08.35
Chez Sistery, San Francisco.
An urgent call from T at home in Bredonborough – bricks are falling down the chimney! A call to Mr. Cheese, then Mr. Cheese’s assistant cheese on one ear & the Minx on the other. And 5,000 miles away I am linking conversations from people 30 feet distant from each other in a situation I can do nothing about, other than speak to two people on two ‘phones simultaneously & arrange that one of them climb down a ladder from the top of our home & go to the back door, where the other will let them in.
Creative time & preparation for F&F speaking at an abrupt end, onto a day of stuff. Of two days available to creative work, creative time has been halved; as if there is a law: when the creative world presents itself, the mundane will exert itself to the same degree.
08.50 As remarked before, I am not a voice for England. However, I have accepted a professional invitation…
BPI Independent Members Seminar – Tuesday December 2nd 2008, 17.30 @ BPI, London.
Labels & Artists.......Robert Fripp, King Crimson, DGM Recordings & The Ethical Company....come and hear what the artist has to say and how record labels can accommodate this and still develop their business.
As new business models develop and new revenue streams are excavated, it’s easy to forget about what exists at the centre of any successful record company....namely the artists. To remind ourselves of this simple inescapable fact, the next BPI Independent Seminar features a presentation by an artist that has made ‘independence’ in all senses of the word a byword for their creative as well as business activities. When googled, Robert Fripp has nearly one million references to his name. As founder and mainstay of King Crimson, collaborator across several decades with Brian Eno, David Sylvian and others, Robert’s label DGM works closely with licensee Panegyric to release his work. Alongside Robert, Panegyric Music’s Declan Colgan and Robert’s business advisor David Singleton will explain how they all work together to make a uniquely ethical business model that hopefully covers both commerce and art.
09.57 A pause in the e-fury. What of concentrating on the material for talks? What indeed.
13.57 A reading break at The Crepevine I…
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21.00 A day of computing. Hellboy Tom is in town, our mutual compresence an event of unknowingness to both of us. Tom arrived from his gig at 17.30 for dinner at the Gratitude Café I…
Tom arrived bearing the new Hellboys’ album: A Young Person’s Guide To Hell
Tom presented interesting insider info on the current state of US business, with informed comment inter alia on the insurance industry.
Closing the day’s stuff.
"The quality of a person is revealed in their conduct in front of sex, money and the use of time."
