Excellent. Much appreciated. I'll care for them and treat them as though they were made of the finest crystal. Maybe, on a hot summer evening, I might just call one of them Fred.
David http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Quirk, Wreck & Salvage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Free as in liberty and the natural state of man, not price. They actually > cost $4.30 each. > > Them's just jokes. Use em as you see fit. I'd be honored to hear them in > your video, and those songs aren't mine to sell. > > On 7/2/07, David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > When you say "free lo-fi music by me", is that free as in I can use > > your music without remuneration to you? > > > > Not trying to sound like a prick. I like your tunes and could find use > > for them in a few videos I have planned. > > > > David > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Quirk, Wreck & Salvage" > > <quirk@> wrote: > > > > > > Back in town, re-reading the Podtech v. Bui thread. I just want to > > talk a > > > little more about copyright and the "ownership" of art, as I felt > > compelled > > > to scratch Mr. Rice's mosquito bite about being "trollish" ;) I > > don't mean > > > to start an argument here, I just need to understand how people feel > > about > > > the things they are making, and I want you all to understand how I feel. > > > > > > A friend of mine wrote an essay on music a couple years ago called The > > > History of What My Dog Can't Hear: > > > > > > http://www.geartekcorporation.com/texts/essay2.html > > > > > > The essay is about changing the way we perceive music, and accepting > > it as > > > something that is not ownable: > > > > > > The ownership or authorship of anything is a deception, surely. But > > I take > > > > no issue with the ownership of objects in the world, like a broom > > or a drum > > > > for example. Music however, is a thing not in the world, and the > > present > > > > deception of its ownability places limits on our consciousness. My > > > > motivation here is not to sell iPods. If this near biblical > > manifesto-mill > > > > can be accused of having any agenda at all, it is merely to assist an > > > > already rising consciousness. Neither are these paragraphs > > commandments or a > > > > bugle call to what we need to realize or do. We didn't need to be > > able to > > > > hear tone in music or need to be aware of its color - it's just > > the way > > > > music is happening to us, rising on a path like the moon. Some > > astronomers > > > > can predict the path of the moon, and surely artists are those > > astronomers. > > > > I understand those who are skeptical or scoff at this as pompous and > > > > irrelevant. After all, when you look at the moon, the moon looks > > still. > > > > > > > > > He feels the same way about music as I do about my videos, and at > > the end he > > > says, EXTRA CREDIT: Re-read this entire essay but replace the word > > "music" > > > with the word "images." > > > > > > Re-reading it I realized that I unconsciously lifted metaphor > > directly from > > > him. Blatant plagiarism! I've already informed him and a check is > > in the > > > mail. > > > > > > Because music is a matter of shifting consciousness and not worldly > > sound, a > > > > person can't claim to own or control music any more than they can > > claim to > > > > own or control a quadrant of mist over a lake. > > > > > > > > > PS. Here is a free album of amazing midi-synthesizer and home-made > > > electronic instrument music by the author of that essay: > > > http://www.geartekcorporation.com/slowdudes/slowdudes.html > > > > > > And some free lo-fi music by me: > > > http://standards.bullemhead.com/ > > > > > > -- > > > Adam Quirk > > > Wreck & Salvage > > > 551.208.4644 > > > Brooklyn, NY > > > http://wreckandsalvage.com > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Adam Quirk > Wreck & Salvage > 551.208.4644 > Brooklyn, NY > http://wreckandsalvage.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
