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griff
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help with internet radio
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Jun 20 20:45 UTC 2002 |
Hi, ericb sent me your way. I'm one of several people starting an ann
arbor internet radio station, A3Radio.com, which is a subset of a larger
project, called AnnArborAlive.com, an attempt to organize A2's culture
and share it globally (in our write up we often compare the idea to old
town halls...i saw the GREX logo...). The radio station is the first
piece of the project to get off the ground and we are in immediate need
of a linux person or two to help us get one of our servers going (we
plan to use iceS for now). I think this will take just a few hours as
we have much in place already (Suse 8.0, icecast server, server located
on fiber,etc...)
We also need a couple of people to stay on and help design the overall
architecture of the station. we plan to be a state of the art internet
station with as many as 30 channels across all formats (blues,
classical, bluegrass, talk, opinion, spiritual, techno, theatre, etc.
etc... pretty much whatever people want to do), so audio experience (or
interest) would be a plus.
if you're intersted and can help, need more details, etc. you can email
me, griff@annarboralive.com, call 761-MUSIC, or ask Eric if i'm at the
top of the park (tonight for sure, friend is in the Witch Doctors):)
Thanks...
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griff
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response 1 of 35:
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Jun 20 20:50 UTC 2002 |
p.s. forgot to mention...local music channel and distribution is one of
our top priorities. If you have or know someone who has a local music
collection who would be intersted in airing it, please let me know.
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krj
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response 2 of 35:
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Jun 21 02:21 UTC 2002 |
((( spring agora item 292 now linked as music item 105 )))
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bru
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response 3 of 35:
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Jun 21 03:41 UTC 2002 |
Can we get one of those channels to carry the unusual music, such as filk?
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griff
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response 4 of 35:
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Jun 21 03:56 UTC 2002 |
no problem, you just gotta find an AJ (audio jockey)to produce it....
is that the music that sticks to your lips??
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other
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response 5 of 35:
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Jun 21 05:33 UTC 2002 |
I'm the Eric he's referring to. I've worked with griff, and will happily
verify that his project is legit and sincere. He's a strong proponent
for and of Ann Arbor musicians and has been for a long time.
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mdw
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response 6 of 35:
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Jun 22 05:32 UTC 2002 |
Does A^2 still have a really distinct culture? It seems to me we're
getting kinda yuppified.
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other
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response 7 of 35:
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Jun 22 07:30 UTC 2002 |
There is a very active original music culture in Ann Arbor, much of which
is devoid of identifiable yuppie influence.
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russ
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response 8 of 35:
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Jun 22 16:07 UTC 2002 |
Exactly what is the plan to either pay the per-listener per-song
royalties just set by the Copyright Office, or avoid them? If you
haven't got this taken care of in your business plan, this whole
thing is a non-starter.
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gull
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response 9 of 35:
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Jun 22 16:42 UTC 2002 |
If they're playing local bands that haven't been signed by a record company,
isn't it a non-issue?
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jmsaul
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response 10 of 35:
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Jun 22 18:37 UTC 2002 |
Yep.
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orinoco
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response 11 of 35:
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Jun 22 19:50 UTC 2002 |
Interesting. I suppose if this new royalty plan sticks, it might encourage
more internet radio stations to focus on local acts like this.
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griff
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response 12 of 35:
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Jun 22 23:09 UTC 2002 |
we have contingency plans if the current royalty payments continue,
keeping in mind that they are only in place until Jan 1, when they are
required to be renegotiated. It appears that congress is ready to
squash the whole royalty thing (the royalty is to compensate for lost cd
sales by the way), saying that the current interpretation is not what
they had in mind when they passed the DMCA (ie. it was meant to promote
business, not suppress it) I'm also hoping that people are interested
in news and views programs (no payments of any type and low bandwidth)
so that people have a chance to the hear something other than the
right-wing sheep-herding spin that is currently being propagated
nationwide.
Speaking of non-yuppy, did anyone have a chance to see the mostly naked
power trio at gallery 212 last night???
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bru
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response 13 of 35:
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Jun 22 23:27 UTC 2002 |
Can put on a show that gives the right wing sheephearding side of thiongs?
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jmsaul
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response 14 of 35:
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Jun 23 03:17 UTC 2002 |
Go for it, Bruce. You'd probably get listeners.
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russ
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response 15 of 35:
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Jun 24 21:17 UTC 2002 |
Okay, if you only play local, unsigned acts you're fine... but as
soon as they're signed you might get the choice between paying the
exorbitant royalties or not being able to play them any more.
That would be a pity. "They made it, so we can't broadcast their
music any more."
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mcnally
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response 16 of 35:
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Jun 25 11:26 UTC 2002 |
And make sure they don't ever cover any old standards, or sample
anything under copyright control..
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gull
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response 17 of 35:
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Jun 25 13:11 UTC 2002 |
Covering older songs would just mean you'd have to pay the songwriter
royalties everyone's had to pay all along. Those are not too unreasonable,
though they aren't cheap, either. You still wouldn't have to pay the
recording copyright royalties the RIAA has created. (Remember, there are
two copyrights involved in any piece of recorded music.)
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russ
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Jun 25 22:27 UTC 2002 |
Re #16: I thought the new royalties only applied to recordings,
not to sheet music. If the band performed an old standard wouldn't
only the BMI/ASCAP royalties be applicable?
It just occurred to me that this could make covers a lot easier to
hear on Internet radio than major-act performances, and a lot more
profitable for stations to broadcast. This doesn't just shoot the
RIAA in the foot, it blows their whole leg off. Gonna be fun...
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mcnally
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response 19 of 35:
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Jun 25 23:12 UTC 2002 |
I didn't mean to imply that cover versions would require royalty
payments (though prolific sampling probably would..) What I should
have said more clearly is that cover versions would also require
licensing payments, although to ASCAP and BMI.. Those who have
pointed out that the ASCAP/BMI licensing plans are a whole lot less
extreme than the webcast royalties originally being discussed are
correct but they still might be a burden on an independent local
operation like this one..
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scott
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Oct 2 02:42 UTC 2002 |
I just "discovered" internet radio, thanks to the newly-updated iTunes 3.0.1
on my iBook. Wow - lots of selections! Time to start thinking about
broadband again...
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mary
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response 21 of 35:
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Oct 2 11:10 UTC 2002 |
I'm enjoying that too. I'm also amazed at the quality of sound coming
from those two little balls.
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scott
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response 22 of 35:
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Oct 2 12:49 UTC 2002 |
The speakers in my iBook are pretty tiny, and the sound matches the size. :(
Still, there's that audio output jack.
Radio Havana!
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dbratman
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Oct 3 03:28 UTC 2002 |
I've just checked my collection of web radio links, and found that
sonicnet and webradio both bit the dust sometime in the several months
since I last listened to them. I miss them both.
And, in the classical field specifically, Beethoven.com apparently now
wants to harvest your e-mail, and claim the right to send you junk mail
in perpetuity, if you want to listen to them at all.
I guess I'd better set up a dummy account on Yahoo or somewhere if I
want to listen to them again.
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dbratman
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response 24 of 35:
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Oct 3 03:28 UTC 2002 |
Change "webradio" to "NetRadio". Sorry.
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