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Myspace dodges Payment to Imeem Artists. Last week we broke the news that Myspace Acquired Imeem and some of its assets. Immediately it was obvious that thousands of listeners would be playlistless, but there was little insight as to how artists were effected. Now wired has a piece on how many artists that were previously owed money from sales would have to line up behind imeem's bank and other creditors. There was some talks about Snocap being acquired as a part of the "certain assets" and I don't know about you, but if Myspace were to release Snocap in another form it would def makes me think a little longer before signing up with a service that snubbed artists of payment once before. So go a head and change your name Snocap, change the look and feel, we know who you are.

RIP Imeem. Today in HOLY F*%^$ WHAT JUST HAPPENED, Imeem a favorite among many music enthusiasts has just evaporated, in a deal that has Myspace music acquiring "certain assets". Myspace plans to leverage imeem's industry leading technology and their snocap service. Right now Imeem users are left on their face with no other option to sign up to Myspace. How do you feel about Imeem disappearing?

Tick Tock, The Copyright Act of 1976 is About to Expire. It's always entertaining to me to watch the money traps that the labels set for artists, back before information was freely available, EXPLODE! Welp, that's exactly what's about to go down. The Copyright Act states that an artist or author who sold a copyright before 1978 can take it back 56 years later and If it was sold during or after 1978 they can take it back 35 years later. Assuming a correct and prompt filing of paper work, the record labels could lose sound recording copyrights they bought in 1978 starting in 2013. How does this affect you? If the labels don't wanna lose the contents of their entire library you can make a for sure bet that the new copyright law will be negotiated in your favor. Higher royalties anyone?

Have you embraced the free.

Street Music How indie are you? Thats a good question to ask, because i believe that there are certain level of indie. I actually really enjoy the street performer, simply because sometimes walking down hollywood blvd. needs a soundtrack. What about the street merchant? At the same time you do have those artists that feel that they can sell you or even worse trick you into buying their product with a few nifty words, i think we're all in agreement on this, but there's nothing that inspires me to reach into my pocket and slip a few dollars like hearing them working for it. When trying to market your music on the street words just don't cut it.

cool video showcasing the omega 8 drum sequencer. (Facebook Vid)

Could this be the future of music creation? DYI instruments, an alien version of the Blueman group. If you are remotely close to Austin Texas this would be something very cool to check out. October 18 is the full event.

Send to Facebook and bookmark at youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnY59mDJ1gg&feature=player_embedded