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  2. Election 2008 - today we make history!

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    I dunno if ABC news are being weird or if I'm just not getting this, but they just coloured SC red and predicted McCain as the winner even though Obama's leading by 15 points so far...

    I can say this, since I live in South Carolina. There was never any doubt who would win here. :) I am slightly proud that it was as close as it was.

  8. The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #136

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    1. When Your Mind's Made Up - Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (1996)

    2. Electioneering - Radiohead (1997)

    3. Sister Rosetta (Capture The Spirit) - Noisettes (2007)

    4. Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song) - Otis Redding (1966)

    5. I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos (1959)

    6. Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth, Wind & Fire (1977)

    7. Rottweillers - Nerve Rack (1991)

    8. Out Of My Head - Fastball (1998)

    9. Possession - Sarah MacLachlan (1993)

    10. TV Star - The Butthole Surfers (1996)

  11. Suggestions for Ringtones

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    I used my expensive recording software to create myself a custom ringtone of (Young) Dr. Frankenstein and his monster singing "Puttin' On The Ritz". A year later I still laugh each time.

    Before that I had "I've got a special purpose!" from "The Jerk" and "Well, sometimes I get the menstrual cramps real hard" from "Raisin' Arizona". I giggled far too much to keep them, though.

  12. Gear!

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    Why not. I use:

    G&L ASAT Classic tele

    G&L Legacy Strat

    Ibanez Artstar 335

    ca. 1950s Fender Lap Steel

    Line 6 Variax

    Yamaha APX10 acoustic

    Washburn nylon string

    Fender DeVille 60-watt

    Line 6 Flextone III XL

    Sovtek Big Muff Pi

    MXR Phase 90

    Boss EQ

    Digitech Whammy

    Modtone Distortion

    Modtone Analog Delay

    Danelectro Tremelo

    Ernie Ball Volume

    Vox Wah

    Ebow

    Laying around for recording:

    1942 Wurlitzer Spinet Piano

    trumpet

    violin

    banjo

    ukelele

    flute

    Squier Jazz bass

    Recording:

    Cubase 4

    Wavelab

    MTron

    Waves plugins

    Tons of other plugins

    Rode NT1-A condenser

    ART tube preamp

    assorted SM57s and Sm58s

    I love, love the Modtone pedals. I'd never heard of them, but they're really, really cool. I bought the Whammy pedal during a Tom Morello fascination 15 years ago, but only recently starting using it to make all sorts of cool noise. :)

  13. San Francisco

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    Bazooka - The Palace of the LOH was absolutely my favorite part. The wind, the water, the hills, the fog, the view...the Holocaust Memorial, the glass sculpture in the front...As far as a collection and setting it doesn't get any better.

  15. Wanted: your questions about music licensing

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    Your last sentence is sort of correct, though ASCAP collects essentially for broadcast. Individual publishers collect for movie/tv use, etc.

    In my case, and those of people like me (read: unknown), I'm the publisher. But if I was say, John Lennon, Sony is my publisher. I tell them "Do whatever you want" or "Here's what I'll allow and won't allow". They receive the license requests and act per our agreement.

    A publisher can be protection for the uninformed or a convenience for the uninterested. But Sony doesn't want anything to do with the little people unless they can guarantee a respectable amount of income.

    Lots of artist/writers, especially decades ago, got screwed because they didn't know that part of their exciting new record contract was handing over the publishing rights. Paul McCartney wouldn't be anywhere as rich as he is if he hadn't established MPL Communications, through which he has purchased the Buddy Holly catalog, "Unchained Melody", songs from "Grease", etc. Sony and Michael Jackson make the money from the Beatles catalog.

    Someone like Bruce Springsteen is fiercely protective of his songs, and he owns his own publishing company - you deal with someone in his personal office. Eddie Vedder's lawyer is so litigious that he will try to sue someone for songs Eddie didn't even write (he did that with the "Last Kiss" cover from a few years ago.) Don Henley is the same way. On the other hand, Stevie Wonder doesn't care, which makes him even cooler. :)

    Whoa, that was excessive...

  16. Wanted: your questions about music licensing

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    I don't know if that's the best term for them. If my song gets played on the radio, ASCAP collects the royalty from the broadcaster on my behalf for a small fee.

    They can't approve my song for use in a movie or anything - that's my publishing company's job. It's different from an agency like Harry Fox, who can approve usage based on the agreement I have with them. If a song samples my song, HFA has the authority (on my behalf) to grant the mechanical license. They collect the money and then pay me, minus the administrative fee.

  19. San Francisco

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    I took a vacation there a few months ago and fell in love with it. Make sure and drive down the coast to Monterey, and just south of it (I think) is Point Lobos State Reserve, which was described as (paraphrase) "the most perfect meeting of land and water". Something like that, anyway...

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