Congrats to Robert Szeles and Kiss the Girl!

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When you own a copyright, you are the only one that can do whatever you want with your work.  If anyone else wants to use your work, they have to get your permission.   If anyone else wants to make changes to your work, they have to get your permission. (Since you may be wondering, there are still the fair use and parody exceptions if they apply.)

Musician Walsh’s attorney has sent a letter to Candidate Walsh.  The letter is absolutely true in its statement of law, but written in a manner that is hysterical.  My favorite part is where Peter Paterno (Musician Walsh’s attorney) says “Now, I know why you used Joe’s music — it’s undoubtedly because it’s a lot better than any music you or your staff could have written. But that’s the point. Since Joe writes better songs than you do, the Copryright Act rewards him by letting him decide who gets to use the songs he writes.”   I applaud you, Mr. Paterno.

Click here to read the article and be sure to click on the link within the article to read the full letter.

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The new company, called Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. will thankfully be subject to conditions, such as the separation of ticketing and concert promotions services. However, it will still be one insanely large company with a stake in concerts, ticketing, merchandising and even the sale of recorded music.

What this means for artists:   The industry is shifting to a model of large companies handling all aspects of an artist’s career.  I personally think this is a bad idea because instead of having a company dedicated to performing one service well, you will have one company performing many services on a mediocre level.  You wouldn’t want your dentist to also be your carpet cleaner and personal stylist, would you?

An artist needs the people servicing each part of his career to be experts in that area.  It is fine if one company employs experts in each area it handles and services the artist with the artist’s best interests in mind.  However, this is not always the case.  Artists need to make sure whatever company they sign with is competent in all services it provides and does not screw the artist over by taking too large of a cut from some or all areas of service.

What this means for consumers/concert attendees:  It is said this merger will also be better for the consumer because ticket prices will come down.  AEG, a promoter behind Live Nation is also established as a competitor of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. under the DOJ’s imposed conditions.  This is good because the DOJ is trying to not let this new venture have a monopoly over the concert and ticket industries.  However, I will believe that ticket prices will come down when I see them coming down.

Read the full story at The Wall Street Journal.

To be continued…

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I went to see Toy Robot’s gig at Crane’s on October 7th and it rocked!  I could definitely hear every one of TR’s songs on the radio and the band has SERIOUS potential.  Here is a iPhone photo of me and my friend Loren, lead singer and guitarist of TR:

Loren and I are also working on getting the band’s songs cleared for airplay on Electric Effect, so I hope to be playing them soon!

Toy Robot also has a gig tomorrow night, November 14th at The Bootleg Theatre (2220 Beverly Blvd), 9:30 PM, 18+, $5 with the flyer below ($10 without the flyer - so save some money and print the flyer!)

I look forward to hearing your thoughts after the show!

Rock on,

~D*J*E

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Will this happen at the gig? Show up to find out!

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Just as a reminder, please follow me on Twitter and let me know your feedback!

~D*J*E

Electric Effect Show #14’s Playlist:
Detroit Mutant Radio: “Electric Effect Theme Song”
Escaping Zane: “Game Over”
Heavy Water Experiments: “Anodyne”
Deccatree: “Angel”
The Tender Box: “Reload”
Blastronauts: “In a Fire”
Kiss the Girl: “Supergirl Electric”

Background music by Truth (Robert Alexander): http://www.clearbalancestudios.com/

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The Flowerthief LIVE on KUSI

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Apple has agreed to offer DRM-free tracks, as well as some songs priced at 79 cents!

This is a big deal and will also give some of their competition (like Amazon and eMusic) a run for their money.

Read the article here.

I think 2009 is going to be an interesting year in all respects.

~D*J*E

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Prince has a reputation for being an eccentric . . . and a genius.  It was Prince who started selling downloads through his website several years before iTunes and the downloading craze hit.  It was Prince who gave away his album with copies of The Daily Mail in the last couple years.

Prince and other visionaries are often judged as “crazy” when they are actually just ahead of their time.  Now Prince is turning to radio.  I still do not believe radio is powerless, but could there be a resurgence within the next few years?

Read the news article here.

P.S.  New Prince album on the way! Electric!

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