Music
Beekin – All That’s Left Behind
Today marks an important day for both a close personal friend of mine and myself. The release of my friend’s band Beekin’s album entitled “All That’s Left Behind” is today. Why you can probably see the immediate importance for my friend, you might be asking “why is this important for you, Michael?” and the answer [...]
Nine Inch Nails Continues to Prove They “Get it”
Yesterday I randomly found out about a NIN fan project entitled “The Gift” from the fan group This One is On Us/Another Version of the Truth. What this is, is a a full length concert video created from over 450 gigabytes (GB) of video footage shot from HD cameras by the NIN crew that was released by NIN.com to see what their fans would produce. The end result is a full length concert video containing 32 songs, 5.1 surround sound, and released in a variety of formats (including a single layer Blu-Ray). All variations are available via BitTorrent downloading for free. Just to be clear, the video is professionally shot, the completed Blu-Ray/DVD/video files are fan made from that video.
The RIAA, MPAA, & The PirateBay Trial
While I’m not going to debate if the people running The Pirate Bay are actually guilty of copyright infringement, I do want to look at something. The content creators’ undying need to 1) limit and 2) prohibit the consumer’s use of their products.
“Thicker Than Water” by Vallejo
While I was in Austin, TX for CodeCamp 2008, I made a stop by Waterloo Records (6th & Lamar) which is probably my favorite record store. I randomly browsed for a bit before getting the definitive item I went to the store for. That item was Vallejo’s latest album, “Thicker Than Water” and it was the only think I managed to walk out the store with.
Why Giving Away Free (or Cheap) Music Works
You see, I don’t really like Nine Inch Nails musically. Why? I’ve never really been the “mad at the world” type. Stuff happens, I deal, and move on as best as possible. I’m not saying that Trent Reznor is not talented, in fact I think quite the contrary and find him to be an incredibly talented musician. I just don’t like his music. And a person does not have to like everything.
“Nightmare” Live
Back in late 1999-2001 I was in a band that went through several name changes. The names were Refuge, Diadem 4, Diadem, and finally H.O. Easy. We wrote probably around 8 songs and some of them even ended up with lyrics (not all of them though). This song, along with a Beekin song entitled “Traditional [...]
