Friday, 5 March 2004

Dreaming Music Music: F-1 Qualifying on Speed TV Mood: relaxed I recorded a guitar solo for one of the "La Semana" songs this afternoon. Then I started dreaming.... It would be lovely to travel with a guitar and a laptop and, armed with a microphone and percussion loops of all kind, create music on the fly. A musical travelogue, recorded in a train compartment, in an old amphitheater, in a rented apartment on the third floor, in a tunnel or an unused subway station, in a cave, in a clearing in the woods...working by myself mostly, maybe recording this or that song with a musician I might meet along the way...then I might mix a song in a cafe, in a hotel room or on a park bench, find a Wi-Fi connection and upload each song as it comes together. Forget commercial distribution, forget radio and charts...this radical concept would be the best argument for a subscription service. 11:13:05 PM    comment []; 泥だんご Enough art. How about some balls? Shiny mud balls. Shiny Japanese Mud Balls. Hikaru dorodango Inside his office at the university, Kayo keeps a dorodango in a wooden box, wrapped in cloth. The shiny ball of dried mud is eight centimeters (about three inches) in diameter and is amber colored with a touch of dark green. Professor Kayo developed his own scale for measuring a dorodango's luster, and this one rates a "4." The shiniest dorodango rates a "5," and Kayo keeps one of these at home. [Ben Hammersley's Dangerous Precedent] 9:49:31 PM    comment []; Canadian Supreme Court on Copyright Considerations of copyright balance appear everywhere in the decision. For example, when working to develop a legal definition for originality in a work, the court expresses concern that too low a threshold tip[s] the scale in favour of the author's or creator's rights, at the loss of society's interest in maintaining a robust public domain that could help foster future creative innovation. Similarly on the issue of fair dealing, the court notes that fair dealing is a user's right. In order to maintain the proper balance between the rights of a copyright owner and users' interests, it must not be interpreted restrictively. As Professor Vaver, supra, has explained, at p. 171: User rights are not just loopholes. Both owner rights and user rights should therefore be given the fair and balanced reading that befits remedial legislation. [BoingBoing] It seems obvious to me that a balance needs to be struck. I just hope it will be a balance that works for musicians as well. 9:47:45 PM    comment []; Move Over Karaoke...Hello Movieoke cb8100 writes "Fox News is reporting about a new bar game called "Movieoke" in which participants act out scenes from their favorite movies -- karaoke style." ... [Slashdot] Everybody is a star... 9:32:51 PM    comment []; Toyota Prius My silver Prius is on its way to Los Angeles by ship. I am told it should make it to Santa Fe sometime this month. I hope so, because I am selling my TT on Tuesday. Guess I'll hitchhike until I get my new car. 2:35:40 PM    comment []; Elevator doors in an airport (Denver, I believe) 2:32:57 PM    comment [];

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