Paul McGuinness is at it again

Yeah, way to go Paul you big #%^$ing @%$hole
No way is this man the least bit concerned about the artists. The sooner musicians break free of their corporate bosses the better.
This guy should just shut the hell up.

A Very Bad and Desperate Idea

Music industry fools run around around like headless chickens
or something like that...

If the record companies receive this tithe from the ISPs there is little hope of it ever reaching the artists (as recently proven by the news that the millions in damages won by the RIAA have not been disbursed to artists in any significant amounts). This is yet another desperate bid by the big 4 to shore up their failing profits and to forestall the collapse of their antiquated business model. As I've said before, the record companies need to break apart their various departments and go independent if they wish to survive in business.

To be remotely fair, the record companies would need to agree to some kind of no contest clause - so that regardless of what music content is shared online they would not attempt to interfere in any way with the natural order of P2P file sharing. They should be legally required to take the undeserved pound of flesh and shut the hell up.

Judging by this report and several others in the recent past, these talking heads know very little about anything and their primary role is to protect failing businesses by curbing progress and creativity. The welfare of the artists is not a significant consideration in any of these discussions or proposals.

It is reassuring to know how desperate they really are and that it is now and ever will be safe to download freely with roughly a 0.000488% chance of being shaken down by the so called 'content providers'. One day, we will all look back at this time and laugh, grimly, because there is little chance that human stupidity is on the wane...

Amen

Crazy mixed-up NBC...why I oughta...

They don't really know what they are doing, do they?

ACEtone Studio's Greatest hits for Jan 2008

...thought this might be of interest:
If I had a dollar, or 50 cents or even a dime for every download, I'd very be nicely supplementing the income from the day job and no longer struggling from paycheck to paycheck. And I'd be able to pay off a heap of debt. But you see, the thing is, most of the people, whoever they are, who downloaded the music most likely wouldn't have done so if there was the added hassle and expense of going through the process of paying for it. So, say I stop making 'The Dub Canon' for example available for free - I suspect it would no longer be heard by any new pairs of ears. Or at least very few.
To the people who downloaded the tracks, I heartily thank you and encourage you to keep on doing it. But if you can get around to it some time, please do buy a track every once in a while! And tell others...pass on the links...

I think this is a tiny thumbnail illustration of where the major record companies have it completely wrong. They haven't really lost anywhere near the number of sales they say they have due to 'illegal' filesharing. Again, they have misunderstood human nature, misinterpreted the art form and then gone on to insult and degrade their potential customers by bringing baseless lawsuits against them, extorting exorbitant settlement fees from individuals where no legal decision has even been reached and generally pissing off any sane minded lover of music.

I wouldn't give the majors a penny of my money now. They have nothing of value to offer. However, I do encourage supporting the little man, the small labels, the true independents - people who respect musicians and do not insist on business speak 101 such as calling musicians 'content providers'. Should we be selling music by quantity, or weight? When music becomes measurable it ceases to become music. You can say, well it's all mathematics really isn't it? But that notion in my view always misses the point. How mathematically inclined are you when you are being transported to another place and time whether playing or listening? It takes a certain kind of intellect and personality to find advanced mathematics transcendent, uplifting, inspiring etc.

When I'm working on a recording, I know that the timing/arrangement/note placement of the piece may be a sort of mathematical timeline/grid but this consciousness is buried beneath deep layers of expression and emotion/passion, neither of which are as yet quantifiable in mathematical terms...to the best of my knowledge anyway...

It has never been about money for me, maybe I'm a musical fool...
But is indeed gratifying to see some ACEtone productions being so popular with the barest minimum of promotion. The top three on this list were jammed live at 6/8 Studio and dub mixed back at ACEtone. The musicians I played with on these tracks are just some of the best coolest people I know. And if you find yourself listening to these tracks, remember that we were jammin' - no prior rehearsal involved. Sometimes it's the best way to make music.

Underground Roots is all ACEtone recorded and not bad at all. Nice to know it is getting out there a bit...

Enjoy free music. Pay for it if you think it is worth it...
I'll tell you what, pay for my music, then I'll be able to pay for music (to listen to) ; )