Writing Your Own Stuff, Then Keeping It
Hi everyone: Here is an article that touches on two subjects we have explored in this course, Second Life and to a greater extent, the recording industry. Thanks for the excellent Courtney Love article about the piracy of record companies, Krista, and for pointing out that it was an earlier version of her that wrote it. A corner of me is still pulling for her, though she kind of scares me.
Two of my favorite recording artists Aimee Mann and Michael Penn, are married, and co-created United Musicians, which helps musicians retain copyright to their own work, and to sell and distribute it themselved. Both had rocky histories with the record industry during their solo careers. This YouTube slice talks about the artistic problems one can encounter.