With more and more sites like YouTube and Myspace providing a free forum for creatives to display their wares, it makes sense to be wary and read your user agreements. Check out this article from MusicDish.com on the rights that MySpace may be trying to take from the unsigned and unadvised:
Is MySpace Stealing Your Music?
A new urban legend has begun to grace our in-boxes. It goes something like this: MySpace owns everything that is posted on it and if you clicked 'yes' to their user agreement and then posted your pictures or music to your page then you've given up your copyright to that material...
'Britain's unluckiest man' - who has suffered 16 major accidents - is laid up again after falling down a manhole.
John Lyne's misfortunes have included two lightning strikes, a rock-fall in a mine, nearly drowning and three car crashes.
Mr Lyne, 54, of Stainforth, near Doncaster, will be out of action for 32 weeks after his latest mishap, reports the Doncaster Free Press.
The accident damaged his back and injured his left leg and both knees - on top of a lifetime of broken bones.
Mr Lyne says he's not bitter - just glad to be alive.
"Everyone thinks it is just hilarious," he said. "My mates, family and wife Susan just laugh about it.
"I don't think there is any reason or explanation for it though, it has just happened really. I have to particularly be careful on the Friday 13ths, when a few accidents have fallen."
Mr Lyne's mishaps cover a lifetime. As a child, he fell off a horse and cart - only to be run over by a delivery van.
When he was a teenager, he broke his arm falling from a tree. On his way back from hospital, his bus crashed, breaking the same arm in another place. The date was Friday the 13th.
8:08pm - Damn! Carrie Underwood has amazing legs. I am inspired to hit the gym! Did you see Faith Hill's reaction to Underwood winning the Country Music Award a coupla' weeks ago?
8:14pm - Okay, they just ran through all of tonight's nominees and I've never even heard of 5 of them. 5!! I work in the industry, get press releases and news headlines in my inbox daily - there are few names in any genre that I don't at least recognize. 5?? Only one appeared to be country - that's my weakest area of contemporary musical knowledge. 5. This year really needs some superstars - the market is way too diluted.
8:21pm - Um... I'm so sorry to report that Nickelback won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album. It was between them, the Chili Peppers, and High School Musical. Ha! I repeat my final comment from the previous time slot. Have you all heard that recording someone placed online of the two Nickelback songs playing simultaneously, one from each speaker? Dudes, they're the same. ALL their songs are the same! They found a formula and they're sticking with it - and we're giving them awards for it! Sheesh. I mean, yeah, the Chilis sound like they're doing the same thing as ever these days, but at least their songs, if not the era in which each was created/recorded, are distinguishable from one another. At least they're making cool, fun videos. At least they're poetic and creative still, at least to some extent. Nickelback. Puhleeeez.
Ha! I can't find the link to the Nickelback Sucks mp3 - they took it down or something. Shoot! BUT... I found a similar experiement with Linkin Park songs. It's not as good, but same point: All Linkin Park songs are the same! If ayone knows where I can get the Nickelback mp3, please lemme know, 'kay?
8:30pm - Josh Groban. My mom loves him. I half expect her to call and ask if I'm watching right now.
8:41pm - Ally & AJ? One of the "groups" I have never heard of. Whoa! Nelly Furtado is looking frighteninglly like Penelope Cruz, yeah? She has a guy performing with her who appears to have no other job but to go "Be Do Be Doop! Ha ha ha ha! Wicky Wicky!" I could totally do that. I wonder what he's getting paid?
8:53pm - Snow Patrol are going the way of Coldplay. They were pretty awesome when they first came out, but they've become so boring and adult contemporary. What is it about popularity and platinum sales that make bands so boring?
9:03pm - Gwen does Sound of Music! What is it with all the cleopatra-style wigs tonight?
9:11pm - best Pop/Rock band = Red Hot Chili Peppers.
