Protools set the standard for audio editing when
graphics and multimedia were Mac oriented so they do deserve recognition. Now there are many other fine audio editing programs for both platforms so the impact Protools has is diminished.
Suddenly its only the RIAA and MPAA that have copyrights. This is NOT the law! Whenever you play notate or film something you have the copyright to it. If you require more protection you send $25 to the U.S. Copyright office and fill out the form and send the stuff in,then it is a registered copyright.
My music is copyrighted, I own the copyrights and I dont mind if people share my music as long as they dont try to claim that they created it and try in some way to market it. I want people to hear my music, the RIAA does not speak for me, nor many others. If you enjoy my music you can take it at http://celestial-image.com
Several years ago Muzak used to be limited to playing
bland versions of pop and some original compositions. Then they changed and added various pop formats and actually many interesting genres.
Originally Muzak was based upon research on peoples work habits and psychological states as workers or customers. There are other competing commercial music services but it seems that lumping them in with the original and biggest simplifies the definition. Muzak is heard by over 100million people a day.
trusonic has a monitor so people can find out the name and url. But they are probably hidden in the store someplace. Cnet bought the Mp3.com domain name and will be back online soon. I think this will be a very good thing. Vivendi couldnt manage their way out of a paper bag.
In the 20s elevators did not have radios.
They would have to be tube type and be about as big and heavy as a microwave oven. Elevator music in the 20 was the operator whistling or perhaps singing out the floor numbers.
Trusonic only used relatively few of the MP3 artists, so if you had trusonic plays in your statistics before the shutdown you may be continued to be played and you will get a mailing with your statistics and a check. If you were not played on trusonic before Dec 2 you were erased and your music is not in the trusonic pool so dont worry about the horror of having thousands of people hearing your music.
I put my music on MP3.com the first year it was operational and it was exciting. Then Vivendi took over and made their changes. The home page was filled with THEIR artists and the indies were forced to pay the bills to keep their music in the MP3 web traffic.
Dec 2 was sort of a sad day when MP3 closed down and erased the files. However the domain and much of the operation was purchased by CNet a net savvy company.
So look for a resurrection of MP3.com within a few months. Hopefully it will have the excitement that the original MP3.com had and will be beneficial to indie labels as well as artists of every genre.
I have had my music played by Trusonic when it started 3 years ago. When you uploaded a song on MP3.com you had the option of checking the trusonic box. If you did check it retailers had the option of selecting your music out of the massive MP3 pool.
I started by having my music played 10,000 times during the first Christmas season, this last season it was played in stores and restaurants about 5,000 times a day. Most of the comments on this thread are by people that think "elevator" music is beneath them. Well its paying my heating bills this winter and thats a lot. You know indie artists dont get much radioplay because the big labels and the major broadcasters are sleeping together. So my music is being heard in stores and restaurants across the country and people must like it because my numbers are growing. More people listen to retail music in one day than heard Bach, Beethoven and Mozart in their lifetimes. If you want to hear it you can go to http://celestial-image.com
Dennis Jennings
You are clearly a geek and your prognostication is way off base. You assume that everybody wants to be an electronic musician remixing, rearranging and composing. This is just not the case people have families, jobs and other interests. While there has been an increase in electronic music and its accessibility to the general public, most people generally prefer listening to music. Most people go to the library take out music or films watch and return them. If there is one of special interest they will copy them. The idea of ripping a entire library of music and sharing it on the net is beyond the ambition of most people. The record and film companies do not go after libraries because they are huge media consumers. They especially buy films and music that are not always in the mainstream. So to put the bite on libraries would be really counterproductive
Initially as a musician I was against file sharing, as an independent artist I make very little so the idea of passing music around seemed to go against me.
Then I thought maybe I should offer up a few tunes as a way of promotion. I put some tunes in a Grokster share file on one machine and then did a search for myself(Celestial Image) on my other. To my shock I came up in my search but it wasnt any of the tunes I was sharing on my other machine. In fact a tune of mine came up on several sources and I was shocked and delighted. It is a weird sensation when you find your music being "pirated".
It meant that my music was valuable enough for people to risk prosecution for. I also found that I was in the same share folders as many major recording artists. I would never get space in the same rack in a record store with these people but there I was in someones private collection. I also noticed that the most shared song was a song that I felt was pretty weak. It was my Ska rendition of a Christmas carol I called "O Come Ska Ye Faithful"
it caught on with the punk ska crowd and provided a steady stream of viewers to my website. No way in hell would a record company think that the punk/ska crowd would enjoy a song made by a 50 year old guy.
I decided to promote it more and now at christmas it is a favorite on college ska radio shows and is played in stores over the sound system. So for me peer to peer sharing has given me promotion as well as showed me what songs people think are hot.
Dennis Jennings
http://celestial-image.com
If they can turn back the clock and give indie artists exposure like what was done before VU took over it will be better than ever. When VU took over all the original MP3 artists became secondary. The first thing they told us was to sell more CDs.
Suddenly the front page was dominated by major label artists. People that had enjoyed my music were getting Madonna advertisements. MP3.com originally catered to niche markets with ezines specializing in
genres. Putting MP3.com in the hands of net savvy people could be the best thing that ever happened to indie artists.
Dennis Jennings http://celestial-image.com
This is the sort of thing that politicians love and will have their picture taken standing near it.
It will attract large crowds for awhile.
