The University of Oregon in Portland is showing a free screening of the documentary ‘Copyright Criminals’ and I have been invited to interview the director, Kembrew McLeod, afterwards. The documentary takes a look at the many hurdles that hip hop artists, DJs and producers have to overcome to use samples of other peoples work in [...]
My original post, Music, Brands and Marketing Plans, whipped up a quick response and the comments were all very thoughtful – it is after all a bit of a thorny issue. [I realized that I had written about celebrities and brands before and the post includes an interview on the subject with former LA Times [...]
Franz pic ©Nilina Mason-Campbell After taking over the playlist at an afterparty the other night in an attempt to dance-it up a bit more, I cued up Franz Ferdinand‘s latest single “Ulysses,” expecting its disco-fied decadence to go down a storm. It did, but only so much. See I’d forgotten that its verses don’t only [...]
I’m always interested in what Sasha Frere-Jones has to say about music, especially hip hop, as he has a great knack at being clear and concise in his overviews. I recently read his take on Lil Wayne’s single A Milli. That’s the link to the whole piece but here’s the relevant clip – “Lil Wayne’s [...]
My good friend Jon Ragel of Boy Eats Drum Machine invited me to “join” his band for a show at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom on Saturday August 16th. The premise being that it is a Talking Heads and Cure cover show! Ha! But put Jon and Dave in a room and you’re not going to get [...]
Ok SqueakEClean got him a blog… Here’s the word – This super spiffy digital weblog includes contributions by the crew at the Squeak E. Clean headquarters, our friends like DJ Zegon of N.A.S.A., and a very loyal army of interns. Tune in to check out N.A.S.A. remixes, news from the front lines of our studio [...]
I’m certainly not alone in understanding that independent music of all stripes and shades is a huge part of the overall music business economy. One of the biggest reasons this blog exists is because of my passion for independent music. I may occasionally get cranky about this particular chunk of the long tail [see Coldplay [...]
So, Johnny Penn and Aaron Aujla aka, Bikini, took note of my submission policy, that means they win the top spot. For multiple reasons actually – 1. I like their laid back electro beats and pulses. 2. They sent in a jpeg along with the MP3s. 3. They’re good. And 4. They made my day [...]
