star Trek trailer, that in many ways J.J. Abrams has actually become what a lot of people desperately want to believe Joss Wheddon is: an awesome creator of original, culty TV shows (Alias, Lost, Fringe and yes, even Felicity) and a fun, interesting re-inventor of old concepts (Mission:Impossible III, Cloverfield and Star Trek.)
Okay - back online after 5 weeks away. I know some of you are waiting to hear from me, so please be patient while I get on top of things.
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http://scotsnow.blogspot.com/2009/01/thi The music for the short film got done and we brought it in a day ahead of schedule. Everybody's happy with the results. I guess it will now be released into the wilds of the festival circuit and when I have more news I'll post it. I've created an Eventful account and you can demand me here (and I'll put the widget in the sidebar just as soon as I go grab it.*) I really think this is a brilliant service and just about every performer you care to name is on there. It's a great way for musos to see where they're popular and to figure out tour schedules, and punters get the satisfaction of having helped bring that muso to town. Win/win. Go demand! Cables. You know, I never really gave a lot of thought to cables before, but let me tell you, the Planet Waves circuit breaker cable  I got for Xmas is not only a brilliant idea elegantly implemented (you press a button and it breaks the circuit - duh - and allows you to silently remove it and put it in another guitar, without having to rely on a half sozzled soundman), but it also sounds really good. Better than many other cables I've used. I'll probably be getting a few more of these ... Oh, and the Planet Waves NS capo is also very very nice - much to my surprise, you really can operate it one handed!Still planning to be in Perth, Western Australia in March to celebrate my 40th Birthday with a big gig/album launch. Details to follow. *Unless you're reading this on LJ, which would never allow such a thing. LJ clearly runs on rubber bands and copper pipes.
Possibly, hands down, the writer I enjoyed reading above all others, the great Donald E. Westlake has died, aged 75.
I love Skype. If not for Skype I would surely miss out on some interesting opportunities. Wish me luck. Or, alternatively, send alcohol, lots of alcohol. EDIT: May try and post some rough sketches along with the final cues. See how I go.
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I don't celebrate Ramadan (I'm not Muslim), nor do I celebrate Pesach (I'm not Jewish), nor do I celebrate Diwali (I'm not Hindu or Sikh or Jain), nor do I celebrate any of the spokes of The Wheel of the Year (I'm not Wiccan or NeoPagan.) And I sure as hell do NOT celebrate Xmas. Obviously I have no problems with YOU celebrating, but allow me the right to opt out, okay? Cheers. Having said that, there are several pieces of music associated with this time of year from many ethnic sources that I adore. Last year I did an EP, Solis, which featured some of these pieces and I'm currently uploading them to their new home at Bandcamp. My plan is to add one new piece to the track list each year and as the list of tunes I actually like is fairly finite, I should be done by next Xmas. Ah, but I jest ... Below are links to two I'm particularly fond of: "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentleman", in a jazz quartet arrangement, and an orchestral version of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring": Jazzy Merry Gentlemen Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring The 128k mp3 versions of these are free to download or you can choose your own price for 320k mp3, OGG VORBIS, FLAC and a host of other formats. Enjoy! And to those of you who do celebrate: Feliz Natal, Feliz Navidad, Buon Natale, Joyeux Noël, メリークリスマス, Frohe Weihnachten, С Рождеством, or, you know, whatever ...
Just had some of my music licensed for a video game. I'll be very interested to see how much actually ends up being used.
Just saw the new Star Trek trailer (it's all over YouTube if you can't wait) and it looks both utterly crap AND utterly cool. Or more accurately: it looks utterly corny and utterly cool. It's hard to tell from a 2min trailer, but it looks a little odd to me; like a sort of Star Trek: The Greatest Hits compilation. But then that's exactly what Abram's did with MI:III and the cool stuff there was really cool.
Author Michael Crichton died Tuesday, aged 66, from cancer.
You know you're a guitarist when:
There's more interesting things I could be posting, but I quite enjoyed this meme ... Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test... Non-conformist, Visionary, and Independent23 Abstract, -3 Islamic, -18 Ukiyo-e, 16 Cubist, -18 Impressionist and -31 Renaissance!
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which exists independently of what may appear to others as visual realities. Western had been underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality. It allowed the progressive thinking artists to show a different side to the world around them. By the end of the 19th century many artists felt a need to create a 'new kind of art' which would encompass the fundamental changes taking place in technology, science and philosophy. Abstract artists created art that was diverse and reflected the social and intellectual turmoil in all areas of Western culture. People that chose abstract art as their preferred artform tend to be visionsaries. They see things in the world around them and in people that others may miss because they look beyond what is visual only with the eye. They rely on their inner thoughts and feelings in dealing with the world around them instead of on what they are told they should think and feel. They feel freed from the tendancy to be bound by traditional thought and experiences. They look more toward their own ideas and experiences than what they are told by their religious upbringing or from scientific evidence. They tend to like to prove theories themselves instead of relying on the insight or ideas of others. They are not bound by common and mundane, but like to travel and have new experiences. They value intelligence, but they also enjoy a challenge. They can be rather argumentative when they are being forced or feel as if they are being forced to conform. Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy I wouldn't claim to be a visionary, but most of the other character traits are spot on. post a comment
So, I live in the country now. How do I know this?
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OK, I should have mentioned this here sometime ago - my bad.
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and read "John Lange's" 
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all day, and to gab to like-minded people about it. It's diverting enough I guess, but I'm in no rush to turn it into a full time gig.