Reaching For KickStarter
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Sep 25, 2012
Bert Lams of the California Guitar Trio and Stick player Tom Griesgraber have a joint project that they'd like your help with. Check out their KickStarter page and sign the pledge. Thanks to Fred for the heads-up. 

Turn Of The Screw
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Sep 24, 2012
This from Digital Music News about James Taylor's experience with Warners. 

Mister Stormy's Monday Selection
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Sep 24, 2012
Here's a blast from the past - Robert Fripp in conversation discussing the then new King Crimson album, 3OAPP, and merits of Fripp-In-The-Box. 

UMG Bid Approved
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Sep 21, 2012
The media is buzzing with the news that UMG's takeover of EMI has been approved. Here's the New York Times' version of events. 

When More Means Less?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Sep 20, 2012
Some thoughts on the implications of the UMG/EMI takeover over on HuffPo. 

Euro Indies Call For Block On EMI Sale To UMG
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Sep 20, 2012
IMPALA has this to say: “allowing the biggest music company in the world to become even more powerful is inconsistent with the EC’s stated concerns about the digital market and how copyright is misused, [and] its ambitions for unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries through their smaller actors”. Read more here. 

Pat's Naked Truth
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Sep 19, 2012
Pat Mastelotto will be playing with Naked Truth in two concerts in New York next week. Here sayeth the blurb:  "Take the formidable, pulsating polyrhythms of King Crimson and Stickmen drummer Pat Mastelotto, add the throbbing fuzz-inflected lines of audaciously creative electric bassist Lorenzo Feliciati, the jazz-informed textures of  world-class Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, piano and synthesizer player Roy Powell, blend in  avant-jazz, post-Miles cornetist Graham Haynes and you have the makings of one of the most unique and powerfully provocative instrumental groups on the international scene today, smoothly bridging the space between Jazz-Rock, Progressive-Rock Ambient and Cosmic music."

Naked Truth are appearing at Shapeshifter Lab on 26th September and Bearsville Theatre on 27th September.

You can hear a track or two from their forthcoming new album Ouroboros over on their soundcloud site.

Julie Slick Terroir Out Now
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Sep 19, 2012
Julie Slick's new album Terroir, featuring guest appearances from Pat Mastelotto, Tim Motzer, Adrian Belew and many others, is now available for download here. 

James Taylor's Money Machine
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Sep 18, 2012
My thanks to Pettitwazoo for sending in this item about the experience of James Taylor and digital downloads. In his original note to DGMLive, Mr. Petitwazoo quotes a line or two from Taylor's song Money Machine:

When I was just a child
My life was, oh, so simple
And the ways of the great world
Seemed strange and funny
Then when I was a young man
I learned of that machine
That turns out all those bails of precious money

New RF& LoCG For Download
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Sep 17, 2012
There's a brand new concert available today: