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December 26, 2009

Buying Music by Musicians In Trouble (Helping Vic Chesnutt’s Family)

On Christmas Eve, I found out via Kristin Hersh on Twitter that Vic Chesnutt was in a coma – Vicâ€™s a singer/songwriter that Iâ€™ve known about since the mid 90s (Andrew AKA Calamateur played me a compilation album of his songs called Sweet Relief II).

I suggested over on my Posterous blog that if people wanted to help, they should buy his music. If he got better, heâ€™ll have medical expenses, and if he didnâ€™t, his wife will need money to live.

A lovely friend on Twitter questioned the usefulness of buying his music, suggesting that the magnitude of medical expenses couldnâ€™t possibly be dented by buying music, what with labels and publishers taking all the money anyway… Continue reading “Buying Music by Musicians In Trouble (Helping Vic Chesnutt’s Family)”

November 19, 2009

Share and Share Alike.

A wise man once said, ‘do unto others as you’d have them do unto you.’ Advice that works incredibly well online.

In my wanderings round the web, I’m seeing two very distinct groups of musicians.

Those who are part of a sharing/discovery/recommendation culture, and
Those who are (often incessantly) requesting help from that culture, but not demonstrating any willingness to be a part of it.

Not surprisingly, they don’t tend to get much spill-over outside of the people who are already their fans. Continue reading “Share and Share Alike.”

October 26, 2009

Posterous: Blogging For Everyone Else

OK, so the thought of maintaining a blog full of pontifications on the state of the world, the web, music, whatever is a bit daunting. The self-imposed expectation that there needs to be loads of amazing stuff to read about on your awesome blog is just too much…

…So what do we do? Clearly, the web these days – and in particular, music on the web – is ALL about sharing. Without sharing, weâ€™re all screwed.

Enter Posterous – itâ€™s a blogging platform thatâ€™s been around for a while, but seems to be really gaining in traction of late for a whole host of reasons. Iâ€™m going to focus on what an awesome service it is for embedding, and posting links to, things you really like online. Continue reading “Posterous: Blogging For Everyone Else”