New Single! "Call" by Sleeveless Meek and the Right to Bare Arms


Happy Holidays! We received an early gift so we wanted, in turn, to share it with you.  This afternoon, we opened our inbox to find this jewel.  Joel Meeks of Sleeveless Meeks and the Right to Bare Arms wrote the song AND animated the video.  He's one of the happiest dudes we know.

Josh Preston LIVE on WDVX!!!


From Josh Preston:

Hey Folks!!

Today is going to be a very exciting day for yours truly! It will mark the release of my new EP Landmarks as well as a live performance on Knoxville's WDVX @ noon (or 12:30 as the playing order hasn't been finalized).

The EP is available exclusively through my Bandcamp page until February when it will be released worldwide on iTunes and all of your other favorite digital music outlets. Not only will it be available for instant digital download in any format you'd like TODAY but I'll also begin shipping physical CDs for those of you that like to hold music in your hand and smell the plastic. Ok, that's a bit strange but I actually love the way new CDs smell. Too much sharing...

Thanks so much to all of you that have previewed this EP on my Facebook page and if you're so inclined don't forget to become a fan!

I'll be posting throughout the day on Twitter about my travels to Knoxville.

See ya soon!
Josh

Preview Josh Preston's new EP!

Photograph/Cover Art by Heather Love

At long last, Josh Preston's new EP Landmarks can be previewed on his Facebook artist page! This 6 song EP includes the following songs:

1. Landmarks
2. Empty Driveways
3. Actress
4. The Only Town I Know Without A Name
5. Our Ghosts
6. Stages

This EP will be on sale on December 10th, 2010 for friends and fans via Bandcamp. This date coincides with Josh's live performance on WDVX in Knoxville as part of their Blue Plate Special series. You can listen to this performance live on wdvx.com at Noon EST.

In addition to this new EP, he's launched a new website at joshpreston.com!

We've got a TON of new releases coming in 2011 from almost every Me and the Machine artist so stay tuned!

From Create Digital Music: Last Days of Compact Disco: Album Lovers Hand-Make Musical Objects

From Create Digital Music:

Great article and album art ideas for the DIY set. Click here!

Our buddy Leo Johnson with the Johnson Swingtet on WDVX


Our long time friend Leo Johnson will be performing on WDVX today @ 12pm EST with his band Johnson Swingtet. Listen here!!

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ASCAP Tells Artists It's Cutting Their Payments, While Collecting More Than Ever

As posted in Techdirt: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101007/11300711326/ascap-tells-artists-it-s-cutting-their-payments-as-it-brags-to-the-press-how-much-more-money-it-s-collecting.shtml

 
 

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via Techdirt by Mike Masnick on 10/7/10

ASCAP feels like the gift that keeps on giving to those of us covering it. If you're an artist... not so much. We've covered many examples of how ASCAP's aggressive efforts to shut down venues from hosting up-and-coming singers is harming local musicians. And, we've also pointed out how they use a system to overpay large acts at the expense of small acts. Now it's getting even worse. Just as ASCAP is attacking groups like Creative Commons, EFF and Public Knowledge -- who help artists find more ways to take control over their own careers, it's also cutting back on payments to many of its artists:
ASCAP cut payments to some members of it's ASCAPlus program by 20-30%. "Unfortunately, because of the fiscal climate, less money was available this year for the award program," ASCAP said in a letter to those receiving checks.
Ah, right. The tough economic climate. We do know about that. But... wait. Here's an ASCAP press release from just five months ago, claiming it was bringing in more money than ever:
"Music is performed more often, in more places, in more ways by more businesses than ever before. That expanded music use, combined with dramatic ASCAP Membership growth, market share increases and effective strategic management have led to stunning revenue and distribution growth for 2009."
Okay, so ASCAP is collecting more money and distributing more money, but it's cutting the amount given to ASCAPlus members by a huge amount. What's ASCAPlus? Ah, right, the smaller artists who can't make a big stink about this:
"writer members of any genre whose performances are primarily in venues not surveyed; and/or writer members whose catalogs have prestige value for which they would not otherwise be compensated."
In other words, ASCAP appears to be taking more money away from small artists, and giving it to their biggest artists. No wonder ASCAP's Paul Williams refuses to debate Larry Lessig, claiming he'd rather focus on "fair compensation to music creators." Unless you're a smaller, less well known artist. Then ASCAP wants your share to be a little less fair. Actually, quite a bit less fair. Like 20 to 30%.

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