AT THE REQUEST OF A FRIEND I HAVE RECORDED A COVER VERSION OF THE FAIN/HILLIARD SONG 'VERY GOOD ADVICE' (FROM THE OLD WALT DISNEY 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' FILM) FOR THE NEW TIM BURTON/WALT DISNEY "INSPIRED BY THE FILM ALICE IN WONDERLAND" CD 'ALMOST ALICE'...
01. Alice Performed by Avril Lavigne
02. The Poison Performed by The All-American Rejects
03. The Technicolor Phase Performed by Owl City
04. Her Name Is Alice Performed by Shinedown
05. Painting Flowers Performed by All Time Low
06. Where's My Angel Performed by Metro Station
07. Strange Performed by Tokio Hotel and Kerli
08. Follow Me Down Performed by 3OH!3 feat. Neon Hitch
09. Very Good Advice Performed by Robert Smith
10. In Transit Performed by Mark Hoppus with Pete Wentz
11. Welcome To Mystery Performed by Plain White T’s
12. Tea Party Performed by Kerli
13. The Lobster Quadrille Performed by Franz Ferdinand
14. Running Out of Time Performed by Motion City Soundtrack
15. Fell Down a Hole Performed by Wolfmother
16. White Rabbit Performed by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
OUT ON THE 2ND OF MARCH I THINK... HEAR A FEW SECONDS HERE...
I HAVE RECORDED A COVER OF 'SMALL HOURS' FOR A JOHN MARTYN TRIBUTE ALBUM... SUNG A NEW SONG CALLED 'COME TO ME' FOR 65 DAYS OF STATIC NEW ALBUM 'WE WERE EXPLODING ANYWAY'... AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF OTHER COLLABORATIONS I CAN'T TALK ABOUT JUST YET(!)...
THERE IS AN 'EXCLUSIVE' ITUNES CURE ALBUM STILL IN THE WORKS... AND PART TWO OF THE 'DREAM' SESSIONS IS SLOWLY TAKING SHAPE...
The Cure’s Robert Smith to host “My 80s Top 30” Countdown on SIRIUS XM’s 1st Wave Channel
Cure fans to hear the musical icon reveal his favorite songs from the 80s
Robert Smith of The Cure will host a two-hour countdown of his top thirty favorite songs from the 80s. The special will air on SIRIUS XM’s 1st Wave channel, SIRIUS channel 22 and XM channel 44, on Friday, May 29 at 12:00 pm ET.
Robert Smith’s “My 80s Top 30” Countdown will be rebroadcast on Saturday, May 30 at 4:00 pm ET and Sunday, May 31 at 8:00 pm ET on 1st Wave, SIRIUS channel 22 and XM channel 44 on Friday, May 29 at 12:00 pm ET.
Over Memorial Day weekend, Sirius XM channel First Wave (Sirius 22 - XM 44) will present "4 For The Cure Memorial Weekend" - 4 days honoring Robert Smith and The Cure! Tune in to hear an exclusive, unreleased 3-hour Cure concert from LA's Hollywood Bowl recorded May 31st, 2008. It airs May 22nd at 6:00 PM Eastern Time. It will be re-broadcast on May 23rd at 12 Noon EST, May 24th at 10 PM EST, and May 25th at 4 PM EST.
Then on May 24th at 11:00 AM EST, listen in at First Wave host Richard Blade interviews Robert. They'll be discussing the band's music - new and old, song writing, recording, and playing live.
Additionally, Robert will guest deejay throughout Memorial Day weekend, introducing Cure songs and offering his insights into the band's music, including the New Wave classics "Let's Go to Bed," "Just like Heaven" and "Friday I'm in Love," as well as presenting his very own 'Top 30 of the 1980's'!
Get a three-day free trial of SiriusXM to hear the concert, Robert Smith's 1980's Top 30 and other programming by clicking on http://www.sirius.com/1stwave and then selecting “Free Online Trial."
On Monday, May 18th, MTV will be broadcasting The Cure's 2008 Rome performance online on their MTV World Stage show. Tune in to the broadcast by visiting worldstage.mtv.com on the 18th!
"Over the past few months I've gritted my teeth as Robert Smith complained about the detrimental effects of downloading and the economic downturn on his income"
REALLY?
COULD YOU SHOW ME ONE SINGLE INSTANCE WHEN I "COMPLAINED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ON MY INCOME"?
NO?
I THOUGHT NOT...
BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT ANYTHING OF THE FUCKING SORT!
IT IS A NONSENSE
WHAT A SURPRISE!
