Archive for July, 2009
New Developments
Jul 28th
It has been a busy summer! I have enjoyed my fair share of boating trips, business travel and just plain summer fun. While I have been hard at work and play, I have also been working on a few things in the interwebs.
So for my 9-5 (more like 6:30am – 11:00pm) I have been tossing around the idea of starting a licensing-centric blog. DUH- I already have one of those- but this would be a more refined, professional concoction of randomness than the fine blog you are currently reading. This would be a kinder, gentler blog. (well, right now- it’s more like a blog-ette) This blog would be centered on the licensing of music… specifically Classical music, but not confined to the genre specifically. There will ultimately be a great deal of cross-posting as many of the topics I cover there will be of interest to Is This Binding. Plus I have high hopes that having another presence in the blogosphere will help drive traffic to my other muse, NaxosLicensing.com . that site is still under construction- but will ultimately be a one-stop destination for licensing Classical, World and Jazz music for film, TV, advertising, etc.
I am also quite proud to say that the Naxos Music Library- the product for which I was originally hired at Naxos has now officially come of age. In just 5 years it now features more than 500,000 tracks (that’s a HALF MILLION- people!!!) of Classical, Jazz, Folk, World, Jazz, and Rock music… a virtual college music library/public library music collection! In that time- we have also managed to make sure that this service has matriculated to the very top research institutions in the world! Basically every major University you can name is a subscriber and a great deal of public libraries are as well. It is now utilized in more than 28 different countries! <proud papa moment> If you havent ever checked it out- be sure to go take a look… there is free trial access available… take it for a test-drive.
Ok- that’s all for now… Til next time
Music from the 1990′s – the flow-chart
Jul 23rd
I received this quite some time ago and held onto it as I was unsure where I would be able to use it… I knew it had potential… but just didnt know what to make of it. Today I stumbled upon it and decided that you too needed to be graced by the brilliance of this chart. So without further adeau …
I dont care who you are… that’s clever.
Saxophone Solos from the 1980s- a review
Jul 13th
Just when you thought it was safe to come back to my blog- I bring in a doozy. I stumbled upon this great post dedicated to ranking the many, many saxophone solos of 1980s pop music. For the uninitiated, the 1980s were a great decade, rife with many kitchsy works of music… many of which were spotted with the obligatory saxophone solo- mid song. I think most of these solos are rediculous and cant believe that someone actually took the time to create a review of them (with audio clips!). But nonetheless here they are. Enjoy today’s diversion and just be thankful that we are no longer in the Sax Solo Decade.