11.12
DGM HQ.
A grey day in the Chalke Valley. Local accents began coming through the wall at 08.35. We have had a busy morning at DGM already. Recording the VHRHL on guitar & Soundscapes began in SoundWorld I around 09.15, with David at the Logic controls & Alex supervising the Solar Voyager.
Firstly, a contribution an album being produced by my Slow Music Band Buddy Hector Zazou of Bulgarian singers. Their singing is exceptional. Of the 3 tracks sent by Hector, I feel able to contribute to only one. For the other tracks, my best contribution is to keep out of the way.
Secondly, two contributions to the new Porcupine Tree album. The first, mostly Soundscapes. The second, a fiery & intense spray of flailing metal in two takes, each of which shortened my lifespan.
Now, upstairs in SoundWorld II with Alex…
… Soundscapes from Nagoya are underway with the opening notes of Schizoid Fantasia. The juxtaposition of the flailing & Soundscapes covers quite a musical distance.
12.34 Nagoya>Osaka and Soundscapes have now arrived in Tokyo.
14.19 The Fifth Day from August 26th. 2006 in the Tartu Jaani kirik is now working its gentle magic in Soundworld II.
15.25 Done. An especially reflective performance.
15.32 Just another day in the music industry: from an industry pal…
http://indiehq.com/category/free-music/
Rockers sue over Web site’s bootlegs, posters
Legendary rock stars sued a San Francisco memorabilia vendor on Monday for selling unauthorized posters and trinkets and for offering free concert recordings over the Internet.
The rock stars, including members of the Santana, Led Zeppelin and Grateful Dead bands, said the owner of the Wolfgang’s Vault Web site was violating their copyrights.
The 28-page complaint, filed in San Francisco federal court, demanded that Web site owner William Sagan stop selling the merchandise and reimburse the rockers for past sales.
Sagan bought the archives of the late rock concert promoter Bill Graham and established Wolfgang’s Vault in honor of Graham’s given first name. On Monday, the site was still offering such items as Led Zeppelin posters for $3,300, Grateful Dead posters for $4,000 and free "bootleg" recordings from hundreds of concerts.
"He has no right to sell any of these things,’’ said Ashlie Beringer, the lawyer representing the rock stars. "He’s trading off the intellectual properties of others, without their permission.’’
Beringer said the vintage posters, long prized by collectors, were promotional materials never intended for sale and the recordings were never intended for commercial release.
Attempts to reach Sagan for comment were unsuccessful.
Similarly, at DGM HQ we are continuing to wait for a response from Mr. Bob Carruthers as to why his company felt able to sell me a DVD of KC containing unlicensed material; and why he felt able to claim that the DVD was educational when one of his experts was unable to accurately distinguish between two specific scales, a key element (ouch!) in the piece under consideration. Perhaps Mr. Carruthers is too busy but we have been waiting for a year and a half.
17.35 The Vicar, working in SoundWorld I, seems to have had a breakthrough with his approach to mixing vocals.
18.23 An online evening ahead.
21.34 Calls from Jeff Fayman, The Director of Slow Music & Sister, now in her Heathrow hotel & ready to return home tomorrow.
"Process is Intelligence getting to know itself."
