oops... got the date of the Corsica Studios gig wrong in the last message.  correct details are:

random thoughts that have been entering my head recently which i will share with anyone who may be reading... not that i think anyone is these days.  the only comments i've had in response to my blogs in the last 6 months were those to do with my write up on the Magazine gig!  not that i'm looliking for validation of my existence thru knowing pepe are reading... maybe that's what some of the other thoughts are about???

a few things have given me cause to reflect lately.... firstly two people who i had never met, but knew a little through myspace, died suddenly at very young ages (over 15 years younger than me!).  true, i didn't know them personally, but had made some sort of connection with them thru theirs and my music making.  that gives cause to reflect on life itself and it's fragility and transient nature.

along with that, in the changing world of recession and dying music industry, i start to wonder, when labels are closing down, bands reducing the number of copies of releases, or resorting to downloads rather than physical releases.... are there anough people interested to justify a new yellow6 cd... and what can i do to encourage those few to buy a copy rather than steal the files?

luckily i don't do this for money otherwise i would've quit long ago (about 20 yrs ago!) but i guess i'm old fashioned.... i like the idea of a physical copy of an album, i'm happy to pay the artist for their music (yes, and the record label for doing their bit too)... maybe as i'm happy to, i can't understand why other people would expect to get it for free.  i know it's all been said many times before, but i wouldn't expect to get electricity, water, guitar strings, food, petrol, cat food, tv, telephone, internet and so many other things for nothing (nice tho it would be).  i wouldn't expect a painter to give me their canvas (or printed reproduction) for nothing... just because you can, doesn't make it right.  music should be valued (of course, the value is down to the listener and of course different music has different perceived value)

the artists who do need to earn money from their art will dwindle... some will find new ways, but the days of bands being picked up for their talents and then earning a living from it are pretty much gone....

so what was my point?  not sure - just rambling to myself i guess... i most likely will release another CD this year, then who knows... without a physical release it doesn't seem real - the process of putting together the music into a package is something i enjoy doing, and seeing the end product.  a folder of data files does nothing for me

ho hum... back to reflecting in private, and listening to mixes and things...