It’s 3:30 in the morning and I can’t sleep and part of it has to do with Spotify. Not Spotify specifically, but all of the music subscription services that have come along since digitization: Mog and Pandora and Rhapsody and Sony and others. What set me off was a musician who posted on Facebook that maybe you should log on to Spotify and check out a certain artist. Why would that set me off, you ask? Because I have just recently turned my back to such “services”. Because if they are a better way to find music and artists, they are also cutting off the hands that feed them. The hands of musicians and the hands of songwriters ans indeed the hands of all involved in the musical process, for it is a process.
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Frank Gutch Jr: Loose Ends, Even Looser Ends, Paige Anderson & The Fearless Kin, Green Monkey Christmas, and Those Pesky Notes (to which you should really pay more attention)…..
Posted in Opinion with tags BrownChicken., Bryce Larsen, DBAWIS, Deep Sea Diver, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drew Gibson, Elephant Revival, Fearless Kin, Frank Gutch Jr., Frothing The Nog, Green Monkey Records, Green Pajamas, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jim Basnight, Jimm McIver, Laurie Biagini, Lisbee Stainton, N.C. Thurman, Paige Anderson, Pandora, Paul Roessler, Ray Brandes, Records, Rita Hosking, Scott Boyer, Shook Twins, Spotify, The Kavanaghs, Young Fresh Fellows on December 19, 2012 by segariniFrank Gutch Jr: Sacred Cows of Music, Indies You Don’t Want To Miss, Tom House, The Fire Tapes, A Reminder About Jon Gomm’s Upcoming Canadian Tour and Notes, Notes, Notes…..
Posted in Opinion with tags Allan Thompson Band, Dala, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Erin Ivey, Frank Gutch Jr., Indie Artists, Indie Music, J. David Band, Jim Caliguiri, Jon Gomm, Maxi Dunn, music, N.C. Thurman, Pete Fidler, Peter Hackett, Scott Boyer, Steve Turnidge, The Fire Tapes, The Minnows, The Neglected Gambit, The Well Wishers, Tom House, Vegas With Randolph, Whispering Pines, Winding Down the Road, Winterpills, ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS on July 18, 2012 by segarini
I follow Jaimie Vernon on Facebook not because he has anything to say (kidding, Jaimie) but because he has a way of pushing buttons that bring out the worst in people. When he’s pissed or maybe just mischievous, he can bring out more of a knee-jerk reaction than an “I Love Obama” placard at a Tea Party convention. And he did. Last week. I can’t quite remember what he posted originally, but I do remember the responses, many of which make me shake my head. They weren’t pretty. His response to those was a bit of an I-get-this-kind-of-asshole-response-every-time-I-post-something-not-glowing-about-the-(insert iconic idol here). In other words, he, like myself, does not love The Beatles just because they were The Beatles and God forbid he make such a statement public.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 