I took a teenager into a radio station today for an audition and I asked to see the program manager and walked right in, and I've worked with him before. Introduced the kid and said he might have something they'd play on the air. So the manager brought up the kid's Myspace site and played a few songs and told him to bring in a professionally made product of the second song and they'd be more than happy to play it. Even recommended professional musicians to talk to for getting things done. So Sir Elton John says the Internet is bad for music. WRONG! Stevie Nicks says it's bad for kids, but this teen hangs out with others while putting their original songs on the Internet and John Mellencamp said it's the atomic bomb, but the only thing explosive was "Nick West" from a trailer park in Waynesville Missouri getting his song auditioned. He plays acoustic guitar, he's from a broken home and the Internet is giving him his chance. The only thing John, Nicks and Mellencamp don't like are their profits disappearing due to the competition making original songs. Maybe not better songs, but these kids are getting a chance in life! What are John, Nicks and Mellencamp doing? So far, all my work is free and I've helped a lot of people. What have they done?
A friend who used to be a corporate attorney in the music industry said that the problem with the music business is the business in the music. If anything, the Internet has allowed new bands to be discovered on the Internet by the Indie Movement and radio stations are getting tired of paying ten grand a month to play Sir Elton and other famous bands when they can pay Indie music for free, promote them, and everyone makes money fairly across the board. Sir Elton probably objects to the peons in the fields making money too.
The last statistics I read were that 60 percent of music sales are from downloading and many of those songs were just ringtones. There is no warehousing. It's the ultimate in outsourcing jobs. BMI and ASCAP both say that ripping off the music artist is widespread. I've turned in one recording studio that was charging some really good starter artists money for recording other people's songs. Licensing is through the Harry Fox Agency for that sort of thing and protected by BMI. Stevie Nicks saying the Internet is obscene and John Mellencamp saying it's an atom bomb won't fix anything. I fix problems and I find professionals, in this case, Internet professionals to help figure things out. I'm a PR consultant and often, these things are so simple and it might be just some kid that has the answer! I'm a widower and our world could be so much better.
I used to be a journalist and not all of my facts are straight yet, but I have had to learn a lot about Stevie Nicks. You see, the VA insisted that I go on VA for pain suffered in the military. It caused some amnesia and possibly hallucinations that seemed like real memories! Too much to go into here, but in the journey to find the truth of my own life, I've helped Stevie Nicks. I've also criticized her. Didn't mean to focus on her, but for some reason ... I don't know. I just go by evidence is all I can do and the evidence says that while Stevie is benefitting from the Internet, she is also condemning it which makes no sense. I have found her to be a woman of honor. Everyone that knows her says she's nice and sincere, so she probably means well. BTW, the morphine wasn't needed in my case and that doctor has since resigned. I don't the government ever expected me to go looking for Stevie Nicks which probably saved my life because I was messed up. So I got quite an education of Nicks in unraveling my own life to verify what memories were true and which weren't.
Okay, first she tried to enlist my assistance in this and I write on the Internet. I refused and she won't talk to me anymore even after taking on her Internet stalker after he threatened Obama, but the guy crossed the line into national security issues. Reprise Records let that guy progress and publicist Liz Rosenberg "resigned" as a result. Secondly, the woman is a hypocrite! Concerts are announced on the Internet. The Nicksfix is on the Internet. Fleetwood Mac's site is on the Web. Heck, she probably even gets direct deposit of her royalty checks courtesy of the Internet! That's not even the start of it. Nicks apparently has connections with the Arizona Republic azcentral.com site because her parents met while working for that paper long ago and now offensive bloggers are being cut leaving only approved bloggers, according to some bloggers who are being cut. No doubt she had something to do with that because you can't mention her name on azcentral.com without being attacked by a committee. I used to like that woman, but I'm a journalist and she crossed the line into censorship. She seeks only to retain her wealth and she doesn't care one bit about the new artists. All she wants to do is leave a legacy as some old cokehead that suddenly cares. Folks, I'm also a disabled veteran and I know veterans who were at Walter Reed. One was given her phone number to call if he needed anything and the wounded hero called and Barbara Nicks (just call me Mom) said Stevie didn't want to talk to him. The woman has a pattern of lying to her public. Sorry Stevie, but you crossed the line.