9:25pm - Dixie Chicks. I don't love country music, but I'm so glad to know that not every country hick (it's a joke. calm down! Don't make me go off on you hecklers Michael Richards-style) is an ignorant Bush-lover.
and since I brought it up:
9:36pm - Mmmmmmmm... Dave Grohl. Could he be any hotter? Could Jack Black be any more slobby? And yet, I find myself strangely attracted to him...
9:50pm - awww yeah. Lionel Richie. Please, please, please play something classic... eh, no such luck. Doesn't exactly have me dancing on the ceiling. Oh, wait! Here it is! YESSSSS! All Night Long - just the way I like it!
9:57pm - I don't think Babyface could have been any less enthused about introducing Fallout Boy (Fall Out Boy?). I hate to admit it, but I'm starting to buy into them. I still think their earlier stuff was typical Warped fare - I don't think I missed anything back then. But I do think that unlike many of their peers, they're really starting to develop into a rock band with a little staying power. And they're movin beyond the formulaic post-punk teenage fodder and insincere displays of energy at the wrong points in songs. I give them another 2 albums - one experimental flop followed by a strong, matured comeback - and they'll have me convinced.
But I do really like this one:
10:06pm - Breakthrough Artist: Carrie Underwood. Her fellow nominees: Pussycat Dolls and Chamillionaire. I'd like to know through what these artists broke?
10:08pm - *singing along* life is a hiiiighwaaaaayyyy
10:12pm - okay, I get the whole Ray thing, but why does Jamie Foxx have to act blind every time he sits at a piano?
10:18pm - T•Mobile users like Rascal Flatts best. I'm on Verizon. We like cool artists best. Like the ones I'm gonna celebrate New Years Eve with: The Flaming Lips and Gnarls Barkley! I'm on a mission to be one of the animal people on stage for the Flaming Lips portion of the show. We'll keep you posted how that goes!
10:27pm - ha! Linkin Park are presenting! I'm psychic! The announcer just made some ridiculous comment about them moving into the mainstream... where does he think they've been??
10:36pm - When did John Mayer go from someone my mom would like to someone my dad would like?
10:46pm - Who's Acorn?No clue. But he taught me something very important tonight: rappers like strippers and cash-money. Oh wait... I knew that. But I still don't know who he is.
10:51pm - someone's gonna poke an eye out with these awards.
10:56pm - and... that's it. The end of these shows is always so unrewarding. They start with the big show and end with a guy talking. It's kinda' backwards if you ask me. Give us a big finale! Madonna kissing Brittney, Snoop kissing Jimmy Kimmel, and Fallout Boy (Fall Out Boy?) kissing monkeys! Dave Grohl, Tenacious D, and the Chili Peppers (viz Satellite) as Fergie's backup dancers! YES! Jack Black working the pole. That's how it should end.
All you Bloc Party fans out there, send your well-wishes. Only a couple of dates into thier U.S. tour with Panic! At The Disco, drummer Matt Tong found himself in an Atlanta hospital with a collapsed lung. For the moment it is uncertain whether they will miss only a few dates of the tour or cancel the remainder and head back to the U.K. for some crucial R&R.
The band was touring in anticipation of their second full-length release: A Day In The City. The follow up to their chart topper, Silent Alarm, is expected to release in the U.S. on February 6, 2007.
Hey! Bands is L.A.! Now there's no excuse. I know you're not practicing that much.
from Sam himself:
Hello everyone.