In three years it will sit idle due to budget cuts with a sign reading "Temporarily Out of Order"
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Protools set the standard for audio editing when graphics and multimedia were Mac oriented so they do deserve recognition. Now there are many other fine audio editing programs for both platforms so the impact Protools has is diminished.
Suddenly its only the RIAA and MPAA that have copyrights. This is NOT the law! Whenever you play notate or film something you have the copyright to it. If you require more protection you send $25 to the U.S. Copyright office and fill out the form and send the stuff in,then it is a registered copyright. My music is copyrighted, I own the copyrights and I dont mind if people share my music as long as they dont try to claim that they created it and try in some way to market it. I want people to hear my music, the RIAA does not speak for me, nor many others. If you enjoy my music you can take it at http://celestial-image.com
Several years ago Muzak used to be limited to playing bland versions of pop and some original compositions. Then they changed and added various pop formats and actually many interesting genres. Originally Muzak was based upon research on peoples work habits and psychological states as workers or customers. There are other competing commercial music services but it seems that lumping them in with the original and biggest simplifies the definition. Muzak is heard by over 100million people a day.
trusonic has a monitor so people can find out the name and url. But they are probably hidden in the store someplace. Cnet bought the Mp3.com domain name and will be back online soon. I think this will be a very good thing. Vivendi couldnt manage their way out of a paper bag.
In the 20s elevators did not have radios. They would have to be tube type and be about as big and heavy as a microwave oven. Elevator music in the 20 was the operator whistling or perhaps singing out the floor numbers.
no it is not in their playlists if you opted out it was destroyed on Dec 2
Trusonic only used relatively few of the MP3 artists, so if you had trusonic plays in your statistics before the shutdown you may be continued to be played and you will get a mailing with your statistics and a check. If you were not played on trusonic before Dec 2 you were erased and your music is not in the trusonic pool so dont worry about the horror of having thousands of people hearing your music.
I put my music on MP3.com the first year it was operational and it was exciting. Then Vivendi took over and made their changes. The home page was filled with THEIR artists and the indies were forced to pay the bills to keep their music in the MP3 web traffic. Dec 2 was sort of a sad day when MP3 closed down and erased the files. However the domain and much of the operation was purchased by CNet a net savvy company. So look for a resurrection of MP3.com within a few months. Hopefully it will have the excitement that the original MP3.com had and will be beneficial to indie labels as well as artists of every genre.
I have had my music played by Trusonic when it started 3 years ago. When you uploaded a song on MP3.com you had the option of checking the trusonic box. If you did check it retailers had the option of selecting your music out of the massive MP3 pool. I started by having my music played 10,000 times during the first Christmas season, this last season it was played in stores and restaurants about 5,000 times a day. Most of the comments on this thread are by people that think "elevator" music is beneath them. Well its paying my heating bills this winter and thats a lot. You know indie artists dont get much radioplay because the big labels and the major broadcasters are sleeping together. So my music is being heard in stores and restaurants across the country and people must like it because my numbers are growing. More people listen to retail music in one day than heard Bach, Beethoven and Mozart in their lifetimes. If you want to hear it you can go to http://celestial-image.com Dennis Jennings
You are clearly a geek and your prognostication is way off base. You assume that everybody wants to be an electronic musician remixing, rearranging and composing. This is just not the case people have families, jobs and other interests. While there has been an increase in electronic music and its accessibility to the general public, most people generally prefer listening to music. Most people go to the library take out music or films watch and return them. If there is one of special interest they will copy them. The idea of ripping a entire library of music and sharing it on the net is beyond the ambition of most people. The record and film companies do not go after libraries because they are huge media consumers. They especially buy films and music that are not always in the mainstream. So to put the bite on libraries would be really counterproductive
Initially as a musician I was against file sharing, as an independent artist I make very little so the idea of passing music around seemed to go against me. Then I thought maybe I should offer up a few tunes as a way of promotion. I put some tunes in a Grokster share file on one machine and then did a search for myself(Celestial Image) on my other. To my shock I came up in my search but it wasnt any of the tunes I was sharing on my other machine. In fact a tune of mine came up on several sources and I was shocked and delighted. It is a weird sensation when you find your music being "pirated". It meant that my music was valuable enough for people to risk prosecution for. I also found that I was in the same share folders as many major recording artists. I would never get space in the same rack in a record store with these people but there I was in someones private collection. I also noticed that the most shared song was a song that I felt was pretty weak. It was my Ska rendition of a Christmas carol I called "O Come Ska Ye Faithful" it caught on with the punk ska crowd and provided a steady stream of viewers to my website. No way in hell would a record company think that the punk/ska crowd would enjoy a song made by a 50 year old guy. I decided to promote it more and now at christmas it is a favorite on college ska radio shows and is played in stores over the sound system. So for me peer to peer sharing has given me promotion as well as showed me what songs people think are hot. Dennis Jennings http://celestial-image.com
If they can turn back the clock and give indie artists exposure like what was done before VU took over it will be better than ever. When VU took over all the original MP3 artists became secondary. The first thing they told us was to sell more CDs. Suddenly the front page was dominated by major label artists. People that had enjoyed my music were getting Madonna advertisements. MP3.com originally catered to niche markets with ezines specializing in genres. Putting MP3.com in the hands of net savvy people could be the best thing that ever happened to indie artists. Dennis Jennings http://celestial-image.com
This is the sort of thing that politicians love and will have their picture taken standing near it. It will attract large crowds for awhile. In three years it will sit idle due to budget cuts with a sign reading "Temporarily Out of Order"