Be The Media

Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Ronnie Wood, Carl Perkins, OH MY!

Couldn't resist posting this...H/T C&L LNMC

Animators & Musicians Wanted: Be The Media Book Trailer

This short video was designed to give animators and musicians at the Licensing International Expo in New York some ideas for our upcoming book trailer.

It is just the storyboard for what is very much a work in progress.

If there are any animators, cartoonists, filmmakers, musicians, or songwriters who would like to work with us in the creation of our book trailer, please contact us here.

"'Cause I always think I know how to be.
But I always thought I would end up with you eventually."
- The Kooks: Always where I need to be

Want to learn how to create your own media?
Buy an advanced copy of BE THE MEDIA:

A Few Words in Defense of Our Country

Thanks Nicole Belle at Crooks and Liars, and of course, Randy Newman.

Nicole reports that Rolling Stone Magazine named Newman’s song the 2nd Best Song of 2007.

Give Peace a Chance. Happy Christmas (War is Over).

In memory of John Lennon (October 9, 1940-December 8, 1980). Rest in peace, brother.

Above from 12/11/70 debut by Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band.

   Give Peace a Chance. Thank you.

   Happy Crimble (War is Over)

Future of Music Policy Summit Sept 17-18

The 7th annual Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit takes place Monday and Tuesday, September 17-18 in Betts Theater at George Washington University's Marvin Center in Washington DC.

Music distribution is rapidly moving to a global digital platform. Learn how technology is bringing artists and fans closer together. Participate in the debate on the critical issues at the intersection of music copyright, licensing, law, technology, and policy.

Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) will give the keynotes. There are over 90 incredible panelists, including:

• Tim Westergren: Founder, Pandora
• Tim Wu: Professor, Columbia Law School
• Gigi Sohn: President, Public Knowledge
• John Simson: Executive Director, SoundExchange
• Ben Scott: Policy Director, Free Press
• Jenny Toomey: Executive Director, Future of Music Coalition (and mistress of ceremonies)
  

Check out the full schedule here.

This is a "must attend" event for musicians, bands, managers, technologists, label owners, attorneys, and policy makers.

The conference is a bargain at only $199, and scholarships are available for working musicians. Registration closes Friday Sept 14 at midnight, so register NOW.

Starring Amanda Congdon

Congratulations to Amanda on her new show,

Starring Amanda Congdon.

We missed you!

Want more Amanda?

Go to Herspace.

"i am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together."

"I am the Walrus" Lennon & McCartney

Madonna vs Sex Pistols: Ray of Gob

Here is the second in our continuing series on Mashups.

This gem from Go Home Productions is called "Ray of Gob"

The splice mixes three songs:
1. Madonna's "Ray of Light" with
2. Sex Pistol's "God Save The Queen"
3. Sex Pistol's "Pretty Vacant"

This single was voted "Bootleg of the Year" in 2003.

Enjoy...

Faster than the speeding light she's flying
Trying to remember where it all began
She's got herself a little piece of heaven
Waiting for the time when Earth shall be as one

Revolutions in Music: Aaron Copeland and the American Sound

Tonight is the third and final installment of the PBS series "Revolutions in Music" with the San Francisco Symphony.

In this installment, PBS explores Aaron Copland and the American sound, featuring Fanfare for the Common Man, which, according to host Michael Tilson Thomas, is "a piece that sounds unmistakably American. A piece that's come to symbolize America itself."

"But why does it sound American? That's really a provocative question, since this American sound we take for granted now has existed for only a hundred years or so. And in many ways this sound was the creation of one man, Aaron Copland."

Watch and listen to a preview of "Fanfare For The Common Man" via YouTube.

Part Two: Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring"
Part One: Beethoven's "Eroica" (Symphony No 3 in E-Flat Major)

Revolutions in music: Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring'

Tune in to PBS for Part II of the San Francisco Symphony's groundbreaking series "Keeping Score: Revolutions in Music."

This week, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

"The piece is sexy, I don't know how else to put it."

Check local listings.

How do you start a revolution in music? Try E-Flat

Tune in to PBS for the San Francisco Symphony's groundbreaking series "Keeping Score: Revolutions in Music."

Find out how a few inflammatory notes from the minds of Beethoven, Stravinsky, and Copland changed music forever. The first in the series is Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major (Eroica, or "The Heroic").

"The composition witnesses the powerful emotions of hope and despair and conflicts of death and life that Beethoven tells us are reflections of the life of a hero. But who is the hero - the Emperor Napoleon, Beethoven, or everyman?"

Find out! Watch an excerpt on PBS site or on YouTube. And check local listings for the next installment.