IF YOU WOULD BOTHER READING WHAT I ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT FREE MUSIC
I CANT BELIEVE HOW HARD IT IS FOR SOME PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND MY POSITION IN THIS DEBATE ABOUT 'FREE' RECORDED MUSIC...
OF COURSE I APPRECIATE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMERCIAL VALUE AND ARTISTIC VALUE
BUT THAT DOESNT CHANGE MY ARGUMENT
AS IT ISNT THE POINT
(AND FOR FUCKS SAKE...
THIS DEBATE ISNT ABOUT ME/THE CURE!
IMAGINE IF YOU CAN SOMEONE JUST STARTING OUT...
I AM NOT DEFENDING 'OLD BUSINESS MODELS'
I HAVE ARGUED AGAINST 'BIG MUSIC BUSINESS' AND THEIR MODELS FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN MAKING MUSIC...
BUT PRE BROADBAND WEB (AND IT IS SOMETIMES EASY TO FORGET THAT IT IS STILL PRE BROADBAND WEB IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD!), PLACING MYSELF/THE CURE WITH AN INDEPENDENT LABEL DISTRIBUTED THROUGH A MAJOR LABEL HAS BEEN, ALTHOUGH OF COURSE A COMPROMISE OF DEGREE, THE BEST POSITION FOR US TO BE IN - ONE I HAVE GENERALLY BEEN ABLE TO USE TO MY/OUR ADVANTAGE - AND AS A CONSEQUENCE OF 'PRECEDENCE' - ONE THAT HAS VERY OFTEN BENEFITTED ARTISTS THAT HAVE FOLLOWED ON BEHIND US...
OF COURSE MY/OUR INDIE/MAJOR POSITION CAN ALWAYS EVOLVE AND CHANGE...
BUT ONCE AGAIN
THIS DOESNT CHANGE MY ARGUMENT EITHER
AS IT STILL ISNT THE POINT... )
WHAT I AM ESSENTIALLY SAYING IS THIS:
WHATEVER 'BRIGHT NEW WORLD' I AM EXPECTED TO ENJOY
ONE IN WHICH SONGWRITERS/MUSICIANS ARE OBLIGED TO MAKE THEIR MUSIC AVAILABLE FOR FREE
IS ONE THAT IS TOTALLY UNFAIR
AND THAT WELL ESTABLISHED AND SUCCESSFUL (IE WELL OFF!) ARTISTS
WHO DO THIS BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO IT
ARE HELPING TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN A CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF EXPECTATION:
"The results of the 2008 ASHE show that median weekly pay for full-time employees in the UK grew by 4.6 per cent in the year to April 2008 to reach £479"
TO BE STILL REASONABLY ACCURATE IN THE UK...
THEN IMAGINE YOU ARE A HUGELY PROLIFIC AND HUGELY TALENTED SONG WRITER - WRITING 25 SONGS IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR (TWO A MONTH AND ONE ON CHRISTMAS DAY?), SONGS YOU FEEL ARE 'GOOD' ENOUGH FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO HEAR... (AND REALLY - WHERE IS THIS PERSON?!!)
IN ORDER TO EARN £25,000 P/A (ROUGHLY THE MEDIAN UK PAY - A PRETTY REASONABLE AMBITION I THINK?), YOU WOULD NEED TO...
AND HERE THE PERMUTATIONS ARE VIRTUALLY ENDLESS:
FROM PRICING A SONG AT £1,000 AND HOPING TO SELL ONE OF EACH...
TO PRICING A SONG AT 1 PENNY AND HOPING TO SELL 2,500,000?!!
...BOTH PRETTY UNREALISTIC?!!
SO MAYBE YOU START BY PRICING A SONG AT £1, AND SEE IF YOUR (POTENTIAL) AUDIENCE AGREES WITH YOUR VALUATION...
IF THEY DO, THEN YOU HAVE TO SET ABOUT GETTING 25,000 OF THEM IN PLACE
IF THEY DON'T, THEN...
WELL
AS I SAID
THE PERMUTATIONS ARE VIRTUALLY ENDLESS
AND THIS IS NEITHER THE TIME NOR PLACE FOR REAL NUMBER CRUNCHING SPECIFICS...
BUT PRICING A SONG AT NOTHING?
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
OH I GET IT...
SONGWRITING/MUSICIANSHIP CANT PAY FOR ITSELF
THATS THE 'OLD BUSINESS MODEL'!
NO NO NO...
SONGWRITING/MUSICIANSHIP HAS TO BE SUBSIDIZED BY OTHER MEANS...
LIKE MERCHANDISING
(SHAME I LOOK AWFUL)
OR LIVE REVENUE
(SHAME I CANT PERFORM)
OR PATRONAGE...