This is a rare occasion in that i am going to review a show we had a week ago with the band Slim Cessna's Auto Club. I'm doing this because we are going to change a major policy at the club because of this show. In life we look for justice, justice for ourselves and hopefully for others. It is a virtue that seems to be in dwindling amounts as time goes on. Certainly if there was more justice in the world, we would not be forcing Iraqis to live by our standards, we would not be forcing our moral standards on our neighbors and even worse we would not be treating our fellow countrymen like enslaved citizenry and in this case if there was justice in hollywood the Slim Cessna's show would have been sold out. There was tremendous anticipation on my part to see this band live because the c.d.'s their label alternative tentacles had sent me were very exciting. The band arrived at about 4 in the afternoon and they actually had smiles on their face and an air of tranquility. Very rare for a touring band. Their sound check was pretty cool but it really wasn't until they took the stage at 11:45 that night that i really got a jist of what was about to happen. 6 guys, drummer, stand up bass, slide guitar, electric guitar and banjo and two vocalists who also would play string instruments at times during their 90 minute set. I continue to try to describe their music but my vocabulary only allows me to say its somewhere in the midst of the violent femmes, a gospel revival meeting and the danger of snake dancing. Their songs tended to speak of the great tradition of Jesus in this country. Not the fundamentalist stripe but the kind of religion that the quakers favor which is non judgemental and non forceful, the religion i have always favored because its where Jesus and Buddha meet for lunch. The music cut an excitable swath of energy through the room and had the 150 people there jumping for the rafters and screeming for more which for those of you who spend time at shows in los angeles is very weird. Usually people have their hands in their pockets and to show excitement means they might be drunk. Not this night. You could take all the energy and passion of weeks and weeks of shows and you still would not have what Slim Cessna's Auto Club did that night. If they ever grace us with another. live set in our fair city you must go.
And so to the policy change i opened with. It is painfully obvious that musicians in los angeles need to get out and see more music and more importantly more types of music. As much as i love indie music and punk music do we really need more of those bands. So i want to start to transpollinate music by giving musicians free entry into the club during most nights. By November 15th we will be giving out The Safari Sams Band Pass, good for 6 months and good for the artist and a guest to come in as long as its not a sold out show. So you guitar players, drummers, vocalists, violinist and other musicians don't be afraid to hear other music and i will give it to you for free and please go see Slim Cessna's Auto Club and save your soul from the daily chores of our lives.
sam
Band Pass Requirements
1. You must be in a band that has played here, will play here or really really wants to play here, but have been unable to get on the calendar as of yet.
2. You must have an active myspace page that has you listed as a band member.
3. You and your guest must be at least 18 or over.
To receive your band pass please e-mail your name, e-mail address, band name and myspace URL to bandpass@safari-sams.com. Band passes will be available for pick up at the club starting November 15th. You will need to have a valid ID showing that you are 18 or over to pick up your band pass. Your pass will be active for 6 months from date of pick up.
This entrance is subject to availability and management’s discretion. This means that if the show might sell out then you would not get in. Also, on nights with outside promotions the pass will not be active. On nights that the pass is active you and your guest must have a valid ID to get in.
To find out if the band pass is active on any given night please check the calendar at www.safari-sams.com, and look for the band pass symbol for the show that you are interested in attending.
“Expose yourself to different music and allow your music to grow”, sam
This information will be posted in a blog as well as on the Safari Sam's website.
Please e-mail all questions or concerns to bandpass@safari-sams.com.
First the Dems take the House, then they appear to be tying in the Senate (thanks to a couple of Indies swinging in favor of the blues), and now Rumsfeld has stepped down! Ding dong, the witch is dead!
Now, two more years people, and we get another crack at fixing what we did with the White House. Twice.
Today the Wall Street Journal gave the thumbs-up to iLike, a new web site that works with iTunes to show you what your friends are listening to, and connects you with other listeners who share your taste.
The catch is that iLike is made by the Hartovi brothers, the folks who brought us GarageBand.com, the web site that allows an unsigned band to put its demos on line, receive ratings from users, and potentially create buzz that will awaken the recording industry to its genius.
How has the GarageBand.com connection shaped iLike? Whenever you play a track on iTunes, iLike generates nine tracks it deems similar to the one you're listening to--five of which are already popular, but four of which are unsigned.
How many people listen to four unsigned bands for every five popular bands? Not many. If iLike becomes popular for its social networking aspects, it could create a YouTube effect in music, giving non-professional artists a shot at millions of eardrums.
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