Archive for the ‘Compact Disc’ Category

>Dressed So Fine….

> Image via Wikipedia By the time I had left High School and started College, I could wear whatever clothes that I wanted. So I did. Drainpipe jeans, winklepicker boots, masses of jewellery and the first of my four earrings. My hair by this stage was also getting rather long. I received a call at [...]

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>Accidentally Like A Martyr

>For the purposes of this entry in which I shall be discussing the recording process measured against the end result, I’ll be talking of my own recording escapades over the last two or so At the risk of sounding patronising, which I’m not (I save that for ‘real life’), most people who listen to music [...]

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>The Jugglers & The Clowns.

>“You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns when they did their tricks for you…..” One can interpret this particular line of Bob Dylans in so many ways. For the purpose of this entry I’ll be borrowing it to use with regard to the music caper. It’s so blatant [...]

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>Positively 4th Street

>If you’re familiar with the Bob Dylan song “Positively 4th Street” then you have a fair idea of where this entry is headed. If you haven’t heard the song, may I suggest brandy….and plenty of it….before reading further. If you’ve read anything at all about me then you’ll be aware of my 23 year long [...]

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>"Pay For Your Ticket And Don’t Complain."

> Until recent times indipendent musicians, unless they have a truckload of cash behind them, have had very limited control over the release of their material. Keen to have their music made available to the widest possible audience they ‘climb aboard’ the major distributors without giving much thought to alternative options. iLike ‘recommends’ to artists [...]

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>"Money Doesn’t Talk, It Swears." (Bob Dylan)

>The term “music has become a commodity” has been thrown about for many years. The fact is that music has always been a commodity. The rapid advancement in technology has seen us bombarded at every turn to buy music. Every trick in the book is being used to the point of overload. Major companies in [...]

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