PATRONAGE?
SHIT!
I HAD BETTER SIGN A DEAL WITH A MORE POWERFUL 'SOMEONE'...
WHO CAN USE MY SONGS TO MAKE MONEY IN SOME OTHER WAY
LIKE ADVERTISING OTHER PEOPLES PRODUCTS?
BUT WHY MUST I BELIEVE EARNING (INEVITABLY PERCENTAGE/SMALLER) AMOUNTS BY ALLOWING MY SONGS TO BE USED TO ADVERTISE OTHER PEOPLES PRODUCTS AN ACCEPTABLE ('NEW/MODERN'?) ALTERNATIVE TO EARNING FROM THE DIRECT SALE OF MY SONGS BASED SOLELY ON THEIR ARTISTIC MERIT?
I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS - IT IS AN IDIOT CONCEIT!
OR AM I ONCE AGAIN TO BE TOLD I AM CLINGING TO AN 'OLD BUSINESS MODEL'?
(AND THAT ENOUGH COOL NEW ARTISTS HAVE ADVERTISED ENOUGH SHIT FOR IT TO BE OK NOW...
WHO IS REALLY FOOLING WHO HERE DO YOU THINK?!!)
SO...
DESPITE THE FACT THAT I KNOW MY SONGS ARE 'GOOD'
AND THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PAY FOR THEM IF ONLY IT WAS CULTURALLY ACCEPTABLE
(LIKE IN 'THE BAD OLD DAYS' WHEN RECORDED MUSIC HAD ACTUAL VALUE?!!)
IT SEEMS I HAD BETTER FIND A 'REAL' JOB
OTHERWISE I WONT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE...
SERIOUSLY
HOW CAN THERE BE ANY OTHER CONCLUSION TO THE MISERABLE ARGUMENT THAT RECORDED MUSIC SHOULD BE 'FREE' FOR ALL?
('OLD' NEWS THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE EVER WIDENING NET... )
FROM 'the person who organized all the Amnesty International tables during The Cure 4Tour'...
"Some really GREAT news to share with all! Ma Khin Khin Leh was released from Insein Prison in Myanmar (Burma) 22 February 2009 - she was in prison nearly 10 years!
This is the case we had on the Amnesty International info/action petition table during The Cure 4Tour.
Thankyou for all the opportunities you provided for this happy outcome!"
(BELOW IS THE PETITION... AND THANKYOU FROM US TO ALL WHO SIGNED IT... )
Freedom for Ma Khin Khin Leh
Senior General Than Shwe Chairman, State Peace and Development Council c/o Embassy of the Union of Myanmar 2300 S Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008
Dear Senior General Than Shwe:
We respectfully urge you to take swift action to free prisoner of conscience Ma Khin Khin Leh, who has been imprisoned solely due to her peaceful political activities. Ma Khin Khin Leh and her husband were among a group of people planning a demonstration to take place in the town of Bago on July 19, 1999. Days before the demonstration was to occur, security agents arrested Ma Khin Khin Leh and her three year-old daughter. Although her daughter was released after five days in detention, Ma Khin Khin Leh was transferred to Insein Prison in Yangon, where she is believed to be held today. Following an unfair trial, a court sentenced her in December 1999 to life imprisonment under vaguely-worded security legislation. Ma Khin Khin Leh reportedly suffers from a lung problem, rheumatoid arthritis and dysentery. Amnesty International is concerned for her safety and well-being.
We are alarmed that broad security laws are used in Myanmar to prosecute people for peaceful political and religious activities. As you know, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserts that all people have the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to peaceful assembly and association.
We respectfully urge you to bring about the immediate and unconditional release of Ma Khin Khin Leh and all prisoners of conscience in Myanmar. Thank you.
i posted this on the forum yesterday - please see http://www.thecure.com/forum/default.aspx?cid=621&tid=321181 for the initial responses... on reflection i thought i would go more public - widen the debate!
rs
(gulp... i found the caps lock off button? oh nooooo!)
SO
IT SEEMS A FEW PROFESSIONAL APOLOGISTS (YOU HAVE TOLOVE THEM!) OUT THERE DISAGREE WITH MY "EVERY ARTIST SHOULD VALUE THEIRART" MUSING
AND THINK ITS OK FOR ART - MUSIC IN PARTICULAR - TO BEMADE AVAILABLE FREE FOR ALL...
