James wrote:Everybody give Matt attention! Quick!
Being the professional musician he is, he knows *so* much about music (Imogen Heap's background in particular, what with him having worked with her for 5+ years and all that?) he has deemed anyone who has anything to do with major labels 'not worthwhile' of YOUR money, YOUR time, and YOUR opinion and must tell YOU what YOU should listen to instead, because after all kids - he knows *best* and we're all being fooled by the big bad evil corporate cocksuckers!
I prefered it when you were 'no longer on this message board'. Grow up and get a clue you needy little prick.
Actually, my original post (and I've got a screenshot of it) - says
Note the word 'or' in there[1] - it's an option, yet you deleted it and chose to silence that. I don't want attention, although thanks for giving it to me... (by deleting my post you've actually caused much more of an uproar than I would have had normally, and I thank you for that) - all I want is people to know what they're buying into, and buying major label music doesn't help artists, bar the Madonna's of the world... they're only able to get a good deal after years of struggle.
Anyway, why do I need to be a professional musician to have an opinion about this, James? You're not one either, but unlike you, I don't feel the need to post sales pitches. I've heard some of her music, I believe there was even a Frou Frou song on the Garden State DVD [2] I bought for Chloe - fact is. I don't have a problem with Imogen Heap - I just have a problem with her record companies, but when you buy music from an conglomerate that sues children[3], fills people's computers with spyware,[4] sells you discs that don't play in your CD player [5] and tell you that downloading music is the same as stealing CDs from shops [6], I just see what a pathetic and evil minded system these poor artists have bought into. People shouldn't be remortgaging houses to make music - it shouldn't be that hard to produce something good and have people who care, buy it - look at Josh's EP for a pretty good example of this.
Major labels are bad for artists - Courtney Love has a great article explaining all this [7] - and as a creative person myself, I want to exist in a world where people can actually continue the traditions and continue to produce things because they enjoy doing so, where people are able to produce great works without being tied to deals with these fuckers and where people are able to make a decent living doing something they enjoy.
Isn't that something you want, or do you really want to remain in the system as it stands now? Where an artist may see less than 50p for a CD they sold? Worse still, where the record companies sell their music through the increasingly popular download services, tying their fans into restrictions on how and where they can play the music they've paid for?
To quote the Canadian Music Creators Coalition (which includes a fuck load of guys on major labels - Barenaked Ladies, Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sum 41, Stars, Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace), Dave Bidini (Rheostatics), Billy Talent, John K. Samson (Weakerthans), Broken Social Scene, Sloan, Andrew Cash, Bob Wiseman (cofounder of Blue Rodeo), Sam Roberts, Greg Keelor (Blue Rodeo), Bob Ezrin, Feist, Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade), Randy Bachman, Metric, The New Pornographers, Bill Henderson (Chilliwack), Ronnie King (The Stampeders), Lionel Dean Jarvis (Music Director/Bassist for Nelly Furtado), Ashwin Sood, Lighthouse, Luke Doucet, Blair Packham, Chris Tate, Craig Sheppard (Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra), Chris Hogan, Golden Seals, Aaron Soloman, Dennis Ellsworth (The Little Pilgrims), Likewater, Neil Layton, The Johnny V Trio, Oneeyedjacks, Moneyshot)[8]
We are a growing coalition of Canadian music creators who share the common goal of having our voices heard about the laws and policies that affect our livelihoods. We are the people who actually create Canadian music. Without us, there would be no music for copyright laws to protect.
Until now, a group of multinational record labels has done most of the talking about what Canadian artists need out of copyright. Record companies and music publishers are not our enemies, but let's be clear: lobbyists for major labels are looking out for their shareholders, and seldom speak for Canadian artists. Legislative proposals that would facilitate lawsuits against our fans or increase the labels' control over the enjoyment of music are made not in our names, but on behalf of the labels' foreign parent companies.
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You're trying to help a friend - there's a lot to be said for that - but I'm offering people a chance to help her too, albeit indirectly. If we can get artists to rethink the rules of creativity - where music can be created, shared and co-exist, whilst making artists money - then that's going to be better for everyone in the long run.
Oh, and thanks for calling me a needy little prick - because when we resort to name calling, I think it's pretty clear who's worrying here. (Hint: It's not me.)
For the record, I'm sure, after this, it's fairly obvious
why you'd prefer to see me off the board - must make it easier for you if there's nobody asking questions about things like this.
Oh, and please.. check the sources for my comment here.
[1] - 'James Clarke Censors Me' -
CC-BY-SA licensed piece of artwork -
http://mattl.co.uk/james_clarke_censors_me.png[2] -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0333766/soundtrack[3] -
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/09/09 ... _the_face/ and
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid= ... 0&from=rss[4] -
http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/Sony-BMG/[5] -
http://www.ukcdr.org/issues/cd/[6] -
It’s illegal!
The unauthorized reproduction and distribution of copyrighted music is JUST AS ILLEGAL AS SHOPLIFTING A CD. Burning CD’s from peer-to-peer networks like KaZaA, Morpheus or Gnutella is against the law. The rules are very simple. Unless you own the copyright, it’s not yours to distribute.
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http://www.musicunited.org/
[7] - 'Courtney Love Does The Math' -
http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2 ... print.html
[8] -
http://www.musiccreators.ca/ (sidebar)
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http://www.musiccreators.ca/a_new_voice.php
)! Not to mention you'll score the coolest CD single artwork you've seen in your life!
