Author Archives: mojobone
Death Or Liberty
A lot of what we call justice or morality is based on the notion that death is the worst thing that can happen. You deprive another person of life, that’s pretty much the worst thing you can do, right? To … Continue reading
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Me And The Google
Google Music Policy Apr 3 (3 days ago) to me Hi there, This message is to inform you that your Google Play store page photo has not been approved for publish. Your store page photo must be representative of yourself … Continue reading
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Privacy, What Is It Good For?
Absolutely nuthin’? I know I can’t get paid for the limitless minutia that gets collected by Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, &c about my online personal habits, but if someone else can, and I get something in return, should I be unhappy? … Continue reading
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Self Promotion
Hate it or not, self promotion is a key element in anyone’s success in any field; it’s not just about who you know, it’s also about who knows you. I’m often amazed that a generation raised on television doesn’t consider … Continue reading
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The Internet Is Already Broken
The internet is already broken, but who broke it, and why? Pundits, many of them drawing pay in one form or another from those who benefit financially from intellectual property hijacking, effectively killed the artist-friendly SOPA/PIPA bills recently before Congress. … Continue reading
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Wrong On SOPA/PIPA
Bob Lefsetz’ Anti-SOPA Blog Clay Shirkey’s SOPA TED Talk It doesn’t take an egghead with multiple degrees to see that Clay Shirkey is a prevaricator who’s talking down to his audience. He simply can’t have it both ways; SOPA will … Continue reading
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Myspace; You Can Have It
Odds are good I’m finally gonna delete my Myspace profile. It’s fine that they have the best SEO ever. The new player doesn’t interrupt your surfing while my music plays. When I upload or play my own music, it’s in … Continue reading
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Resume
I started recording and the serious study of music in general and the saxophone in particular at about the same time, though it took quite a while for the two to really come together. I spent the equivalent of a … Continue reading
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The Song
It’s about the song, the performance, the arrangement and then the mix, in that order. Gear today is amazing, and amazingly affordable, so the greatest challenge to today’s recording engineer is in having something that’s worth recording in the first … Continue reading
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Proverbs, Deconstructed
If you were up Sh*t Creek, without a paddle, would it not be better to “go with the flow”? One assumes there’s a current in a creek, so the lack of a paddle is less an impediment than in a … Continue reading
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