Resonance FM Blog

I came across this link on the Ninja Tune forum and thought it was of some interest. Apparently DFA requested that their tracks be removed from the popular Headfone Sex blog, stating that posting them in advance of their release in this manner was highly detrimental to their sales etc.

Read the article here

In doing so they highlight a growing issue in music, namely: does the model currently used to pay artists for their musical works actually stand up in 2006? Now that piracy has grown beyond all control - be it via P2P, newsgroups, YouSendIt links or music blogs - its safe to say that if you want to avoid buying an album, you can certainly do so… and in the process ensure that the artist does not get fair remuneration for their efforts.

Word also reaches me that AIM (the Association of Independent Music) are now lobbying the UK government, urging them to re-think the laws governing Intellectual Property. The complete details are vague, but I believe the main jist is that AIM would like to see taxes placed on consumer goods such as CDRs, MP3 players, ISP accounts etc., from which monies would be distributed to those artists whose music is downloaded. I can see the benefit here: it would mean music would effectively become free, with your downloads being monitored more (presumably) and the collected tax monies being redistributed according to what’s been downloaded.

Changing times are upon us… but what do YOU think?

Nothing takes off the stress in a lunch hour like putting on some quality death metal and drumming along:

Next week: Kev D’ead cuts loose with some speed metal guitar solos on his teabreak.

Hmmm - according to this article it seems there are now more people podcasting via Feedburner alone than there are radio stations on the planet.

Interesting stuff certainly, but I am left wondering just how significant all the pro-Podcasting stats really are. After all, you can have millions of people podcasting, but how many people are listening, and how captive is the audience.

The future for Resonance perhaps? Hmmm… time will tell!

For the Ivor Cutler fans out there (and I know there are many), Radio Clash has done a special podcast rounding up a fine selection of the man’s work.

Click here to grab the podcast!

Just when I thought the internet couldn’t get any more banal, up jumps the Dictionaraoke site into my transom: renditions of popular classics using terrible karaoke music and pronounciations from online dictionary sites.

Check it out

Suffice to say when I spotted the Negativland link on the site I wasn’t surprised…

As a sufferer of tinnitus for some 15+ years now, it goes without saying that I’ve always longed for some kind of effective treatment or even (though I never thought it possible) a cure.

So, imagine my interest when I saw this device: the tinnitool. Ostensibly it is a soft laser treatment that claims to encourage cell regeneration in the ear, leading to a reduction or possibly even a cure to tinnitus. At £200 its no cheap option, but as anyone afflicted will attest, that might be a small price to pay if it helps with what can only be described as a maddening condition.

Has anyone tried it? If so, post your thoughts as I’d certainly love to hear more about it… Fingers crossed though that finally some kind of relief has come for those of us with tinnitus.

I stumbled on these audio streams of live performances. Great quality audio, well worth checking out:

click here to check em

(you need to scroll down a bit)

Being something of a Beach Boys nut I was most pleased to find the Let’s Make It Boys blog, which posts up sessions, demos and outtakes from various bands including the usual culprits (Beatles, Stones etc). If you never heard the myriad of Brian Wilson outtakes though, now’s your chance to check em out. Top stuff, with the Alternate Beach Boys Party download for one being essential…

Get on the case!

Glenn Branca played one:

OK, so we’ve Matmos and their excellent approach to piracy. Now here’s an MP3 courtesy of WFMU of Roger Waters, showing how he deals with various crowds crimes as letting off fireworks, people whistling and - crime of crimes - singing along.

Check it out

Suffice to say I can’t wait to see him performing Dark Side of the Moon in London this summer.

“You! Stop f—ing singing along!”

Dear me…