This may only be of interest to Dana and me, but Tracy Grammer has a new CD out, comprised almost entirely of songs by Dave Carter that were unrecorded at the time of his death. The album release date isn't until late April, but if you order through Tracy's website, they'll ship it to you early.
My copy just arrived a couple of days ago, and I have been listening to it on repeat. It's excellent, more reminiscent of Drum Hat Buddha than either of Dave & Tracy's other albums, I think. It's odd to hear these songs without Dave, even though several of them I never heard them perform together. But it just doesn't seem right that he shouldn't be singing and playing along with her. Tracy is a wonderful performer in her own right, but it's still taking me a little while to get used to hearing her without him. Still, it's a beautiful album. Any of you who are fans of theirs, definitely check it out.
Do any of you iPod users have a recommendation for speakers/docking stations? I'd love to get the Bose, but it's just too expensive. I looked around Amazon.com, but everything had really mixed user reviews.
House of the Rising Sun excavated in New Orleans: [link]
I don't subscribe to Music, and I haven't posted here before, so sorry if this has been posted here before: Go Home Productions. The Christina Aguilera / Velvet Undergound mashup is a thing of beauty.
Thanks, Tom. The Madonna/Sex Pistols works really well too.
One thing mashups have done is relieved me of concerns about Nirvana nicking Boston's "More Than A Feeling." When you're working with 4 chords, you're going to get the same combinations with some regularity.
Do you suppose they'll ever change music licensing stuff to make mashups legal? Like, you can make a mashup if 95% of the profit goes to the folks who wrote and recorded the two songs used? I suppose permission would still need to be given on a case by case basis, which probably won't happen until a mashup becomes a big hit....
It just anoys me that there's a lot of cool music that's impossible to obtain legally. It's like, I
want
to give them money, but....
OK, this is just a rant that serves no other purpose....
A fine rant self-justifies.
Go Home Productions.
I didn't check out any of the mashups because there weren't any where I knew more than one of the songs in them, but I really like the remix of "Ride." It's superfun. Very cool.
It's just like samples in rap music, legally, isn't it?
Do you suppose they'll ever change music licensing stuff to make mashups legal? Like, you can make a mashup if 95% of the profit goes to the folks who wrote and recorded the two songs used? I suppose permission would still need to be given on a case by case basis, which probably won't happen until a mashup becomes a big hit....
There are ways to deal with this, if the copyright holders have some sense.
Not sure if this is true, but I've heard that during the '80s, a Milwaukee DJ recorded a reworking of "Karma Chameleon" called "I'm a Milwaukeean" -- without addressing copyright issues first. When the issue became public, Boy George was willing not to press charges as long as proceeds went to charity.
Seems workable to me.
