I was invited to become an author for the web site, Music Think Tank, a site where musicians and industry professionals can air their views. I posted my thoughts on musicians and social media today. Regular readers of the Moose may have read an earlier version of the essay at my other blog Social Cache.
I received yet another lovely notice from Facebook today about “possible infringement” not “actual” but “possible.” Read on -
Notification of Alleged Copyright Infringement
We have removed your video entitled “Cut Copy, party at Dave’s, Nemo puts up the posters” uploaded at 2:23pm April 29th, 2008. We did this because we learned that your video might include [...]
David Bowie in persona as Ziggy
David Bowie is, or more correctly, has been one of our more chameleon-like musical performers since the late 60’s. By 1972 when Bowie had adopted a new persona, Ziggy Stardust, his performances were memorable not only for introducing a new genre, Glam Rock, but for his wildly coloured orange hair, [...]
Portland band, Hockey, in a social networking environment.
I have some homework for those of you who like to read. Having been on many conference panels in my time, attempting to inform musicians and others about the value of using the Internet for marketing, my research led me to notice how the online social networks and [...]
Everywhere I turn I make new friends. Nancy Tarr contacted me via my Facebook page. Nancy works at or helps run Digital Freedom dot org and judging by what they say about their organization this a site I can support - “The Digital Freedom Campaign protects the rights of artists, innovators and consumers to use [...]
No Age on the Lamar Bridge at SXSW 08 ©Nilina Mason-Campbell
Things just got a little more confusing. One of Wired’s blogs covered the MySpace/major labels story [it might even turn out to be a non-story] - MySpace has partnered with three of the four major record labels in an effort to create “a one-stop source [...]