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An Internet music story
I took a teenager into a radio station today for an audition and I asked to see the program manager and walked right in, and I've worked with him before. Introduced the kid and said he might have something they'd play on the air. So the manager brought up the kid's Myspace site and played a few songs and told him to bring in a professionally made product of the second song and they'd be more than happy to play it. Even recommended professional musicians to talk to for getting things done. So Sir Elton John says the Internet is bad for music. WRONG! Stevie Nicks says it's bad for kids, but this teen hangs out with others while putting their original songs on the Internet and John Mellencamp said it's the atomic bomb, but the only thing explosive was "Nick West" from a trailer park in Waynesville Missouri getting his song auditioned. He plays acoustic guitar, he's from a broken home and the Internet is giving him his chance. The only thing John, Nicks and Mellencamp don't like are their profits disappearing due to the competition making original songs. Maybe not better songs, but these kids are getting a chance in life! What are John, Nicks and Mellencamp doing? So far, all my work is free and I've helped a lot of people. What have they done?
Sudden rise of anti-Internet fametards?
A friend who used to be a corporate attorney in the music industry said that the problem with the music business is the business in the music. If anything, the Internet has allowed new bands to be discovered on the Internet by the Indie Movement and radio stations are getting tired of paying ten grand a month to play Sir Elton and other famous bands when they can pay Indie music for free, promote them, and everyone makes money fairly across the board. Sir Elton probably objects to the peons in the fields making money too.
Mellencamp, Nicks, same difference
The last statistics I read were that 60 percent of music sales are from downloading and many of those songs were just ringtones. There is no warehousing. It's the ultimate in outsourcing jobs. BMI and ASCAP both say that ripping off the music artist is widespread. I've turned in one recording studio that was charging some really good starter artists money for recording other people's songs. Licensing is through the Harry Fox Agency for that sort of thing and protected by BMI. Stevie Nicks saying the Internet is obscene and John Mellencamp saying it's an atom bomb won't fix anything. I fix problems and I find professionals, in this case, Internet professionals to help figure things out. I'm a PR consultant and often, these things are so simple and it might be just some kid that has the answer! I'm a widower and our world could be so much better.
Clarifying the Stevie thing
I used to be a journalist and not all of my facts are straight yet, but I have had to learn a lot about Stevie Nicks. You see, the VA insisted that I go on VA for pain suffered in the military. It caused some amnesia and possibly hallucinations that seemed like real memories! Too much to go into here, but in the journey to find the truth of my own life, I've helped Stevie Nicks. I've also criticized her. Didn't mean to focus on her, but for some reason ... I don't know. I just go by evidence is all I can do and the evidence says that while Stevie is benefitting from the Internet, she is also condemning it which makes no sense. I have found her to be a woman of honor. Everyone that knows her says she's nice and sincere, so she probably means well. BTW, the morphine wasn't needed in my case and that doctor has since resigned. I don't the government ever expected me to go looking for Stevie Nicks which probably saved my life because I was messed up. So I got quite an education of Nicks in unraveling my own life to verify what memories were true and which weren't.
Stevie's financial stability
Okay, first she tried to enlist my assistance in this and I write on the Internet. I refused and she won't talk to me anymore even after taking on her Internet stalker after he threatened Obama, but the guy crossed the line into national security issues. Reprise Records let that guy progress and publicist Liz Rosenberg "resigned" as a result. Secondly, the woman is a hypocrite! Concerts are announced on the Internet. The Nicksfix is on the Internet. Fleetwood Mac's site is on the Web. Heck, she probably even gets direct deposit of her royalty checks courtesy of the Internet! That's not even the start of it. Nicks apparently has connections with the Arizona Republic azcentral.com site because her parents met while working for that paper long ago and now offensive bloggers are being cut leaving only approved bloggers, according to some bloggers who are being cut. No doubt she had something to do with that because you can't mention her name on azcentral.com without being attacked by a committee. I used to like that woman, but I'm a journalist and she crossed the line into censorship. She seeks only to retain her wealth and she doesn't care one bit about the new artists. All she wants to do is leave a legacy as some old cokehead that suddenly cares. Folks, I'm also a disabled veteran and I know veterans who were at Walter Reed. One was given her phone number to call if he needed anything and the wounded hero called and Barbara Nicks (just call me Mom) said Stevie didn't want to talk to him. The woman has a pattern of lying to her public. Sorry Stevie, but you crossed the line.