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Music Diary 2012
May 7th
I happened across this on my Tumblr feed via the NPR Music tumblr. This blogger, Nick Southall (@sickmouthy)is undertaking a project whereby we document what it is we listen to for a week… Easy enough? The point is as he puts it “understanding the different ways we listen.” I’m game… are YOU?
I’ll be tweeting my listening habits and probably blogging a bit along the way as I am already seeing patterns. For more information, check out his blog.
#musicdiary2012
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
Too Much Copyright?
Apr 23rd
Fascinating video regarding copyright “maximists” and the further extension of the US Copyright law (hello Mickey)…
Favorite Disney Singers… this is SO TRUE
Apr 12th
Sad that this is actually the truth! I guess it speaks to the great songwriting behind the Lion King and the fact that the Disney talent factory is pretty much a failure unless you are a 13 year old girl.
Monday Funday: 25 Musicians Reimagined as Animals.
Mar 5th
File this one under “too good not to share”… curious about the Jay-Z Camel reference and the KRS-one Hippo… Other than those these are pretty much spot-on.
Kanye Chipmunk
Remix: The Petition
Feb 2nd
Please take a moment to look at this petition and sign it if you agree with the principle that people should be able to remix items in our popular culture to create transformative new works of art. In essence, remix videos offer creative ways to educate, empower, entertain, and politicize people around the world. As an intellectual property owner, I believe that hampering creativity and demonizing this type of expression is detrimental to the original purposes of copyright which was to promote the creation of new works. Certainly, the use of one’s intellectual property to create something for monetary gain should be done so with permission, but we are talking about students, and non-monetized artists here… using existing visuals and audio as building blocks to create a new, original work.