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Pay for Play
It's been 7 years since I've promoted an album. Things have really changed.
There are now a bunch of sites that you have to PAY to get a review from...and some artists are actually using them. Wow.
How do you even have the pretense of objectivity with such an arrangement? And how, once the source of such a review becomes known, does anyone in the industry take such a review seriously?
What used to be called payola is pretty rampant too: paying for spins on online stations...yet all the while the opportunities for revenue for independent artists are vanishing. There are even sites where you can register your songs as Creative Commons with no limits on licensing so, in theory, PepsiCo could use one of your tunes in an ad and never pay you any royalties. And those services, too, have a ton of artists on them giving it all away.
So sad that the arts have become so undervalued, so cheap...so disposable.
I suppose against the larger backdrop of a planet whose biosphere is spiraling out of control, it's a minor little concern, but it still saddens me to see artists willing to pay large sums of money to give their work away for free, essentially.
I really feel sorry for younger acts who are trying to make any sort of living at this...for a time, it was different. Me, I'm old and my material is out of step with the times...so I know that I have to make my income via non-musical means...and I mostly always have...but what a massive set of disincentives for anyone getting into this field. Frankly, if my muse was not screaming at me and had I not had the desire to leave a more expanded musical legacy than what I would have left otherwise, I would not have recorded the two new albums...but I have and it means I have to have at least a minor go at promoting them to do them justice...but what a weird little world for indie artists it's become.
John Ludi
http://johnludi.com
There are now a bunch of sites that you have to PAY to get a review from...and some artists are actually using them. Wow.
How do you even have the pretense of objectivity with such an arrangement? And how, once the source of such a review becomes known, does anyone in the industry take such a review seriously?
What used to be called payola is pretty rampant too: paying for spins on online stations...yet all the while the opportunities for revenue for independent artists are vanishing. There are even sites where you can register your songs as Creative Commons with no limits on licensing so, in theory, PepsiCo could use one of your tunes in an ad and never pay you any royalties. And those services, too, have a ton of artists on them giving it all away.
So sad that the arts have become so undervalued, so cheap...so disposable.
I suppose against the larger backdrop of a planet whose biosphere is spiraling out of control, it's a minor little concern, but it still saddens me to see artists willing to pay large sums of money to give their work away for free, essentially.
I really feel sorry for younger acts who are trying to make any sort of living at this...for a time, it was different. Me, I'm old and my material is out of step with the times...so I know that I have to make my income via non-musical means...and I mostly always have...but what a massive set of disincentives for anyone getting into this field. Frankly, if my muse was not screaming at me and had I not had the desire to leave a more expanded musical legacy than what I would have left otherwise, I would not have recorded the two new albums...but I have and it means I have to have at least a minor go at promoting them to do them justice...but what a weird little world for indie artists it's become.
John Ludi
http://johnludi.com
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3 Dog Night band member dies...
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Three Dog Night
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We
are very saddened at the passing of our dear friend and longtime band
mate, Jimmy Greenspoon. Jimmy died peacefully at home today
surrounded by his family. Please keep him and his loved ones in your
prayers and your hearts.
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Hi,
For
a number of years Black Angel has the privilege of working with Lois
Mahalia (previous name Lois Minato) on six albums. Lois sang lead and
back-up vocals and also performed a lot of duets with J. C. Martin.
Lois is a beautiful, extremely talented and soulful woman who was great
to work with.
Since her Black Angel days, Lois
has toured as a back-up singer with Joe Walsh and has had albums
produced for her by Kenny Loggins. Lois has had songs like "Smile"
that have had over a million plays on Youtube. Lois is basically a
jazz and gospel singer but she sang a lot of rock 'n' roll with Black
Angel.
One of my favorite songs that I wrote
and Lois sang was a song called "Life Just Ran Over Me". Seeing Lois
sing this song in the studio was a site to see. Her family was
originally from British Guiana in South America. Her African, soulful
roots can be felt in her singing. Check out this lovely woman
performing this song with the excellent musicians in Black Angel.
Life Just Ran Over Me
(featuring Lois Mahalia)
J. C. Martin
Black Angel
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