No Accounting For Pete's Sake!
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Dec 22, 2011
My thanks to Natron for bringing to our attention this snippet from Pete Atkin's newsletter. "MEANWHILE –
The struggle goes on with SonyBMG and the very grand Michael Smith to get them to account to me for sales over the last twenty years involving the last three RCA albums. There’s been a bit of progress, but not really very much. It’s a pathetically small amount of money involved, but I’ll be blowed if I’ll let it go. Jarndyce and Jarndyce spring to mind,"

Natron comments "When challenged over their business practices a justification that is often trotted out by company directors & executives is that they have a legal obligation to "maximise share holder value". They are rarely challenged on whether their actions actually achieve this aim. "

12399 Is A Magic Number
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Dec 22, 2011
Here's some interesting figures on how many plays a band or musician would have to get in order to pull in the minimum wage in the USA. Of course, as many wags and blow-hard desk jockeys will be quick to point out, these musicians should just be doing it for the love of music! Somebody is getting rich from all these streaming services but it isn't the musicians.

Bill Bruford's Q&A
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Dec 20, 2011
Check out Bill Bruford's website for his latest news update and Q&A session.

Sylvian's Retrospective
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Dec 20, 2011
My thanks to Ovoguy for letting me know that David Sylvian has a 2 CD retrospective release for the new year. 

Mister Stormy's Xmas Selection Box
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Dec 19, 2011
Alex Stormy Mundy has prepared another pick of his Monday Selections for your delectation. If you were unlucky to miss them first time around, now you can own them all in glorious FLAC quality or even MP3 if you'd prefer.  Grab it here.

Robert Fripp Stealth
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Dec 18, 2011
Catch up with Ben Crowe of Crimson Guitars who takes us through the building of the latest Robert Fripp signature series guitar which Ben dubs the RF Stealth guitar - be sure to watch the 23 minute video in the diary as well! 

UK Return
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Dec 16, 2011
John Wetton will be out treading the boards with his old pals Eddie Jobson and Terry Bozzio as part of a UK reunion next year. There's not too much on the official website at the moment but check it out for further details as they emerge. 

Ltd Ed BB
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Dec 16, 2011
The special deluxe limited edition of Bill Bruford's autobiography is reviewed over at All About Jazz. 

The Big Sharks Are Circling Grooveshark
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Dec 15, 2011
The New York Times reports that in addition to UMG's pursuit of Grooveshark, Sony and Warner might be looking to join in the legal fun. 

Under The Influence..part 683
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Dec 15, 2011
Another mention of the Fripp influence is found in this interview with St Vincent.