NO I AM NOT CONFUSING 'ARTISTIC VALUE' WITH'COMMERCIAL VALUE'
MERELY QUESTIONING THE DUMB ACCEPTANCE OF THE 'FREEART IS THE 'NEW' PARADIGM - THATS JUST THE WAY IT IS' MANTRA
IN THE WAY OF OUR BRIGHT AND BRAVE NEW WIRED WORLD
THESE IDIOT CRITICS HAVE TRIED VERY HARD TO TURN MYGENERAL POINT - A POINT I MADE USING RADIOHEAD'S 'IN RAINBOWS: PAY WHAT YOUWANT' MARKETING RUSE AS IT IS THE MOST WIDELY KNOWN EXAMPLE - INTO A MOCK SHOCKHORROR "HOW DARE ANYONE QUESTION THE FAMOUSLY INDEPENDENT ANDANTI-CAPITALIST RADIOHEAD, THEY SELL MORE 'PRODUCT' THAN THE CURE SO THEIRSTRATEGY OBVIOUSLY 'WORKED' (HUH?!!)... AND ANYWAY, ROBERT SMITH IS WAY TOO OLDTO COMMENT ON CONTEMPORARY CULTURE" MOMENT...
MY POINT IS NEITHER PARTICULARLY NEW NOR ORIGINAL
NOR EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT RADIOHEADS 'IN RAINBOWS'
BUT IT IS I FEEL STILL COMPELLING
ANY FAMOUS ARTIST WITH A HUGE AND DEVOTED FAN BASE(OFTEN ARRIVED AT WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM A WEALTHY AND POWERFUL 'PATRON' ORTWO?) CAN AFFORD TO DO WHAT HE, SHE OR IT WANTS...
INCLUDING GIVING THEIR ART AWAY AS SOME KIND OF 'LOSSLEADER' TO HELP 'BUILD THE BRAND'
ALL WELL AND GOOD (WELL... NOT REALLY! 'LOSS LEADER'?'BUILD THE BRAND'? AAGH! BUT THIS IS THE LINGUA FRANCA... )
HOWEVER
IF THIS 'ART FOR FREE' IDEA BECOMES THE CULTURAL NORM
THEN HOW DO ARTISTS EARN THEIR LIVING?
HEY
HANG ON
WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT A WEALTHY AND POWERFUL 'PATRON'
LIKE... A BIG RECORD LABEL?
EXCELLENT!
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SIGN UP AND AGREE TO ITS TERMSAND CONDITIONS
AND IT WILL MARKET YOU DECISIVELY
AND IF YOU PLAY IT RIGHT ITS EVEN WEALTHIER AND MOREPOWERFUL PARENT COMPANY WILL AIR YOUR WORDS AND PICTURES AND VIDEOS AND MUSICAND ADS ON ITS MANY AND VARIOUS WEB/TV/RADIO CHANNELS
AND CHARGE ADVERTISERS HUGE AMOUNTS TO ADVERTISE TOTHE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CONSUMING ALL YOUR FREE ART...
AND YOU THE ARTIST WILL OF COURSE GET A 'FAIR' REWARDFOR YOUR EFFORTS... ?
BAH
SOME 'NEW' PARADIGM!
SO
I STAND BY MY POINT:
AN ARTIST HAS TO VALUE THE ART THEY CREATE
OTHERWISE I DONT BELIEVE THEY CAN BELIEVE IT TO BE ART
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO PAY AN ARTIST FOR HIS OR HEROR ITS ART
AS IT OBVIOUSLY HELPS ENABLE THAT ARTIST TO KEEPCREATING
AND QUITE HONESTLY
AS ANYONE THAT DISAGREES WITH THIS POINT
IS UNLIKELY TO BE AN ARTIST
I DONT REALLY CARE TOO MUCH WHAT THEY THINK... !!!
I JUST WROTE ALL THIS BECAUSE I GOT PARTICULARLY FEDUP TONIGHT WITH THE SQUEALING HIGH DRAMA OF THE 101 STORIES A DAY AND NONE OFTHEM PARTICULARLY TRUE BRIGHT AND BRAVE NEW WIRED WORLD MEDIA THAT WHINES ONAND ON WITHOUT RESPITE OR REFUTATION…
CRETINS!
OR MAYBE ITS JUST MY POST BIG GIG HANGOVER TALKING?!!
ONWARDS...
RSX
PS
I WONDER HOW MANY OF THE PROFESSIONAL APOLOGISTS OUTTHERE WRITE THEIR SHIT FOR FREE?
AT THE REQUEST OF A FRIEND, I HAVE RECORDED A COVER VERSION OF THE FAIN/HILLIARD SONG 'VERY GOOD ADVICE' FROM THE OLD WALT DISNEY 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' FILM, FOR THE NEW WALT DISNEY (TIM BURTON) 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' FILM...» Full Story
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