Bands Against Stupidity
This post brought to you by the Council of Nervous Wreck Homebuyers in Greater Toronto. Which is just my way of saying that I am in the midst of buying a house in greater Toronto, and therefore was busy these past couple of weeks 1. Looking at houses, 2. Meeting with real estate professionals 3. Trying to understand real estate contractual terms 4. Making huge life decisions with my cute boyfriend 5. Doing research on the internet about house stuff 6. Shopping for home decorating ideas, and 7. Worrying and deliberating about my reactions to 11,000 possible scenarios, most of which will never happen, but that I'll be at least somewhat prepared for if they should. Whew! Therefore, this will be a light little post today. The longer post I was working on has taken a backseat to making decisions about how we should deal with the extra toilet paper situation in the new bathroom. Will we be open and honest about the need for it and place it in some sort of stylish basket or chrome accessory in a devil-may-care jaunty manner, or will we be prudish and hide the shameful acknowledgement of the awful purpose for the room and lock it away in a cupboard or closet? As you can see, I'm struggling with some crucially important decisions right now.
Last week a coalition of Canadian recording artists stood up and said "No/non!" to the flurry of punitive activity and legislative reforms promoted by record labels and music publishers to combat music sharing/piracy. Loveable, huggable, non-threatening Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies leads the fight to let the public and the recording industry know that not all musicians are doped up teen sensations looking to make mad stacks while promoting their new line of clothing and designer fragrances. Sometimes, it actually is about the music.
The Canadian Music Creators Coalition has a clear message: why not listen to actual musicians about what they have to say about musical copyright law? It's a crazy idea. SO crazy that it just. might. work.
I don't know all the ins and outs of this issue, but I think this is a positive step in the right direction. Sharing music is not a bad thing that hurts bands. Heck, if it weren't for my older sister's boyfriend's mixed tapes in high school I would never have been exposed to Yello, The The, The Dead Milkmen, Prefab Sprout, etc. and gone on to purchase music from all of these bands over the years (in most cases at least twice in different formats). They never played this stuff on the radio (well, they did on the University radio station, but they also played a LOT of crap, too) and I would probably never have stumbled upon it myself. I'd go so far as to say that sharing music is not only GOOD for the music industry, it is VITAL to it.
I guess what I'm saying is, good for the CMCC. It's about time someone other than a pimply-faced thirteen-year-old with an iPod, a PC, and an interest in new music stood up to the recording industry. In fact, I think I'll celebrate this new development by going out and buying a CD or two. Something Canadian I think...
Last week a coalition of Canadian recording artists stood up and said "No/non!" to the flurry of punitive activity and legislative reforms promoted by record labels and music publishers to combat music sharing/piracy. Loveable, huggable, non-threatening Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies leads the fight to let the public and the recording industry know that not all musicians are doped up teen sensations looking to make mad stacks while promoting their new line of clothing and designer fragrances. Sometimes, it actually is about the music.
The Canadian Music Creators Coalition has a clear message: why not listen to actual musicians about what they have to say about musical copyright law? It's a crazy idea. SO crazy that it just. might. work.
I don't know all the ins and outs of this issue, but I think this is a positive step in the right direction. Sharing music is not a bad thing that hurts bands. Heck, if it weren't for my older sister's boyfriend's mixed tapes in high school I would never have been exposed to Yello, The The, The Dead Milkmen, Prefab Sprout, etc. and gone on to purchase music from all of these bands over the years (in most cases at least twice in different formats). They never played this stuff on the radio (well, they did on the University radio station, but they also played a LOT of crap, too) and I would probably never have stumbled upon it myself. I'd go so far as to say that sharing music is not only GOOD for the music industry, it is VITAL to it.
I guess what I'm saying is, good for the CMCC. It's about time someone other than a pimply-faced thirteen-year-old with an iPod, a PC, and an interest in new music stood up to the recording industry. In fact, I think I'll celebrate this new development by going out and buying a CD or two. Something Canadian I think...
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